Dalit Man Beheaded

This brutal murder has left Tamil Nadu shaken, both because of its gruesome nature as well as the fact that it showed an extremely violent manifestation of casteism. Last week, a 13-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly beheaded by her neighbor in front of her mother's eyes near Attur in Tamil Nadu's Salem district. Dinesh Kumar, who belonged to a high...

A 35-year-old Dalit man was beheaded allegedly by a primary school teacher who alleged that his presence made the flour mill "impure", since he used it before the upper caste villagers in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district, a senior police officer said today.

This brutal murder has left Tamil Nadu shaken, both because of its gruesome nature as well as the fact that it showed an extremely violent manifestation of casteism. Last week, a 13-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly beheaded by her neighbor in front of her mother's eyes near Attur in Tamil Nadu's Salem district. Dinesh Kumar, who belonged to a high...

A 35-year-old Dalit man was beheaded allegedly by a primary school teacher who alleged that his presence made the flour mill "impure", since he used it before the upper caste villagers in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district, a senior police officer said today.