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[ZESTCaste] 14 injured in dalit-Akali clash

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14/07/2011
14 injured in dalit-Akali clash

Batala (Punjab), Jul 13 (PTI) At least 14 persons were injured today
after dalits and Akalis clashed for more than two hours at a village
here, police said.

BSP leader Mohan Singh, who was today nominated as district president
of Bhagwan Valmiki Kranti Sena, reached his village Sandalpura, where
some of his supporters started raising slogans against Akali sarpanch
Harpal Singh, they said.

Singh''s supporters rushed to the spot and started raising
counter-slogans against the BSP leader which was followed by stone
pelting between the two parties, they said.

Being lesser in strength, Harpal Singh''s supporters fired at their
rivals that left 14 injured (on both sides), they said.

Bhagwan Valmiki Kranti Sena state president Swaran Singh Gill and his
colleagues were among the injured.

When contacted, SSP (Batala) Gurdeep Singh said he had sent a police
team to investigate into the entire matter. He also assured strict
action against those persons who were found guilty PTI Corr VJ

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit youth dies in custody; SHO, 5 cops suspended

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Dalit youth dies in custody; SHO, 5 cops suspended
TNN | Jul 14, 2011, 02.23am IST

JAIPUR/JODHPUR: A Dalit youth, who was rounded up on suspicion of his
involvement in a theft case in Pali district, died in police custody
at Guda Engla police station of the district on Tuesday night. The
youth was allegedly kept in illegal detention for four days during
which he was brutally tortured, his family members alleged.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot ordered an administrative inquiry as well
as a magisterial inquiry into the incident. He also ordered immediate
suspension of SHO Bharat Dewasi and five other policemen. The
remaining staff of the station have been sent to the police lines. The
decision was taken at a high-level meeting at the CM's residence on
Wednesday. A compensation of Rs 7 lakh, an LIG category house for the
family and a government job to one of the family members of the
deceased have also been announced.

The deceased, identified as Rahul Kumar (20) was a resident of Keshav
Nagar of Pali town. IG, Jodhpur Range, Umesh Mishra, terming it a
custodial death, said the Guda Engla police had detained Rahul for
interrogation for suspected involvement in a theft case.

"He was in police custody and suddenly his condition worsened on
Tuesday night," said Mishra. He was immediately taken to a hospital
but the doctors there referred him to Jodhpur, where he was declared
brought dead on Wednesday morning. "We have taken action against the
entire staff including SHO Bharat Dewasi and five other constables,
who were involved in the interrogation of the deceased," said Mishra.

According to him, Rahul was to be produced before the magistrate on
Wednesday. Hundreds of people gathered at the district collectorate
and demanded action against the staff of the Gudha Engla police
station and demanded compensation for the family. District collector
Neeraj K Pawan said the post-mortem of the victim was conducted in the
presence of a magistrate. A videography of the entire process was also
done, he said.

In the afternoon, divisional commissioner of Jodhpur, RK Jain, and IG
Umesh Mishra also visited Gudha Engla. Jain said that three separate
inquiries have been ordered by the state government, which includes an
administrative inquiry to look into the lapses and to avoid such
incidents in future, a magisterial inquiry to investigate into the
death and a CID inquiry, since the case has been registered under
Section 302 of the IPC.

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[ZESTCaste] Scheduled Caste Hindus demand marriage registration in Pakistan

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=57576&Cat=4&dt=7/14/2011

Karachi

Scheduled Caste Hindus demand marriage registration in Pakistan

our correspondent
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Karachi

The Scheduled Caste Hindus (Dalits) have demanded marriage
registration in the country, which is home to 3.4 million of them.

According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the community has
demanded that for Hindu families, the lack of marriage registration
mechanism is a matter of serious concern. As shared by them, lack of
Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) and marriage registration
has resulted in many domestic, social and psychological problems for
the Hindu families, especially women and girls.

Hindu married couples face numerous problems in travelling and lodging
outside their residence. Due to an absence of CNIC and marriage
registration mechanism, the Scheduled Caste Hindu women do not get any
share in their husbands' property and their access to health
facilities and participation in social, economic and political
processes is also minimal.

According to them, for years Hindu women have been forcibly converted
to Islam and married to Muslim men, while they were already married to
a Hindu. Since there is no documentation to prove the earlier
marriage, the woman's husband or family is unable to take up the issue
on legal grounds.

The statement mentions that although several letters have been written
to the government but nothing has been done in this regard, and
neither the minority parliamentarians are listening to anyone in
Pakistan.

In a nation of mainly Muslim inhabitants, around 0.25 per cent of the
population comprises of minorities. According to the 1998 census upper
caste, Hindus are just over 2.1 million though these figures are
contested by the representatives of the lower caste Hindus as they
believe that discrimination and the state's denial of their problems
begins with numbers and estimates that the population of lower caste
Hindus is more than two million.

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[ZESTCaste] HC admits plea seeking CB-CID probe into Dalit girl''s death

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HC admits plea seeking CB-CID probe into Dalit girl''s death
PTI | 03:07 PM,Jul 14,2011

Madurai, Jul 14 (PTI) Madras High Court bench here today ordered
notice to city police to file a status report on the investigation
into the mysterious death of a 14-year old Dalit girl in a government
hostel here on July 9 last year. The court passed the order while
admitting a petition by the girl's father seeking a direction to
transfer the probe into the case to the CB-CID police. Justice R.Mala,
who went through the case diary, asked the Police to file the status
report on July 22. Petitioner Soundarapandian submitted that he
strongly suspected his daughter Pandeeswari was "sexually abused and
murdered" by some DMK men. He said the warden of the Adidravidar
Welfare hostel at Chokkikulam had informed him that his daughter died
due to electric shock. But there were injuries on her chest, loin and
nail marks on the face. Her inner garments were also found damaged and
changed in position. There was no symptom of electric shock, the
petitioner submitted. Authorities did not order Revenue Divisional
Officer inquiry, he said adding no action was taken on his complaint
with Tallakulam police. Hostel officials were giving contradictory
versions regarding when and where she suffered the shock. Other
students were not telling the truth and one particular girl knew about
the incident, he claimed. Alleging that the local police did not
conduct a proper inquiry, he sought transfer of the case to the
CB-CID.

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[ZESTCaste] A shaky Mayawati govt relents and orders CBI probe into murder of Dr Sachan

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/a-shaky-mayawati-govt-relents-and-orders-cbi-probe-into-murder-of-dr-sachan/articleshow/9212674.cms

13 Jul, 2011, 07.40PM IST, Man Mohan Rai,ET Bureau
A shaky Mayawati govt relents and orders CBI probe into murder of Dr Sachan

LUCKNOW: A day before the High Court was slated to decide on a PIL
demanding CBI probe into the murder of Dr YS Sachan inside jail
premises, the Mayawati government which had till now denied that it
was a murder and also refused to hand over the case to central
investigative agencies, relented and quietly forwarded the case to the
CBI.

With the heat turning on the beleaguered Mayawati government and
public outcry over the spate of murders of government medical
officers, Chief Minister Mayawati at a high level meeting on Wednesday
evening gave the go ahead for a CBI probe as demanded by the family of
the slain Dr YS Sachan.

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Lucknow, Dr YS Sachan was
killed inside jail on June 22, where he was imprisoned for
embezzlement of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds.

He was also later accused by the police of hatching the conspiracy to
kill CMO Family Welfare, Dr BP Singh on April 2, this year. Before Dr
Singh his predecessor, CMO Family Welfare, Dr Vinod Kumar Arya was
also killed on October 27, 2010.

The killing of three doctors within eight months raised a huge public
outcry forcing two powerful Bahujan Samaj Party leaders, the Family
Welfare minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and Health minister Anant Kumar
Mishra to tender their resignations. While Kushwaha is a blue eyed boy
of Chief Minister Mayawati, the other Anant Kumar Mishra is close
relative of BSP's brahmin face and Mayawati confidante Satish Chandra
Mishra.

The state receives more than Rs 3,000 crore annualy from the central
government for the NRHM scheme which has led to massive corruption in
the state machinery.

The spate of murders led to the opposition alleging that the trail of
corruption in NRHM funds and the murders led to the chief Ministers
office.

What was more brazen was that after Dr Sachan was arrested and then
found murdered inside the jail premises with nine grievous injuries
the government claimed that it was a suicide and not a murder. Dr
Sachan's son has said that his father was about the reveal the names
of those higher ups involved in the murder and that is why he was
killed.

Senior police officers and Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh
had said that it was a case of suicide.

On Tuesday, a judicial probe report submitted to the Lucknow bench of
the High Court had said that Dr Sachan was murdered. The bench
comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Rituraj Awasthi which was hearing
the PIL demanding a CBI probe into the murder of Dr Sachan while
pulling up the government had decided to pronounce its decision on a
CBI probe on Thursday.

A shaky Mayawati government decided to recommend a CBI probe into the
incident on Wednesday evening itself, after dithering for weeks since
Dr Sachan was murdered.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

[ZESTCaste] 14 injured in dalit-Akali clash

[ZESTCaste] Dalit youth dies in custody; SHO, 5 cops suspended

[ZESTCaste] Scheduled Caste Hindus demand marriage registration in Pakistan

[ZESTCaste] HC admits plea seeking CB-CID probe into Dalit girl''s death

[ZESTCaste] A shaky Mayawati govt relents and orders CBI probe into murder of Dr Sachan

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