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Friday, January 14, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Dalit Christians still buried apart in TN?

http://expressbuzz.com/nation/dalit-christians-still-buried-apart-in-tn/239374.html

Dalit Christians still buried apart in TN?

Express News Service
First Published : 14 Jan 2011 01:29:29 AM IST
Last Updated : 14 Jan 2011 11:18:33 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Does only Tiruchy or do other parts of Tamil Nadu also
practise burying Christians and Dalit Christians separately?

When the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) asked Bishop Antony
Devottas's representative about this, his reply that it is not an
isolated incident and is indeed prevalent in other parts of Tamil
Nadu, surprised the NCM.

At its hearing on December 20, the NCM said that it would also hear
RCMC, Tiruchy and deferred the matter.

However, in a surprising development, the NCM advised Supreme Court
advocate Radhakanta Tripathy, who moved it to highlight the detestable
practice of separate burial for Christians and Dalit Christians, to
take up the matter in a higher court and inform it of the development.

A peeved Tripathy, in a rejoinder told NCM that the said matter cannot
be taken up to the higher court in an appeal by him as the higher
court would question his locus standi and there is also an
unreasonable delay as the munsif court had decided the case of Tiruchy
cemetery way back in the 1980s.

The NCM has also felt that the Tamil Nadu government must be asked to
intervene in the matter to help the church to have more equable social
practices.

On this point, Tripathy told the NCM that it itself should conduct a
thorough investigation and only then a public interest litigation
petition would be entertained either by the High Court or by the
Supreme Court.

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[ZESTCaste] Banda rape victim to be in jail till January 17

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Banda rape victim to be in jail till January 17
CNN-IBN
Updated Jan 14, 2011 at 03:31pm IST

Lucknow: The 17-year-old Dalit girl, who has been allegedly raped by
Bhaujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, on Friday
repeated her testimony in a Banda court in Uttar Pradesh claiming that
the legislator had raped her.

The court will hear her bail petition on January 17. The rape victim
has been in the jail on charges of theft. The MLA has accused her of
stealing cash and a mobile phone from his house.

Her lawyer Aparna Bhat said that the child cannot get justice in Uttar
Pradesh and the case should be transferred out of the state.
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Lucknow: The 17-year-old Dalit girl, who has been allegedly raped by
Bhaujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Purushottam Naresh Dwivedi, on Friday
repeated her testimony in a Banda court in Uttar Pradesh claiming that
the legislator had raped her.
The court will hear her bail petition on January 17. The rape victim
has been in the jail on charges of theft. The MLA has accused her of
stealing cash and a mobile phone from his house.
Her lawyer Aparna Bhat said that the child cannot get justice in Uttar
Pradesh and the case should be transferred out of the state.

The Uttar Pradesh government has come under fire for acting three
weeks too late.

"I am sorry to say that the state government. Right from the beginning
it is trying to hush up the whole matter and trying to save the BSP
MLA. When there was all-round pressure from all sides on the state
government it was left with no option but to take action against the
MLA. He is still the BSP MLA and has not been expelled from the BSP
and they are yet to take action against those police officers who
falsely implicated the victim," said National Commission for Schedule
Caste Chairperson PL Punia.

"It is outrageous that after all this that young minor rape victim who
needs to be protected and cared for by state and society is
languishing behind bars. The Mayawati government has to answer," said
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Brinda Karat.

The 48-year-old Dwivedi, who represents Naraini seat in Uttar Pradesh
Assembly was arrested on Thursday after he had been absconding for
many days. He has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody by the
Banda chief judicial magistrate.

The girl has alleged that the MLA raped her on December 10-11, 2010,
at the his residence. She escaped from the MLA's house on December 12
when the he allegedly attempted rape for the third time. She was the
same day on theft charges.

The MLA's two aides, Rajendra Shukla and Surendra Neta, have been
arrested. But third accused, Ravan Garg, is still absconding.

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[ZESTCaste] Court directs police to register case in Dalit rape incident

http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/13/courtdirects-police-to-register-case-in-dalit-rapeincident-aid0126.html

Court directs police to register case in Dalit rape incident
Thursday, January 13, 2011, 14:00 [IST]

Muzaffarnagar, Jan 13 (PTI) A local court has directedthe police to
register a case against three persons forallegedly raping a Dalit
woman at Jamalpur village here.

Buzz up!
The local court yesterday directed the police to actagainst the three
accused after a petition filed by the Dalitvictim alleged that no
action has been taken on her complaint.

The woman had also alleged in her written complaint thatthe police
refused to register an FIR in the case, prosecutionsaid.

The victim had gone to give lunch to her husband in thefields when the
accused Manoj, Sudesh and Sanjiv abducted herand gangraped her at gun
point on October 15, 2010. They alsothreatened her with dire
consequences if she disclosed thematter to anyone, police said.

All the accused are absconding and a probe is on to nabthem, they said.

Meanwhile, the police today registered a case against theaccused.

In a separate incident, a five-year-old girl wasallegedly raped by her
neighbour Yogesh Kumar at Shivpurihere, police said.

In another incident, a 22-year-old man was sodomised bythree others at
gun point at Malendi village here, policesaid.

A case has been registered against three persons underIPC section 377
(sodomising), they said.

The victim, waiting on a bus stand, was abducted andsodomised
yesterday after the accused lured him by offeringlift in their
vehicle, police said.

All the accused are absconding and an investigation is onto nab them,
they added.

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[ZESTCaste] Wishing Happy Birthday on 15-01-2011 to MAYAWATIJI not just for the Next, but for the First PRIME MINISTER of PRABUDDHA BHARATH [1 Attachment]

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Wishing Happy Birthday on 15-01-2011 to MAYAWATIJI not just for the Next, but for the First PRIME MINISTER of PRABUDDHA BHARATH

MAY YOU BE EVER HAPPY, WELL AND SECURE
MAY YOU LIVE LONG
MAY ALL SENTIENT AND NON-SENTIENT BEINGS BE EVER HAPPY
MAY YOU BE ALWAYS HAVE CALM, QUIET, ALERT,ATTENTIVE AND
EQUANIMITY MIND WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT
NOTHING IS PERMANENT

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