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- India
Rajasthan: 8-yr-old Dalit boy hung upside down for touching water pot
A man was arrested and two others detained for allegedly assaulting an eight-year-old Dalit boy and hanging him upside down from a tree for touching a water pot in Bhakharpura village of…
- India
Dalit teen in Gujarat assaulted, told he’s ‘unworthy of education’
A 15-year-old Dalit student in Gujarat was allegedly assaulted and humiliated by a school owner, calling him ‘unworthy of education.’ The teenager is a student at Gyan Ganga School in Wankaner town…
- India
Rahul Gandhi slams centre over lathi charge on protesting SSC aspirants
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday strongly condemned the Delhi Police’s lathi charge on SSC aspirants and teachers who were protesting at Ramlila Maidan, calling it a “hallmark of a…
- Telangana
Telangana Dalit family faces social boycott after inter-caste marriage
Hyderabad: A Dalit family in Chityala mantal of Telangana’s Nalgonda district faces social boycott after the son eloped and got married to a woman from the Yadav community in April this year. Soon…
- India
Tribal man locked, starved and beaten for five days in Kerala
A 54-year-old tribal man was allegedly confined, assaulted, and starved for nearly a week by his employer and colleagues for drinking liquor in Kerala’s Pallakad district. Chambukkuzhi Vellayan, a resident of Moochakundu,…
- India
Dalit man beaten with belt, threatened with life in Gujarat
A young Dalit man was severely beaten, robbed, and threatened with death in Gujarat’s Junagadh district. This is the third reported case of caste-based violence in the area in a month. The…
- India
Dalit auto driver dies by suicide in Karnataka; blames police harassment
A young man from the Dalit community in Chikmanglur district of Karnataka died by suicide, alleging police brutality and caste-based abuse. The incident took place on August 13 in Samse village in…
- Kerala
Veteran Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan triggers castiest remarks
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Sunday, August 3, said the current practice of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) providing Rs 1.5 crore to prospective filmmakers from SC/ST has not…
- India
Chennai Dalit software engineer murder: Father of prime accused arrested
The grieving parents of 27-year-old Dalit software engineer, Kavin Selvaganesh, finally received their son’s body on Friday, August 1, after the Tamil Nadu police arrested suspected sub-inspector Saravanan. Saravanan served in the…
- Hate Crime
Woman denies cop parent’s role in Chennai software engineer’s murder
Tirunelveli: In an alleged honour killing of Dalit software engineer, the woman, who was known to be in love with the victim, is heard saying in a video that her Sub Inspector…
- India
Chennai software engineer hacked to death for inter caste relationship
A 27-year-old Dalit software engineer working in Chennai was allegedly hacked to death by his girlfriend’s brother in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district. The accused, Surjith Saravanan, murdered Kavin Selvaganesh on July 27.…
- News
Dalit woman in Mumbai assaulted by North Indian family
A Dalit woman has accused a family in Mumbai of physically assaulting her and her son and calling them ‘chamar,’ a casteist slur, telling, “You belong to the Chamar caste, and your…
- Telangana
19-year-old Dalit man dies by suicide at govt college in Telangana
Hyderabad: A 19-year-old Dalit man died by suicide at a residential welfare college in Telangana’s Nizamabad district on Saturday, July 19. Gaddam Santhosh was found hanging from a tree on the college…
- India
‘Temple for all, including Dalits’ banner irks upper caste people in TN
Upper caste Vanniyaars in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district led an intense protest after they took grave objection to a banner reading, ‘Temple is for all, including Dalits,’ that was installed at the…
- India
Temple priests in Tamil Nadu deny sacred ashes to Dalits, FIR lodged
Dalits in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district were denied vibudhi (sacred ashes) by temple priests of Kaliyuga Meyya Ayyanar Temple on July 6. Based on their complaint, an FIR was lodged against the…