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Dalit boy's life cheaper than tomato Dalit Woman burnt alive in Police Station Migrant Bonded Labourer Killed For Denying Work Woman in bonded debt praded naked Decomposed body of Bonded Labour found in Canal Cops ‘forcibly’ evict Dalit family from their home Dalit paraded after blackening his face Brawl over Custodial death of Dalit Labourer Migrant Labourer Harrased for ‘Begar Assault on Dalit woman: Cops accused of inaction Tension prevails
in Ahmedpur village District Magistrate formed Bonded Labour welfare Committee DDVA Condemned District Magistrate’s statement Tension prevails
in Ahmedpur village landlords boycotts Dalits Caste fury leaves 16 years old scalded The Dalit- Jat divide is a year- deep here A Dalit beaten to death by Landlords Objectionable word inscribed on jail inmate’s back Caste fury leaves 16 years old scalded
Tension
Prevails in Abadi Chandigarh village of Dinanagar after a scheduled Caste girl
was allegedly, abducted and injured by upper caste men. The girl is undergoing
treatment for burns at the local Civil Hospital. Her father has accused the
Dinanagar police and hospital staff of siding with the village Rajputs. Girl’s
father Mohinder Pal, Who has a tea stall in Behrampur, said on June 11, lovely
and her sister had gone to the fields to answer a call of nature, when Munish
Singh, a Rajput boy, teased her, the girl’s mother went to the boy’s house
and complained about his incident conduct .Later words were exchanged between
Pal and Munish, Who was accompanied by two friends. Upset over the events, a
group of Rajputs, armed with sharp edged weapons and sticks, attacked his house
late in the night, alleged Pal. A clash between Dalits and Rajputs ensued. There
was no power and taking advantage of the confusion, the group abducted the girl
and left, alleged Pal. They also blocked all the roads leading to Behrampur and
Dinanagar to prevent them from approaching the police, he alleged. Meanwhile,
Mohinder and his brothers started looking for the girl found her lying badly
injured on the Behrampur-Marara road in Amma village early next day. She was
taken to the Behrampur primary health center. Accusing
the Dinanagar police and Gurdaspur Civil Hospital staff of bias, Pal alleged
that the FIR was registered on the basis of a weak medico-legal report. Denying
the charge, the Dinanagar police and hospital staff claimed they had acted
promptly.
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the Dalit Atrocity prevails in the state and express your views over the
continuing use of Caste Discrimination by upper Caste, powerful landlords and
urge the Indian Government:
The
Dalit- Jat divide is a year- deep here Sanjeev
Chopra It’s been a yea of discontent for Jagga, 25, poor Seeri (agricultural labourer) of Dalel Singh Wala village. Last year in July, he lost his job when the land-owing Jats of the village decided to boycott the Dalits. Today his life has been reduced to one long futile search for work. Not
very far away, Ajab Singh of Ahmedpur village is also facing the blight of
joblessness. ‘My day is all about hunting for work, sometimes as far away as
30 Kms.’ He sights, telling you how getting a dihadi is a pain. Their woes date back to a muggy day in July when Manjit Kaur, a Dalit of Dalel Singh Wala, accused a 70- year- old Jat farmer, Chhotta Singh of trying to outrage her modesty following a standoff between the two communities over the refusal of the Dalits to repay debts of the Jats.Sarpanch Joginder Singh claims It was this incident that snowballed into a boycott announced over the public address system of the gurdwara. ‘Jats
lost 35 lakh in the bargain as all the seeries refused to pay their loans to
landlords, ‘says Nambardar Amandeep Singh. It’s this sum and a social organisation called Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan which is coming in the way of any reconciliation between the two sides. Sitting on a Charpoy in the Dalit part of the village, Jagseer Singh, a representative of the Andolan is high on anti-Jat rhetoric. Exulting at the complete breakdown of communication and interpersonal relations between the Dalits and the Jats, he calls it freedom from servitude, ‘The Jats were charging unreasonable high rates of interest to keep the Dalits in their stranglehold. Now with our support, they have managed to free themselves. Now they can work anywhere, but for the village. Jats too see some good in the boycott. As Mahender Singh, block samiti member of the Dalel Singh Wala, puts it: ‘Our youth were squandering their money on drugs, and used to idle around the whole day. Now they are forced to tend to their land and that’s a healthy trend.’ But behind closed doors, both the communications agree that the hostilities do not agur well for them. The
increasing interference by the Andolan activists, who do not let Dalits return
to work, is also making many uncomfortable. What
most of worrisome is the special with which this virus of boycott is spreading
to other villagers like Ahmedpur and Kahnpur in Mansa, besides
Kaleanwali and Majhi in Sangrur.
Dalits Claim a public announcement o the boycott was made in Ahmedpur village
recently even thought sarpanch Gurdeep Singh denies it. The
boycott is not of the whole community but only a few Dalits troublemakers,
“He clarifies” Mansa
Deputy Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary admits he has a problem at hand.
“Althoght the Andolan officials have tried to link these cases to bonded
labour, I am yet to confirm a single cases as per law.
A
Dalit beaten
to death by Landlords A
Dalit Labourer Balkar Singh S/o Sukhdev Singh resident of village Uppal was
reportty beaten to death by five landlords of the same village for complaint
against them to their family. Police
source said that the incident took place on July 2 evening when Balkar Singh
was returning to his home after performing his duty in the fields. On the way
the accrued group of landlords who has drunk tried to hit him by the Tractor
he escaped from there. But the father of Balkar Singh Sukhdev Singh went to
the landlord’s home to complaint against them. This act of the Dalit did not
by the landlords instead of say anything to their sons they attacked on
Sukhdev Singh and abused him and later capture the Labourer and beaten him to
death. Police has registered a case of murder under IPC Act 302 & 34 &
started investigation against the assionded accrued tolerated but fortunately. Report
on: 3 July 2004 What Law Says about it
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Objectionable
word inscribed on jail inmate’s back In a brutal incident, an objectionable word was allegedly inscribed on the back of a Dalit inmate by the jail doctor and the Deputy Superintendent of jail with the help of some surgical instrument in the jail premises. This has put a question mark on the functioning of the Jails in Punjab where inmates are being treated in inhuman way. The incident came in to light when the counsel of the jail inmate, identified as Malkiat, moved an application in the court of sessions Judge, Mr. S. K Garg, that his client was allegedly tortured and beaten up by the jail staff and added that the Deputy Superintendent of jail Mr Satpal Singh, along with the jail doctor, Mr Chander Shekher had inscribed an objectionable word on the back of Malkit Singh with the help of some surgical instrument. Later, Makiat Singh was produced in the court where he narrated his tale of woes. The court ordered medical examination of the inmate before sending him back to the jail and issued notice to the District Attorney to submit a reply by July 12 in this regard. Talking to reportable outside the court, Malkiat Singh, who was facing allegations of attempt to murder, said his fault was only that he had complained of pain in abdomen to the jail doctor late last. ‘I asked the jail staff and the doctor and the Deputy Superintendent of jail beat me up mercilessly for disturbing them in the night. They later forcibly inscribed objectionable word on my back to teach me a lesson, he added. The duo said that there are no medicines for Scheduled Castes people. Besides, they threatened me of dire consequences if the matter was reported Singh said who was visibly shaken due to this inhuman treatment. Dr.
Gurpal Singh medical officer on duty in emergency ward of the local Civil
Hospital revealed that Malkiat Singh was thoroughly examined and it was
confirmed that the objections word was inscribed on his back 24 to 48 hours
ago. The wounds on his head and lashes marks on his body were also reported in
the medical report, he added. Report
On: 4 July 2004 What Law Says about it
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Rescued Bonded Labourer’s Children Four minor held hostages by a landlord were rescued on Thusday morning after a warrant office Mander Pal Kohli appointed by Punjab and Haryana High Court raided his premises in Bhagwanpura village of Muktsar District. The childern, including three girls, returned to their father who used to work as a bonded labourer (Siri) with the landlord. Gurbachan Singh, the landlord, is also a Panchayat member of the village. He had detained Kulbir kaur (14), Surjit (8), Harpreet (7) and Manpreet (3) at his house for more than a month because their father Balkar Singh had complained to the Muktsar Deputy Commissioner about his being held in bondage and had sought help to be freed. The complaint to the DC was made through a Phillaur-based NGO, Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan, which later filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court. Balkar problems increased after he took refuge at the NGO’s office in Phillaur. Angry at Balkar’s defiance, the landlord took his children, who were staying with their uncle, into illegal custody. He made them do menial jobs. “We were not allowed to go to school. We were beaten up even if one of us dared to move out of us dared to move out of the house,” said Surjit Kaur, a second standard student. “Only one of us was provided one meal in a day on the basis of the work we did for the landlord. The others had to cook for themselves,” added Kulbir Kaur. Balkar Singh had started working for the landlord about one-and-a-half years ago. He was promised Rs. 18000/- per annum and he took an advance of Rs.8,000/- repayable with five per cent interest. When his wife, who also worked at the household, died, his eldest daughter Kulbir took her place. “I was never paid my full salary. Instead a fine of Rs.100/- was imposed in case I took leave due to illness. I was not allowed to work anywhere else,” said Balkar Singh.
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