Tag: Dalit man murder

  • Dalit man killed by in-laws for marrying upper-caste woman in Uttarakhand

    By PTI

    PITHORAGARH: A Dalit man was allegedly killed by his in-laws for marrying an upper-caste woman in Uttarakhand’s Almora district, an official said on Friday.

    Jagdish Chandra, a Dalit political activist from Panuadhokhan village, was found dead in a car in Bhikiasain town on Friday, Salt sub-division tehsildar Nisha Rani said.

    His wife’s mother, her step-father and her step-brother were caught while taking the body in the car to dispose of it, she said, adding they were immediately placed under arrest.

    The couple had got married on August 21 and Chandra was abducted by his in-laws on Thursday, Rani said.

    On August 27, the couple wrote to the administration seeking security, citing a threat to their lives, Uttarakhand Parivartan Party leader P C Tiwari said.

    He said the victim had contested elections from the Salt assembly seat twice on the party’s symbol.

    Tiwari said had the administration acted on the couple’s complaint, Chandra could have been saved.

    Calling the murder a matter of shame for Uttarakhand, he demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the victim’s wife.

    PITHORAGARH: A Dalit man was allegedly killed by his in-laws for marrying an upper-caste woman in Uttarakhand’s Almora district, an official said on Friday.

    Jagdish Chandra, a Dalit political activist from Panuadhokhan village, was found dead in a car in Bhikiasain town on Friday, Salt sub-division tehsildar Nisha Rani said.

    His wife’s mother, her step-father and her step-brother were caught while taking the body in the car to dispose of it, she said, adding they were immediately placed under arrest.

    The couple had got married on August 21 and Chandra was abducted by his in-laws on Thursday, Rani said.

    On August 27, the couple wrote to the administration seeking security, citing a threat to their lives, Uttarakhand Parivartan Party leader P C Tiwari said.

    He said the victim had contested elections from the Salt assembly seat twice on the party’s symbol.

    Tiwari said had the administration acted on the couple’s complaint, Chandra could have been saved.

    Calling the murder a matter of shame for Uttarakhand, he demanded a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the victim’s wife.

  • Dalit man killed for objecting to removal of Ambedkar’s poster in Rajasthan

    By PTI
    JAIPUR: A Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of youths after a tiff over a poster with BR Ambedkar’s photograph put up outside his house in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district, police said on Wednesday.

    On May 24, Anil Sihag and Rakesh Sihag tore the poster put up outside the house of Vinod Bamnia, 22, a Bhim Army member, they said.

    After Bamnia and his family raised objections, locals intervened and the family members of the accused tendered an apology on their behalf on the same day, they added.

    On June 5, the accused sought revenge for this by assaulting Bamnia with the help of four others.

    After the attack, the victim was admitted at a private hospital in Sri Ganganagar in a critical condition.

    He succumbed to injuries on June 7, police said.

    The accused Anil Sihag and Rakesh Sihag were arrested along with their friends -Saksham and Haidar Ali.

    Two others, involved in the attack, were absconding, police said, adding efforts were on to nab them.