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Date: Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Subject: [PMARC] Dalits Media Watch - News Updates 17.04.10
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Dalits Media Watch
News Updates 17.04.10
12-year-old Dalit killed for stealing wheat - The Hindustan Times
'Torture By Cops'
SC panel demands SHO's suspension - The Tribune
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/IndiaSectionPage-Topstories/3/India-LP-India-Lid.aspx
Buddhist Dalits entitled to SC quota: HC - Express Buzz
http://expressbuzz.com/states/tamilnadu/buddhist-dalits-entitled-to-sc-quota-hc/165984.html
Udupi: SDPI National President Blames Governments of Neglecting Dalits, Muslims - Daiji World
The Hindustan Times
12-year-old Dalit killed for stealing wheat
Lucknow, April 16, 2010
First Published: 16:49 IST(16/4/2010)
A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly beaten to death by villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district for stealing wheat from the fields, police said on Friday.
Three men have been booked for killing the Dalit boy, police said.
"Preliminary investigations reveal the three men killed the Dalit boy. All the three are absconding," police inspector Arvind Rathore said in Hardoi.
Kamlesh Kumar, a resident of Kashipur village in Hardoi, about 110 km from Lucknow, was repeatedly assaulted with wooden sticks and iron rods on Thursday, following which he died in the fields.
According to police, Kumar was initially spotted hiding in the wheat fields of Neeraj Singh.
When Singh learned about Kumar's presence, he, along with two of his aides, started beating Kumar, accusing him of stealing wheat, police added.
"We have detained some of Singh's close associates to ascertain his whereabouts," Rathore said.
The Tribune
'Torture By Cops'
SC panel demands SHO's suspension
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/IndiaSectionPage-Topstories/3/India-LP-India-Lid.aspx
Kulwinder Sandhu, Tribune News Service
Moga, April 16
Reacting to a news item 'Dalit youth alleges torture by cops' published in these columns on April 15, the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes has issued a notice to Moga SSP Snehdeep Sharma and asked him to immediately suspend the SHO of Ajitwal police station, Balbir Singh, and other police officials who were involved in the case.
Expressing concern over increasing atrocities on Dalits and the violation of human rights by the police, Dalip Singh Pandhi, a member of the commission, said the panel might refer this case to the CBI for a probe. "I have written to the commission chairman requesting to refer the case to the CBI," he said.
The Tribune had highlighted that Harry Singh, a Dalit youth, was allegedly tortured, paraded naked and subjected to obscene abuses when he surrendered before the police to free his wife from illegal detention at Ajitwal police station here on Saturday, last week. He alleged that a fabricated case under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act by showing a seizure of 5 kg of poppy husk was registered against him.
Meanwhile, the state SC commission has constituted a three-member panel comprising Moga District Magistrate Satwant Singh Johal, CMO Dr Kuldip Singh and District Welfare Officer Gurmeet Singh Karialwi to inquire into the alleged negligence of a surgeon on duty for delaying the surgery of a Dalit youth, who was injured in the firing incident on Friday. Taking a suo motu notice of a news item 'Delay in surgery of injured patient- Moga residents stage protest against doctor, seek arrest', Dalip Singh Pandhi also asked the state government to immediately suspend the doctor and send him outside the district so that an independent inquiry could be conducted into the allegations against him.
Express Buzz
Buddhist Dalits entitled to SC quota: HC
http://expressbuzz.com/states/tamilnadu/buddhist-dalits-entitled-to-sc-quota-hc/165984.html
First Published : 17 Apr 2010 06:07:00 AM IST
Last Updated :
CHENNAI: Hindu Adi Dravidars converted as Buddhist Adi Dravidars are entitled to the concessions granted to the Adi Dravidars, the Madras High Court ruled on Friday.
Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar gave the ruling while allowing a writ petition from P Kumar of Omakkulam village in Cuddalore district.
Kumar was born in a Hindu Adi Dravidar family in May, 1975. He voluntarily converted himself into Buddhism in July 2008. Before the conversion, the Chidambaram tahsildar had issued a community certificate stating that he belonged to Hindu Adi Dravidar community. After conversion, he wanted to alter his community certificate to that of Buddhist Adi Dravidar and submitted an application to the tahsildar on June 1, 2009. The application was rejected on June 11 on the ground that the Buddhist Adi Dravidar was not a community found on the list of Scheduled Caste communities.
Hence, the present writ petition.The petitioner referred to an order of a division bench of the Madras High Court in the Elangovan vs Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) case, on a similar issue. In that order, the bench had observed that Parliament, by an amendment to the Central Act of 1990 made on June 4, 1990, included the converts to Buddhist Adi Dravidars in the Constitution Scheduled Castes Order.
Allowing the writ petition, Justice Vasanthakumar observed that "in the light of the submissions and having regard to the said division bench order, the matter is remitted back to the Chidambaram tahsildar to consider the case of the petitioner afresh.''
Daiji World
Udupi: SDPI National President Blames Governments of
Neglecting Dalits, Muslims
Udupi, Apr 16: National president of the Social Democratic Party of India, E Abubakker, accused successive governments of having shown no willpower to improve the condition of the dalits and the Muslims in the country. "Because of this utter neglect, people belonging to these communities live under despicable conditions," he claimed.
He was addressing the district level conference organized by the district unit of SDPI at the Bangle Maidan, Kaup, on Thursday April 15.
He accused the governments of not providing basic amenities to the tribals, and at the same time, committing atrocities on them in the name of action against the Maoists. He said that there has been a conspiracy to undermine the economic standing of Muslims through communal clashes. "The governments have not been making enough efforts to empower the Muslims through education. The intensity of interest it showed in punishing those who raided Aksharadham Complex in Gujarat is missing in respect of the culprits in Gujarat carnage," he alleged.
SDPI state general secretary, Abdul Hannan Mandya delivered the keynote address. Party's state president, Abdul Majeed Kodlipet, presided. Various dignitaries and leaders took part in the conference.
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.Arun Khote
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