Suraj Yengde writes: More than a decade ago, Dalit scholars in the US intended to start a web portal to exclusively report atrocities. They enlisted me. However, I could not. I did not. I don’t know if the reason was my work pressure or unwillingness to undergo the trauma.
The family of 24-year-old Akshay Bhalerao feel unsafe in the Maratha-majority village, which has a long history of caste atrocities and police supporting the powerful.
Bhalerao was passing by on Thursday evening when the accused were celebrating the wedding of a man from a so-called upper caste community and some of them were carrying swords, the police official said.