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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Girl's father kills lover, throws body in river

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Girl's father kills lover, throws body in river
I P Singh, TNN, Feb 22, 2011, 03.26am IST

KAPURTHALA: In a case of honour killing, the father of a girl
allegedly killed her lover, who was from a so-called lower caste, and
threw his body in river Beas, early this month.

The accused, who has been arrested, reportedly told the police that he
killed the boy to "save the honour of his family". The girl belonged
to Jat community while the boy was from Valmiki community, which made
the affair unacceptable to the girl's father.

According to police sources, the victim, Sandeep Singh, 20, of
Choladha village, who was a cop in Punjab police and a promising
Kabaddi player, had gone missing on February 6. He was to fly to
Malaysia for a kabaddi tournament on February 14. Later his family
learnt that he was kidnapped by the girl's father Balwinder Singh of
neighbouring Lakh Waryan village.

The girl, Karamdeep Kaur, is a student of BA part-II, while the youth
had given up his studies after plus two.

"Sandeep was preparing for his tournament when he went missing. We
kept searching him, but failed," said Balkar Singh, uncle of the
youth. He said that Sandeep and Karamdeep, who were class-fellows, had
been having an affair since their school days.

"When Balwinder was rounded up and questioned on Monday he confessed
to his crime," said SHO, Kabirpur, Narinder Pal Singh Aujla. He said
that efforts were on to search for the body. Call details of Sandeep's
mobile phone revealed that the last call made from his phone was to
the girl's cell phone.

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[ZESTCaste] Mirchpur: SC asks railways, Haryana to recover losses

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Mirchpur: SC asks railways, Haryana to recover losses
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, February 21, 2011

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Haryana Government and Railways
to explain how it would recover the financial losses incurred during
the last year's stir called by the upper caste people while protesting
against the arrest of their members in connection with the Mirchpur
Dalit killings case.>

A bench comprising Justice GS Singhvi and Justice AK Ganguly gave the
directions following submission of losses incurred by the state and
the railways in the apex court.

According to the railways, it suffered a loss of R33.95 crore while
the Haryana government's pegged its estimate loss at R45.92 lakh.

"What steps have been taken by the Railways and the state government
for the recovery of losses to the public property," the bench asked
the counsel for the two. It directed the advocates to file a detailed
response to its query before March 7, the next date of hearing.

As per the Haryana government's submission, even its forest department
had to spend R90,000 in removing 3,130 trees that were uprooted by
protesters. The administration has, however, issued guidelines to
ensure that similar protests were not repeated.

The stir by the upper caste members was held in protest of the arrest
of 98 persons from their community for allegedly killing a 70-year-old
man and his teenaged daughter from the lower caste at Mirchpur village
in Hisar on April 21 last year.

The agitation call took place even as the apex court transferred the
trial from Haryana to Delhi. Normalcy was restored in the troubled
districts on January 26 following the intervention of Haryana Chief
Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who assured the protesters that a
committee would be constituted to look into the grievances raised by
the upper case members.

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[ZESTCaste] Wedding procession in Kadi attacked

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Wedding procession in Kadi attacked
TNN, Feb 22, 2011, 12.30am IST

AHMEDABAD: Tension gripped Dangarva village of Kadi taluka after a
group of villagers stopped a wedding procession from Ahmedabad and
insulted the groom. The situation turned violent on Sunday at Akhaj
village as the same group started pelting stones at people attending
the wedding party.

Mehsana district police officials rushed to the spot but they were too
targeted by the trouble mongers. "The attackers were of the opinion
that the wedding procession of Dalit community cannot pass through
their village," police officials said.

The procession was then taken to the marriage venue under police
protection. But soon after the marriage ceremonies culminated, another
round of stone pelting erupted. A group of people started pelting
stones at police vehicles and those in the marriage party. The police
had to resort to lathicharge to control the situation.

"We have arrested 12 stone-pelters and booked them for rioting. Seven
others have been booked under Prevention of Atrocities Act for
stopping the marriage procession and using derogatory language against
the victims," said RJ Savani, SP, Mehsana.

Sources said incidents of sabotaging Dalit community marriages in the
village have increased in the last one month. "Earlier, on February
18, a similar incident took place in Dangarva village. Now people of
Dalit community fear holding wedding ceremony in the village," said a
villager.

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[ZESTCaste] Mirchpur case: Shift to Delhi, Dalits urged

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Mirchpur case: Shift to Delhi, Dalits urged
Bhaskar Mukherjee, TNN, Feb 22, 2011, 04.34am IST

HISAR: A team of NGO members from Delhi working for the welfare of
Dalits, on Monday asked Balmiki families, including witnesses in the
Mirchpur violence case, to shift to Delhi to ensure their safety and
security during the ongoing trial.

The team included four lawyers who are learnt to be pleading cases for
the welfare of Mirchpur victims in the Supreme Court. The team
interacted with all the 77 families camping at the farm house of Ved
Pal Tanwar, the president Non-Jat Morcha. Notably, few Dalit families
left Mirchpur as they feared for their life during the Jat protest in
Jind. Since then, the families have been staying at a farm house.

"We are here to tell them about various schemes started by government
for protection of SC and STs. We have already moved a petition in a
Rohini court to shift the witnesses to Delhi for their safety and
security. The families have agreed and would shift after court gives
its final nod," said Ritu Kumar, one of the member of four-member
team.

In her plea before the court, Ritu had sought a safe and secure place
for the Dalit families, appropriate arrangements for education of
their children and employment opportunities for young men. Advocate
Ritu Kumar is fighting the case for the Balmikis in the Supreme Court
whereas other three, advocate Anubha Rastogi, Shree G Chauhan and
Rajat Kalsan fighting the case in a Rohini court. All the
deliberations were made in presence of Tanwar, the owner of the farm
house.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalit woman commits suicide

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21/02/2011
Dalit woman commits suicide

Bhadohi (UP), Feb 21 (PTI) A 28-year-old Dalit woman allegedly
committed suicide after having a dispute with her husband in Chauri
area, police said here today.

Guddi Saroj hanged herself from a ceiling last evening after her
husband Sabhajeet refused to take her to Mumbai with him, they said.

Police said that Sabhajeet used to live in Mumbai and had returned a
few days back.

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