[ZESTCaste] ‘Why book case against Dalit youth?'

http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/19/stories/2010101953090500.htm

Karnataka - Gulbarga

'Why book case against Dalit youth?'

Special Correspondent

GULBARGA: The shocking incident of a Dalit youth pouring night soil
over his head in front of the administrative office of the Gulbarga
City Corporation on Friday last has snowballed into a major
controversy with the authorities launching what appears to be a
vengeful counter attack against the Dalit youth and those who
supported his action.

In a surprising decision, the police, based on the complaint filed by
the Health Officer of the city corporation against the Dalit youth,
Dharma Kumar, and others who supported him, arrested the president of
the Hyderabad Karnataka Yuva Horata Samiti and Janata Dal (Secular)
leader Raju Kulageri on Sunday. They are now on the look out for Mr.
Kumar and a few others in connection with the incident.

Union Labour Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge reacted strongly to the
incident and said in Gulbarga on Monday that booking of cases against
the Dalit youth and his supporters was condemnable.

Mr. Kharge told The Hindu that the State Government should not act
vengefully against those who choose to voice their protest against
government officials and it should have viewed the incident as a
desperate act of a youth whose livelihood was being threatened.

Major reason

"The reason for him to act the way he did was owing to the failure of
city corporation officials to implement the orders passed by the
Circuit Bench of the High Court on September 29 to hand over the
maintenance of the pay and use toilet to Jai Bheem Safai Karmikara
Sangha," he said.

Mr. Kharge wondered why no action had been taken against the official
responsible for implementing the court order.

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