Jharkhand: Dalit beaten to death for daring to throw colored powder on a Yadava

by Guest Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:48 pm

A 52-year old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by the police for throwing coloured powder on an upper caste on Holi in Jharkhand’ Koderma district , the victim’s widow said.

The family of victim Pradeep Choudhary said that the deceased, along with other villagers, had sprinkled abir (coloured powder) on a local chowkidar Rajendra Yadav as a gesture of goodwill on Holi.

However, Yadav took exception to the action and called upon police to teach the group a lesson. “The police started beating up Pradeep till he fell unconscious. They then took him to the police station,” Pradeep’s widow Jashwa Devi said.

Jashwa claimed that she along with her brother rushed to the Satbarwa police station but the officials did not allow them to see Pradeep and instead abused them over their caste.

Jashwa said police eventually dropped Pradeep home the next morning.

“His body bore many bruises. We took him to Koderma Sadar hospital from where he was referred to Ranchi but he succumbed to his injuries ,” Jashwa alleged.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cops-beat-dalit-to-death-for-applying-holi-colours-on-upper-caste-in-jharkhand/story-R7FC87pAkCDXyC3d8EolJL.html

by Guest Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:50 pm

AHMEDABAD: In the model state of Gujarat, a 22-year-old dalit youth was brutally beaten for inscribing 'Bapu', a traditional form of address for the upper caste darbar community, on his motorcycle.
Saurabh Chauhan, 22, a nursing student at a Nadiad college, is a native of Nisraya village in Borsad taluka of Nadiad district. On March 5, a mob of members of the darbar or upper caste Kshatriya community attacked Saurabh and his parents, Chimanbhai and Manjulaben.
According to an FIR registered with Borsad town police, the members of Darbar community had earlier taken objection to Saurabh displaying 'Bapu' above the headlight of his bike.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/dalit-youth-beaten-for-displaying-bapu-label-on-motorbike/articleshow/57599717.cms

Jharkhand: Dalit beaten to death for daring to throw colored powder on a Yadava

Jharkhand: Dalit beaten to death for daring to throw colored powder on a Yadava

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