[ZESTCaste] 5-year-old raped: bandh in Mumbai Dalit colony

http://hindu.com/2010/07/30/stories/2010073063081500.htm

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5-year-old raped: bandh in Mumbai Dalit colony

Staff Reporter

Mumbai: Residents of Ramabai Nagar, a Dalit colony in suburban
Ghatkopar, observed a bandh on Thursday in protest against the rape of
a minor girl.

Ritesh Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police, told The Hindu that
there was no untoward incident. He said the accused, who lived
opposite the girl's house, was a minor himself.

A case of rape has been registered and the boy, under arrest, has been
sent to a remand home.

Mr. Kumar said the girl belonged to a Scheduled Caste. Asked if the
police had invoked provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled
Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he said, "It is a matter of
investigation."

Chintaman Gangurde, a resident and Republican Party of India (RPI)
member, said the five-year-old victim, whose father was a labourer,
was recuperating in a civic hospital. The colony has been branded a
sensitive area ever since the massacre of Dalits by a police officer
in 1997.

Police bandobust was maintained at Ramabai Nagar throughout the day.

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