Thursday, February 4, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Dalit woman paraded naked in Karnataka village

 

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Dalit woman paraded naked in Karnataka village
Posted by: Administrator on Feb 03, 2010

A Dalit woman from Lakshmisagar village in Chitradurga district,
Karnataka, has filed a case against eight men of Nayak community for
assaulting her and parading her naked on the village's streets on
January 17.

The men, belonging to a dominant Nayak community of the village,
accused the woman of helping a Dalit man and a Nayak girl elope from
the village.

Eyewitnesses said a group of about 40men beat up 25-five-year-old
Bhagyamma before parading her on the streets.

The Superintendent of Police, Chitradurga, Labhuram confirmed that
Bhagyamma had filed the case.

"Bhagyamma has filed a complaint against eight people."

He said a couple hailing from different communities had eloped,
leading to a rift between the two communities.

"We traced the couple and brought them back to Chitradurga from
Davanagere. The girl has given a statement saying that she had
willingly eloped with the Dalit boy," he added.

However, the Chitradurga Deputy Police Commissioner denied that the
incident took place in the village.

"If a Dalit woman was beaten up and stripped naked, it would have
definitely come to my notice. I checked with the superintendent of
police, it was only a elope case.

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