Men From Higher Caste Beat Dalit Family Cultivating Field, Snatch Seeds

MP: Dalit family attacked while farming, seeds snatched

In a disturbing incident, a Dalit family was brutally attacked with sticks while working on farmland they claim is legally theirs. The assault took place on Friday, June 27, in Narayanpura village, Lateri tehsil of Madhya Pradesh, when members of the Ahirwar community were sowing soybean seeds. According to the victims, a group allegedly from the Gurjar community attacked them without provocation. The assailants not only beat up the family, whic…

Men From Higher Caste Beat Dalit Family Cultivating Field, Snatch Seeds

In an incident that has, once again, raised troubling questions about caste violence and land rights in rural India, a Dalit family has been brutally attacked with sticks while cultivating land they claim belongs to them.

Upper caste Hindus kill blind Dalit man in Tamil Nadu - Kashmir Media Service

Chennai: A blind Dalit man has been brutally murdered by upper caste Hindus in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. According to Kashmir Media Service, the body of the deceased was found hanging from a tree. A Twitter post has revealed that the police pressured the wife of the deceased man to remain silent and immediately burnt the body, calling the incident a suicide. This tragic incident of the murder of a Dalit man took place in Tirupur area of Ta…

CPI Urges NHRC to Act Swiftly on Shocking Cases of Caste Atrocities in Odisha and UP – The Indian Awaaz

AMN / New Delhi — A delegation of the Communist Party of India (CPI) led by General Secretary D. Raja met National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Justice V. Ramasubramanian on Friday, demanding urgent intervention in two disturbing incidents of caste-based violence in Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. The CPI submitted a detailed memorandum highlighting the […]

Dalit assault case in Ganjam: Police arrest prime accused, Two others

Berhampur, June 27: Police have arrested three more individuals, including the prime accused Rajesh Samal (20) of Jahada village, in connection with the brutal assault of two Dalit men in Odisha’s Ganjam district. With these latest arrests, the total number of people taken into custody has risen to 12. Authorities say efforts are ongoing to identify and apprehend others involved in the incident.According to Chandrika Swain, Inspector-in-Charge o…

Odisha: Prime Accused In Dalit Men ‘Torture’ Incident Nabbed; Total Arrests 12

Berhampur: Police have arrested three more persons, including prime accused Rajesh Samal (20) of Jahada, for the alleged torture of two Dalit men, Babula Nayak and Bulu Nayak, over false cattle smuggling claim at a village of Odisha’s Ganjam district on June 22. With this, the number of people arrested went up to 12. Efforts are on to nab others involved in the case, Dharakote police station IIC Chandrika Swain said. The development came even as…