Crime against Dalits
- India
5 booked for assaulting Dalit boy in MP; recording incident
Shahdol: Five persons, including three minors, were booked on Saturday, August 31, for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old Dalit boy in Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh and forcing him to perform humiliating acts, a…
- India
UP: SHO shunted, 3 cops suspended in molestation case of Dalit girls
Bahraich (UP): An SHO of the Nanpara police station was shunted out, and three policemen, including a sub-inspector (SI), were suspended following a case of molestation of three Dalit girls by some…
- India
UP: Holi turns violent as Dalit, Upper caste men attack each other; 1 arrested
Fifteen people have been reportedly injured and one person arrested in a clash between Dalits and upper-caste Hindus that occurred during Holi celebrations in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district. According to Bijnor superintendent…
- India
Upper-caste security guard kills lawyer over casteist slurs in UP
Varanasi: A 36-year-old advocate was shot dead allegedly by a security guard for using casteist slurs during the New Year celebrations here, police said on Monday. The incident took place late on…
- India
UP: Dalit woman thrown into hot cauldron for resisting molestation
Baghpat: A young Dalit woman was allegedly thrown into a hot cauldron of a jaggery-making unit for protesting against molestation in the Budaun district, police said on Sunday. The 18-year-old woman, who…
- India
Upper-caste men disrupt Buddha Katha in Kanpur, attack Dalits
Dalits in Pehva village of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh were allegedly attacked by upper-caste people during a nine-day Buddha-Katha (readings from Gautam Buddha) ceremony. The incident occurred on December 17. In UP's Kanpur,…
- India
Rajasthan: Dalit man allegedly chained, hit for 31 hrs; FIR against 6
After refusing to “honour” a pledge, a 35-year-old Dalit man was chained and assaulted without food and water for 31 hours in Rajasthan’s Bundi district. According to the FIR registered, the victim…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: TPU condemns murder of Dalit man in Saroornagar
Hyderabad: Telangana for Peace and Unity (TPU), a citizens forum, unequivocally condemns the murder of a Dalit youth, Billipuram Nagaraju (26). The victim was allegedly murdered for marrying a Muslim woman against…
- Bangalore
Man torches Dalit partner to death in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: In a shocking development, a man has allegedly torched his partner belonging to the Dalit community, to death in Bengaluru, police said on Friday. The deceased has been identified as 23-year-old…
