http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Justice-at-last-for-Dalits/articleshow/6831440.cms
Justice at last for Dalits
TNN, Oct 29, 2010, 10.35am IST
MYSORE: After a long wait of 17 years, justice was delivered to dalits
of Badanawalu village of Nanjangud taluk where three community members
were killed by a mob following a row over puja at a village temple.
Sixth additional sessions judge L Malvalli convicted Suresh and 19
others. The sentence will be pronounced on October 30 or November 2.
Though the chargesheet was filed against 23, three died during the
prolonged trial.
The state government had handed over the case to the CBI, which
charged 23 persons of attacking dalits and killing them. Though the
case was registered at the Nanjangud police station on March 15, 1993,
the state government transferred the case in April 1993 following a
plea by dalit leaders led by Congress leader MP Srinivasa Prasad. CBI
public prosecutor K Sudarshan argued on behalf of the CBI. The 20
accused who were present in the court were remanded to custody.
Rift between the communities
Badanawalu, a non-descript village off Mysore-Chamarajanagar state
highway, hit the national headlines when the Dalits in the village
were chased out of their houses and done to death by caste Hindus on
March 25, 1993.
The death of three Dalits led to a public debate on the safety of
Dalits in the state besides causing deep division between the two
communities, particularly Dalits and Lingayats who dominate the
region. However, before the wounds of this social hatredness healed,
Dalits went berserk and set on fire scores of houses of Lingayats at
the nearby Ummathur village.
Political implications
These two incidents divided even the politicians of the two
communities. There was a total boycott of the Dalits in the villages
of Chamarajnagar district. The incidents impacted the general
elections in the following years. Dalit leader Srinivasa Prasad, who
had won the Chamarajnagar parliament seat since 1980, lost it to the
candidates who sympathized with the Hindus, especially the Lingayats.
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