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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Fake SC/ST cops in Delhi police!

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Fake SC/ST cops in Delhi police!
By: Atul Krishan Date: 2011-07-13 Place: Delhi

Home ministry asks department to probe its personnel

The fake caste certificate scam seems to have penetrated Delhi Police
ranks as well. Recently, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed the
department to verify SC, ST and OBC certificates furnished by cops to
get employment. A highly-placed police source said that on the
instructions of the MHA, the department conducted a verification drive
that several personnel, who have been working with Delhi Police for
years, provided fake certificates to get their jobs.

"The first person who was caught was a head constable posted with
vigilance branch. The accused was identified as head constable Ram
Kishan Mehto. The vigilance department has held him guilty of
furnishing a fake certificate of ST category," said a police source.

The source said that Ram Kishan Mehto got the Delhi Police job in
1995. According to the source it was the outer district DCP who first
came to know about the discrepancy and asked the vigilance department
to take action against him.

Spot the difference
"During the verification drive, the DM of east Delhi was also asked by
police to prepare a report on whether the ST certificate of Mehto was
fake or not. On April 1, the DM replied to this. He made it clear that
the document provided by Mehto was indeed fake. He added that he
culprit does belong to an extremely backward class but he was not the
member of ST category and no certificate was issued to him by the DM's
office," said a police official.

The source also said that additional commissioner of police
(vigilance) Garmia Bhatnagar wrote a letter to senior police officials
asking them to take action against Mehto and book him in a criminal
case.
"The instruction letter was sent by director (Delhi), government of
India, Ministry of Home Affairs to all DCPs to conduct a verification
drive. The head constable will be questioned to find out where he
procured the fake certificate from," said a police source.

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[ZESTCaste] Dalit youth dies in police custody in Pali, Rajasthan

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Dalit youth dies in police custody in Pali, Rajasthan
United News of India
Pali, July 13, 2011

A Dalit youth, who was picked up by the police while he was allegedly
wandering in suspicious circumstances late last night, has died in
police custody.

A police spokesman said today Rahul Harijan of Keshav Nagar here was
nabbed by the police around midnight last night. He was brought to the
police station where he "fell ill" during interrogation.

He was rushed to a local hospital from where he was referred to the
Bangar Hospital and then to Jodhpur Medical College Hospital.

Doctors in Jodhpur declared him brought dead, the police said, adding
that the body was again being brought here for autopsy.

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[ZESTCaste] Birth anniversary of Dalit icon Srinivasan observed

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Birth anniversary of Dalit icon Srinivasan observed

Chennai, Jul 7 : The birth anniversary of Dalit icon and Mahatma
Gandhi's close aide 'Rettamalai' Srinivasan was today observed as an
official function. This followed an order issued by Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa yesterday that his birth anniversary today would be
celebrated as a government function.

As per her directive, State Ministers paid floral tributes by
garlanding the statue of the dalit icon at the Gandhi Mandapm premises
at Adyar. Among those who garlanded the statue included, Finance
Minister O Panneerselvam, Agriculture Minister K A Sengottaiyan,
Electricity Minister Natham R Viswanathan, Adi Dravidar and Tribals
Minister N Subramanian and others.

Mr Srinivasan, who had faced the evils of untouchability during his
school days, was instrumental in the Father of the Nation putting his
signature in Tamil as 'Mo Ka Gandhi' (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in
Tamil), according to an official release. Srinivasan, who strove for
the rights of the Adi dravidars, had also worked as a translator in a
South African Court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate,
it added.

Leaders of various political parties also paid tribute to Srinivasan.

- Agencies
Jul 07, 2011

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[ZESTCaste] Gujarat govt indifference to boycott of dalits baffles activists

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_gujarat-govt-indifference-to-boycott-of-dalits-baffles-activists_1565389

Gujarat govt indifference to boycott of dalits baffles activists
Published: Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011, 17:01 IST
By Roxy Gagdekar | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA

Whether it is the police department, the social justice and
empowerment department or the panchayat department itself, no
department of the state government has showed any interest in the
boycott of dalits by Muslims right in the heart of Nano Land.

Even the Congress party, which is in control of the Gram Panchayat of
Andej village in Sanand, has done nothing to end the boycott so far.

However, the people and activists at the local level are continuing
their struggle for justice and equality. "We are still not allowed to
purchase anything from the grocery or pan shops in the village," said
Shankar Shenwa, a dalit resident of the village.

"Muslim leaders have made an offer for settlement but we will not
settle for anything unless we are treated as equals and with respect,"
he said.

An activist for dalit rights, Suresh Jadhav of Navsarjan Trust,
Sanand, told DNA that they had drafted a petition and were submitting
it to all the departments concerned in an effort to end the boycott of
the dalits.

However, as of now, as many as 500 dalits of the village have to
struggle for the daily needs of life because of the people who have
boycotted them.

They have to spend money on travelling to grocery shops located 14 km
away when the same things are available at shops in the village.
Moreover, they have to spend much more on travelling just because they
cannot use the local transport system which is dominated by members of
the Muslim community.

RP Tank, joint director, social justice and empowerment department,
told DNA that they cannot do anything unless they
get details from the victims.

"So far, we have received no information either from the police or
even the victims themselves," he said.

Deputy superintendent of police, Sarkhej, RK Patel, could not
contacted despite several attempts by DNA.
However, inspector general of police, Ahmedabad range, GS

Malik, told DNA that a police team had visited the spot but they could
not find any evidence of the boycott of dalits.

Mamlatdar, Sanand taluka, who is also the chairman of the local body
for prevention of atrocities on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,
said that they could not act until they received a written
application. "The people have so far not approached us," he said.

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[ZESTCaste] Protection for Thulayanatham Dalits sought

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article2217885.ece

TIRUCHI, July 11, 2011
Protection for Thulayanatham Dalits sought
Staff Reporter

Evidence, the Madurai-based human rights organisation, has appealed to
the District Collector and Superintendent of Police to provide
protection to Dalits of Thulayanatham village in Musiri taluk in the
wake of the alleged attacks on them last month.

While urging the State government to take steps to provide relief to
those Dalits whose houses were damaged, the organisation has sought
compensation of Rs.5 lakh each to the affected. It urged the police to
book a case under various sections of the SC and ST (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act, 1989 and arrest those involved. In a press release,
A. Kathir, Executive Director, Evidence, said a fact-finding team of
the organisation visited the affected village recently to ascertain
the situation following the attacks.

The release claimed that a group of caste Hindus of Thulayanatham and
other places entered the locality of the Dalits and attacked them
besides damaging their houses. The assault took place a day after some
Dalit youths were intercepted and attacked by a group of caste Hindus
when the former were returning after witnessing a cultural programme
organised as part of a temple festival held at Mangalam village where
a wordy quarrel broke out between them.

Forty-one Dalit houses were damaged and three members of the community
including a woman sustained injuries, Mr.Kathir said. The
Thathiengarpet police arrested 24 caste Hindus and booked a case under
various sections of the IPC read with section 3(1) (X) of SC and ST
(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and 3 (1) of the TNPPD Act.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Fake SC/ST cops in Delhi police!

[ZESTCaste] Dalit youth dies in police custody in Pali, Rajasthan

[ZESTCaste] Birth anniversary of Dalit icon Srinivasan observed

[ZESTCaste] Gujarat govt indifference to boycott of dalits baffles activists

[ZESTCaste] Protection for Thulayanatham Dalits sought

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