Gujarat Dalit Atrocities

A 45-year-old Dalit woman died on Monday, a day after she was allegedly thrashed by two men angered by her refusal to convince her son to withdraw an old case registered against them under the Atrocities Act in Gujarat's Bhavnagar, an officer said.

A court Nadiad in Gujarat's Kheda district has sentenced a police sub-inspector to four years of rigorous imprisonment for assaulting a Dalit man and hurling casteist abuse at him.

The cousin of one of the two Dalit men thrashed last week allegedly for sporting a moustache in a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat was on Tuesday allegedly attacked by two unidentified men, police said.

Gujarat government on Wednesday opposed the demand for a CBI probe into the Una Dalit atrocity incident before the Gujarat High Court, saying that the investigation done by the CID was "immaculate".

A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman and her family were beaten up in Gujarat on Friday allegedly after they refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police has said.

A Dalit family, including a pregnant woman, was allegedly beaten up at Karja village in Gujarat's Banaskantha district after the members refused to dispose a cow carcass, police said on Saturday.

In the wake of Dalit agitation in Gujarat, the state government has announced setting up of 16 special courts across the state for the speedy trial of cases under SC/ST atrocities Act.

After the huge Patel protests in Gujarat, the BJP is facing an upsurge by Marathas in Maharashtra. Rallies -- held by lakhs of people in absolute silence, have been on across the state for more than a month, said to have been triggered by the rape of a girl by Dalits in Kopardi in July.

At least 1,100 postcards with a small message and tagline 'Badbu (stink) Gujarat Ki' were sent today to state tourism's brand ambassador and Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan by Dalits as part of a campaign to highlight "atrocities" against them in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nearly two months after seven Dalit men were flogged allegedly by self-styled cow vigilantes at Una in Gujarat, police have filed a charge sheet against 34 persons, including four police personnel who were arrested today on charges of dereliction of duty and failure to stop the crime which triggered a massive unrest.

Two Dalit men were thrashed allegedly by a group of self-styled cow vigilantes for refusing to dispose the carcass of a calf in a village in Gujarat's Saurashtra region.

50 Congress legislators were suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly after they stages a demonstration and disrupted the proceedings over the Una Dalit flogging incident. During a discussion on Dalit atrocities, Congress members rushed to the floor of the assembly holding placards accusing the BJP government in the state of being "anti-Dalit....

Four years after three Dalit youths were killed in a firing incident at Thangadh in Surendranagar district of Gujarat, the state government has decided to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case.

The protest rally by Dalits in Una in Gujarat on the Independence Day has come in for praise from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who said it was the people's response to the "farce" of Sangh Parivar's love for Dalits and that the movement had far reaching consequences in national politics.

"69 years ago, India woke up to freedom. Today, 69 years later we are freeing ourselves. It's not the Angrez (British) we are fighting; our civil disobedience is against our own society's caste oppression," said an emotional Laljibhai Chavada after he took a dramatic pledge along with thousands of other Dalits in Una yesterday to renounce their cas...

A 45-year-old Dalit woman died on Monday, a day after she was allegedly thrashed by two men angered by her refusal to convince her son to withdraw an old case registered against them under the Atrocities Act in Gujarat's Bhavnagar, an officer said.

A court Nadiad in Gujarat's Kheda district has sentenced a police sub-inspector to four years of rigorous imprisonment for assaulting a Dalit man and hurling casteist abuse at him.

The cousin of one of the two Dalit men thrashed last week allegedly for sporting a moustache in a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat was on Tuesday allegedly attacked by two unidentified men, police said.

Gujarat government on Wednesday opposed the demand for a CBI probe into the Una Dalit atrocity incident before the Gujarat High Court, saying that the investigation done by the CID was "immaculate".

A 25-year-old pregnant Dalit woman and her family were beaten up in Gujarat on Friday allegedly after they refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police has said.

A Dalit family, including a pregnant woman, was allegedly beaten up at Karja village in Gujarat's Banaskantha district after the members refused to dispose a cow carcass, police said on Saturday.

In the wake of Dalit agitation in Gujarat, the state government has announced setting up of 16 special courts across the state for the speedy trial of cases under SC/ST atrocities Act.

After the huge Patel protests in Gujarat, the BJP is facing an upsurge by Marathas in Maharashtra. Rallies -- held by lakhs of people in absolute silence, have been on across the state for more than a month, said to have been triggered by the rape of a girl by Dalits in Kopardi in July.

At least 1,100 postcards with a small message and tagline 'Badbu (stink) Gujarat Ki' were sent today to state tourism's brand ambassador and Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan by Dalits as part of a campaign to highlight "atrocities" against them in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nearly two months after seven Dalit men were flogged allegedly by self-styled cow vigilantes at Una in Gujarat, police have filed a charge sheet against 34 persons, including four police personnel who were arrested today on charges of dereliction of duty and failure to stop the crime which triggered a massive unrest.

Two Dalit men were thrashed allegedly by a group of self-styled cow vigilantes for refusing to dispose the carcass of a calf in a village in Gujarat's Saurashtra region.

50 Congress legislators were suspended for a day from the Gujarat Assembly after they stages a demonstration and disrupted the proceedings over the Una Dalit flogging incident. During a discussion on Dalit atrocities, Congress members rushed to the floor of the assembly holding placards accusing the BJP government in the state of being "anti-Dalit....

Four years after three Dalit youths were killed in a firing incident at Thangadh in Surendranagar district of Gujarat, the state government has decided to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case.

The protest rally by Dalits in Una in Gujarat on the Independence Day has come in for praise from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who said it was the people's response to the "farce" of Sangh Parivar's love for Dalits and that the movement had far reaching consequences in national politics.

"69 years ago, India woke up to freedom. Today, 69 years later we are freeing ourselves. It's not the Angrez (British) we are fighting; our civil disobedience is against our own society's caste oppression," said an emotional Laljibhai Chavada after he took a dramatic pledge along with thousands of other Dalits in Una yesterday to renounce their cas...