Thirty dalit houses torched in Odisha

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NewsUpdates 23.01.12

 

Thirty dalit houses torched in Odisha- IBNLive

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/thirty-dalit-houses-torched-in-odisha/954507.html

Sambalpur cops unable to arrest rapist of Dalit girl- The Times OF India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Sambalpur-cops-unable-to-arrest-rapist-of-Dalit-girl/articleshow/11602298.cms

Odisha: Dalit man axed to death- Orrisadairy.com

 

http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=31592

Rivalry behind TN dalit leaders murder: Cops- IBNLive

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rivalry-behind-tn-dalit-leaders-murder-cops/223376-60-118.html

 

 

 

 

IBNLive

Thirty dalit houses torched in Odisha

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/thirty-dalit-houses-torched-in-odisha/954507.html

Bolangir (Odisha),

 

Over thirty thatched houses belonging to dalits were set afire allegedly by upper caste people at Lathore in Bolangir district, police said today. The arson followed a clash between two dalit youths and as many youths of an upper caste family over an incident of theft of a shirt from a cloth store allegedly by a poor dalit boy yesterday, Director General of Police Manomohan Praharaj said. About 50 people set fire to the houses after driving out women and children. They even blocked roads to prevent entry of fire tenders to the area. "They attacked the fire tenders and damaged machinery and water pipes while preventing fire brigade personnel to douse the fire. Even the police personnel were not allowed to go inside when the houses were burning," Additional Superintendent of Police, Srikant Mishra said. Terming the incident as "tragic", Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said more than forty people were arrested and the victims were provided relief at temporary camps. "Appropriate action will be taken against the culprits involved in setting fire to dalit houses," he said. About 120 policemen were deployed at Lathore village. Police were also deployed at the relief camps housing dalits, Praharaj said.

 

The Times OF India

Sambalpur cops unable to arrest rapist of Dalit girl

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Sambalpur-cops-unable-to-arrest-rapist-of-Dalit-girl/articleshow/11602298.cms

 

SAMBALPUR: In a gang rape incident in Bamra police station area of Sambalpur district, police is yet to arrest one of the four accused persons even after a year. The incident had taken place in the railway station and a case was registered by the GRP. Saying the accused was "absconding", police did not even bother to charge-sheet him.

 

"We are trying to nab the accused but since he remains absconding, we are unable to place charge-sheet against the culprit. However efforts are on to nab the accused," a senior cop of the Jharsuguda railway police said.

 

Sources said the victim, a minor Dalit girl from Reamal (Deogarh), had gone to Bamra railway station with her family to board a train to Chakradharpur on January 20, 2011. But incidentally all night trains along the route were cancelled that day due to some security reason. The girl and her family stayed at the waiting room to catch the morning train. In the night, however, four men barged into the waiting room in an inebriated condition and commanded the family to get out as they were unable to produce train tickets. They forcefully took away the girl to a neighbouring abandoned railway quarter, where they raped her one after the other. They left the place after the incident.

 

The matter came to public notice after a local women's organization lodged a complaint with the Jharsuguda GRP the next day.

 

Orrisadairy.com

Odisha: Dalit man axed to death

 

http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=31592

 

48 –year –old, Niranjan Mallick a dalit of village Naraharipur under Binjharpur police statin in Jajpur district was allegedly axed to death by Sudam Mallick at Srirampur village on Sunday while he was returning from the government hospital in Jajpur .

"The deceased's minor son was attacked by the accused person three days back and in a retaliation, Sudam Mallick was attacked by the deceased for which the accused sustained injuries and was  undergoing treatment in the government hospital in Jajpur. On Sunday, some villagers along with the deceased went to the hospital to meet the accused person and tried to compromise the long dispute between the accused person and the deceased. 

The accused person managed to collect an axe near the hospital and axed Niranjan mallick to death at Srirampur village near the hospital when he was returning from the hospital, said the police officer of Binjharpur police station. Police rushed to the spot & arrested the accused person from a house in the village.

 

IBNLive

Rivalry behind TN dalit leaders murder: Cops

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rivalry-behind-tn-dalit-leaders-murder-cops/223376-60-118.html

 

DINDIGUL: Dalit leader Pasupathi Pandian was murdered by a gang on instructions from Subash Pannaiyar due to family rivalry, according to Dindigul Superintendent of Police Jayachandran.Pannaiyar has been named the first accused in the murder and police are on the lookout for him as he is absconding. Earlier, one Aarumugachamy and Arulanandham had surrendered before Valliyur court. After getting permission from the JM, the police took the duo into custody on Thursday.

 

 

 

 

                              

 

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