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Boycotted Dalit woman commits suicide in Orissa
2010-11-20 18:20:00
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Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (IANS) A Dalit woman leader, who fought on behalf
of two Dalit cooks who were sacked due to upper-caste protests, hanged
herself late Friday, an organisation working for Dalit rights said
Saturday.
Saraswati Sethy, 28, was a resident of Sanamarichapalli village in the
coastal district of Kendrapada, some 150 km from here.
'She was repeatedly harassed by local officials and upper-caste
villagers,' Tapan Samal, general secretary of Ambedkar Lohia Vichar
Manch, told IANS.
Sethy had protested the removal of two Dalit women cooks from a local
school few months ago after some upper-caste students refused to eat
meals cooked by them, Samal said.
'She had approached the police, court and human rights commission, but
did not get justice,' Samal said, adding that she was boycotted by the
villagers due to her protests.
'We have registered a case, and investigations are on,' a police officer said.
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