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Gujarat: Dalit man assaulted for calling upper caste child ‘beta’; dies later
A 20-year-old Dalit man succumbed to injuries on May 22, six days after being brutally assaulted over allegedly addressing a teenager from an upper case as “beta (son)” at a shop in…
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Dalit woman dragged by hair during police raid in Bihar
A Dalit woman was dragged by her hair during a police raid with no woman officers present in the Nathnagar Pasi Tola area of Bhagalpur district, Bihar. The incident has triggered massive…
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Allahabad University Dalit PhD scholar booked for questioning Rafale aircraft deal
A Dalit PhD scholar and a student leader from Allahabad University has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh police over a social media post questioning the Centre on the controversial Rafale fighter jet…
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UP: 12-year-old Dalit girl raped by teenagers in Moradabad
In a horrifying act, a 12-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by five boys, all aged between 12 and 15, inside the principal’s office in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district. The incident took…
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Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear
Three manual scavenger workers from the Dalit community died after inhaling poisonous gas while trying to clean a seven-foot-long septic tank in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district. Hari Krishnan (27), Saravanan (30), Venugopal…
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Kerala Dalit woman held in custody for 20 hrs without food, water; SI suspended
A sub-inspector stationed at the Peroorkada police station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, was suspended on Monday, May 19, following a Dalit woman accusing him of illegally detaining, harassing and denial of basic rights…
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Dalit young man stopped from entering temple in Karnataka
Tension broke out in Karnataka’s Kavanadala village of Madhugiri taluk on Saturday, May 10, after a Dalit young man was allegedly stopped from entering a local temple by members of the temple…
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UP: Missing Dalit boy found dead with limbs tied in Hathras
In a brutal murder, a seven-year-old Dalit boy, who had gone missing since May 8, was found dead at a farm in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district two days later. Police said the…
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‘Scratched my chest…’ Jodhpur Dalit nurse dies by suicide after assault, police inaction
Hyderabad: A 26-year-old Dalit nurse died by suicide on May 2, after allegedly being molested, assaulted, and humiliated by her upper-caste neighbours in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district. The young woman was the eldest…
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Tamil Nadu: Dalit teen attacked with sticks, rods for questioning upper caste man
A 17-year-old Dalit boy was brutally beaten and tied to a tree overnight by upper caste men near Thenkaraikottai village in Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri district. Tharun had worked at his attacker, Ramakrishnan’s,…
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‘Let him study’: SC revokes suspension Dalit PhD scholar
In a relief to Dalit PhD scholar Ramadas KS, the Supreme Court, on Friday, May 2, ordered his reinstatement at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), ending his two-year battle against…
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UP: 16-yr-old Dalit repeatedly slapped for resisting molestation on moving bus
A 16-year-old Dalit girl was attacked and dragged by her hair for allegedly resisting molestation while travelling in a bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday, May 2. A video of…
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MP: Dalit groom attacked for riding horse during wedding procession
A Dalit groom was allegedly attacked with stones while riding a horse during his wedding procession in Mokhra village of Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, police said. The groom, Jitendra Ahirwar, was participating…
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Dalit woman raped in front of 4-year-old child in UP
A 40-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped by two upper caste men in front of her four-year-old son in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district. The Dalit family was suffering from financial hardship. According…
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Elderly Dalit woman run over several times by upper caste men; FIR lodged
A 62-year-old Dalit woman was killed and five others were seriously injured after they were allegedly run over multiple times by a group of upper-caste Hindu men in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. The…
