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crime had locked the girl inside the house. “We are searching the other accused. Very shortly, we wouldarrest the aides of mastermind Nayak who have gone underground,” said Dhenkanal SP ManoranjanMohanty. Meanwhile, the rape and murder of the Dalit girl a few months after the Rayagada rape incidenthas created a hue and cry in the political sphere. Pradesh Congress Committee president NiranjanPatnaik condemned the act as barbaric and mindless. “I request the State Government to take immediatesteps to arrest the culprits and try them through a special fast track court,” said Patnaik. Patnaikcontinued, “We should collectively work towards creating a system which guarantees security to oursisters and mothers and ensure their dignity is protected.” Similarly, a delegation led by Samajwadi PartyState committee president Rabi Behera handed over a memorandum to the Governor demandingtermination of the local police officer for negligence of duty and immediate arrest of all the accusedpersons involved in the case. The party also demanded Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the family of thedeceased and exemplary punishment to the accused through trial in a fast track court within 90 days.(Pioneer 16/3/13)NCSC pulls up police for inaction on Dalit girl's complaint (2)Jalandhar:: Responding to reports of police inaction over a Dalit girl's complaint that she was sold off to aland owner three years ago, the National Commission for SC/ST on Monday summoned the seniorsuperintendent of police and directed him to arrest the accused within a week. Vice chairman of theNational Commission for SC/ST, Raj Kumar Verka issued the summons to the SSP, who did not respondto it. However, Kapurthala SP Baljit Singh presented himself before Verka, who told him that an FIR hasto be registered in the case within three days followed by arrests in seven days. According to thecommission, the girl, now 17, has alleged that three years ago she was sold off by her uncle to physicallychallengedBatala landowner Lakhvir Singh in exchange for Rs. 70,000. The girl managed to escape thelandowner's custody three months ago, following which she filed a complaint in the matter. However,authorities in Kapurthala district did not take any action, prompting her to approach the NationalCommission for redressal. Verka sought an explanation from the SP as to why no action had been takenon the complaint filed by the girl, who belongs to Kapurthala. Singh said after studying the case, they hadreferred it to Batala police in Gurdaspur district as the case had originated there. This prompted Verka toissue an order directing the inspector general of Jalandhar and the border ranges to submit within threedays an affidavit declaring which of them had jurisdiction in the case. Verka warned the SP againstignoring the orders of the commission and said failure to act as directed would result in "the inspectorsgeneral of Jalandhar and Border ranges being summoned with other senior officials to appear before it".(<strong>Indian</strong> Express 18/3/13)Dalit woman gang-raped in Bhopal (2)BHOPAL: A 29-year-old dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped by three friends of her husband in Satnadistrict. The incident occurred at Pahadigaon village in Maihar tehsil on March 15, and a complaint wasfiled on Sunday night. Police said the victim had married a Muslim youth four months ago. She was livingalone for the past one month after her husband was arrested and sent to jail in connection with a theftcase. Three accused-Neeraj Puri, 23, Rinku Chaurasia, 27, and Naseer Khan,30, reportedly went to herhouse on March 15 and promised her that they would get her husband out on bail. As they were herhusband's friends, she allowed them in and offered tea. As soon as she went inside the kitchen, one ofthe accused locked the door from inside. Two of them overpowered her and gagged her mouth andanother tore her clothes. The three raped her taking turns and also threatened her with direconsequences before leaving the house, said police. She told her husband after he got out on bail onSunday. Subsequently, the two went to the Maihar police station and lodged a complaint against theaccused. The victim was sent for medical examination. Police conducted raids and arrested all three ofthem under Section 376 (2g)(gang rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 3/2/5 of the SC/ST Act. (Timesof India 19/3/13)
Dalit forums push for law giving statutory status to SC, ST special plan (2)BANGALORE: With elections to the Assembly just around the corner in Karnataka, several Dalit groupshave appealed to political parties to pass the legislation to provide statutory status to the SpecialComponent Plan (SCP) and the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) in their election manifestos. The Karnataka DalitaMahila Vedike (KDMV) and the Centre for Dalit Studies (CDS) Hyderabad have said a separate lawwould facilitate allocation of budget for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ welfare in proportion totheir population in the State. Such a law exists in Andhra Pradesh where not only does it ensureallocation of funds to SC and ST communities in proportion to their population, but also makes sure oftotal utilisation of funds allocated to these sections in the planned budget. Addressing the media, M.Anjaneyulu, director of CDS; Satyanarayana, president of CDS; and Yashoda P., convener, KDMV; onTuesday said such a legislation was essential in Karnataka as the resources earmarked have beenarbitrary and sub-optimal. Except for Andhra Pradesh, no other State has taken the initiative to pass a Billto extend social justice to SC and ST community, Mr. Anjaneyulu said. Regretting the failure inimplementing both the plans in Karnataka, Ms. Yashoda said funds allocated for plans had been divertedand there was no accountability. Efforts were now on to launch a movement to bring pressure on thegovernment to pass a law based on the Andhra Pradesh model. (The Hindu 20/3/13)Dalita Sankharavam on April 9 (2)RAJAHMUNDRY: All dalit communities are going to hold 'Dalita Sankharavam’ here on April 9 to explainthe benefits and salient features of the SC, ST Sub-Plan announced by the State government.Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, SC legal cell chairman Gulla Yedukondalu, StateSC Cell conveners Peetala Jayadev, Dake Raghu and B. Karunakar said Chief Minister N. Kiran KumarReddy and Deputy Chief Minister Damodara Raja Narasimha would be felicitated on the occasion.Amalapuram MP G.V. Harsha Kumar, who organised Malala Simha Garjana, would organise this meetingagain, but it would be at the district level. All SCs, including Mala, Madiga and their sub-castes, wouldparticipate in the meeting. Union Ministers Mukul Wasnik and Panabaka Lakshmi would be invited to themeeting as chief guests. Mr. Peetala Jayababu said an appeal would be made to the Ministers attendingthe meeting not to treat SCs as vote bank but enable them to get their legitimate share in all posts andpower. (The Hindu 21/3/13)3 dalits families attacked in Dadri (2)RAMGARH (DADRI): Three Dalit families were attacked in Ramgarh village in Dadri late on Sunday night.For the last one year, the 60-odd Dalit families in the village have allegedly been facing repeated violencepropagated by upper-caste Gujjars who have been pressuring them to sell of their land to a real estatedeveloper. The land was allotted to them by the erstwhile cgovernment. The villagers claimed the policehave written off the incident as merely a clash between two groups. Last year, a 24-year-old Dalit man,Tika Ram, was allegedly thrown in the path of an approaching train and his legs had to be amputated. AB.Ed student at a Dadri college, Tika Ram was among 70 others who were allotted 4.7 bighas to buildhouses in 2012. But several Gujjars had allegedly grabbed their land, constructing a wall around it tokeep them out. When Tika Ram and other affected Dalit families protested, they faced a violent backlash.On Sunday night, the homes of Brahmpal, Sheeshpal and Bishambar's were attacked by others in thevillage of the same Jatav community, the sub-caste to which Mayawati belongs. The clash between thetwo groups saw at least 15 people severely injured, with 8 members of families whose land had allegedlybeen grabbed getting treated at the district hospital in Noida on Monday. Bhuvanesh Kumar, the son ofBrahmpal, whose fingers had been shredded in the attack, said that the attackers were Jatavs who hadjoined in with the Gujjars. "Some of the Dalit families had joined hands with the Gujjars. They want to selloff their land because they're being offered lots of money and now they're attacking us because they wantus to do the same," he said. What makes the village crucial is its proximity to Greater Noida. A private
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