Chandigarh: Upper caste boys kill Dalit boy for "topping class"

by Guest Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:47 pm

http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/upper-caste-boys-kill-boy-from-lower-caste-for--topping-class-/917549/

by Guest Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:49 pm

An English daily, February 28, 2012 dateline Chandigarh, reported a chilling incident under the caption, “Upper caste boys kill boy from lower caste for ‘topping class’”. That efflorescence of talent and excellence could bring in its train a tragedy so tormenting in dimension is not only shocking but unbelievable also. However, this is the truth. Merit does invite blazing bullets in India, if it does not manifest itself in the comely social class. This makes the story spectacular and unparalleled anywhere except in our holy land!

http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article3390.html

by Guest Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:52 pm

Rashmun wrote:An English daily, February 28, 2012 dateline Chandigarh, reported a chilling incident under the caption, “Upper caste boys kill boy from lower caste for ‘topping class’”. That efflorescence of talent and excellence could bring in its train a tragedy so tormenting in dimension is not only shocking but unbelievable also. However, this is the truth. Merit does invite blazing bullets in India, if it does not manifest itself in the comely social class. This makes the story spectacular and unparalleled anywhere except in our holy land!

http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article3390.html

The behaviour of the Jats towards the socially disadvantaged accurately symbolised the intolerance and arrogance that epitomised the mythological archer-trainer Drona of the epic Mahabharata. In Kurukshetra, the Nishad youth, Eklavya, had to chop off his right thumb deman-ded by this Bhardwaj Brahman for his guru dakshina (gift as mark of respect to teacher for imparting education and training), and presented it to him. All over the country, Dalits are ridiculed as meritless. Pradeep Kumar defied the hackneyed stereotype. But his sparkling merit and ingenuity earned him six bullets, unerring four of which brought him down in his blooming youth right at the gate of his Alma Mater. He was stopped on the track to prevent him from reaching the destination. A promising life has been brutally snuffed out. The merit of the Dalit was a curse for him.

by Guest Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:59 pm

WHEN they planned the murder of a classmate in broad daylight, Kalyan Singh and Raj Kumar were probably counting on the Omerta their brazen act would induce among their collegemates. They were not far off the mark. But they discounted the presence of the victim's father, the only eyewitness who has turned up so far.

On Monday morning, Kalyan, 19, reportedly approached his classmate Pradeep Kumar, 24, who had just alighted from a bus on his way to college. Without a word, Kalyan allegedly drew out a revolver and shot Pradeep in his chest. The impact of the bullet made Pradeep spin around; he fell on his knees, facing away from his killer.

He fell facing his father, Ram Pal.

"He did not want to go to college that morning. They had told him on Saturday that a pistol would be waiting for him. Finally, I said I would go with him to resolve the issue with those two. We took the bus. He got down first, I was about ten paces behind him," recounted Ram Pal, sitting amidst mourners outside his Shyamlal Bagh residence.

Unaware of Ram Pal's presence, Kalyan allegedly shot Pradeep at least twice more — this time in the back — before firing about two more shots in the air. He then ran across the road, where Raj Kumar, 18, was reportedly waiting on a motorcycle. The two fled.

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