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Post by Guest Tue Dec 26, 2017 12:55 am

In a shocking incident reported from a village in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, a Dalit family was forced to cremate their son's body outside their house after some upper caste men barred them from the cremation ground.

60-year-old Kaptan Singh died after a prolonged illness on Sunday after which his family left for the cremation ground to perform his final rites.

But to their horror, some upper caste men turned them back from the entrance claiming "exclusive right" over the cremation ground.

Led by a man, identified as Lokendra Singh, the upper caste mob's belligerent actions forced the Dalit family to incinerate their son's body outside their residence in the village.

On learning about the incident, the police registered a case against Lokendra Singh and his men.

Meanwhile, the district administration tossed the upper caste community's claim on the land calling it "part of village grazing land, that was freed from the possession of the upper caste long time back."

Amid the chaos, reports suggest that the Dalits in the village are now living in fear of retaliation by the community.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dalit-family-barred-from-cremation-ground-upper-caste-men-bhind/1/1117831.html

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