Justice for Dalit women in Chitradurga
Hemanth Kumar & Senthalir SThursday, January 28, 2010 10:27 IST
The superintendent of police (SP) in Chitradurga, on Wednesday,
ordered the immediate arrest of eight men for allegedly beating up a
Dalit woman and parading her naked through Lakshmisagar, a village in
the Challakere taluk.
He also directed a
thoroughhttp://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_justice-for-dalit-women-in-chitradurga_1340104
probe into the reported rape of Dalit women of another village in the
same taluk.
The order to arrest the suspects, allegedly part of a mob of about 30
to 40 men, followed a report in this newspaper, Villagers parade Dalit
woman naked, published on Wednesday.
DNA had also packaged another report on its front page, drawing
attention to the plight of Dalits in Budihalli village. "…women in all
the 30 Dalit families living in Budihalli have either been raped or
sexually harassed by landlords," the report said.
The SP, Labhuram, said the police had intensified the probeinto the
alleged case of atrocities on Dalits.
Responding to the reports, Janardhana Swamy, the parliament member
representing Chitradurga, said he would look into the details and
direct the district administration to act swiftly to provide justice.
Bhagyamma, aged 25, was beaten up and dragged naked through the
Lakshmisagar village for helping a Cupid-struck couple elope.
While the girl belonged to the Nayak community, the boy was a Dalit.
The men, all from the girl's community, also assaulted her husband on
January 17.
In her complaint, Bhagyamma had named eight men as her tormentors:
Vasanth (son of Shivanna), Prakash (s/o Bhangira Obanna),
Hanumanthappa (s/o Huliyappa), Prakash (s/o Chidandappa), Obanna (s/o
Kuruvanoor Obanna), Manjunath (s/o Shivanna) Kumar (s/o Muddeloganna)
and Suresh (s/o Eshwarappa).
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