The Dalit community says they face stiff resistance from the upper caste people to conduct their last rites at the burial ground allocated by the local administration. Meanwhile, officials raised concerns regarding the legality of using the land for burial purposes, saying that a portion of it once formed a village water body | Latest News India
While being arrested twice in the span of a week, the police reportedly failed to make the FIR in Mevani's arrest available immediately and did not allow him to meet his lawyer, among other violations.
Boricha was killed by 10 people who barged into his house and attacked him with sharp weapons on Tuesday. The murder was a fall-out of an eight-year-old dispute over settling the atrocity complaint he had lodged against some of them.
Arvind Makwana, district coordinator of Navsarjan Trust, a human rights organization said, “He was very active in Dalit movements and that’s why the family decided to perform his last rites with Buddhist rituals.”
A condolence meeting for Boricha is planned on March 14 in which victims of oppression by upper caste from all over the state are expected to join. “There are many people who wanted to come to express their condolences and we received several phone calls from other victims also. So, we decided to organize public tribute function on March 14 in which all these people will remain present,” said Mavji Sarvaiya, a local Dalit leader.
Daughter of slain activist Amra Boricha carrying his body for burial in Sanodar village of Bhavnagar on Thursday
Rajkot: The last rites of slain Dalit RTI activisit, Amra Boricha, was performed with Buddhist rituals in this native village Sanodar of Bhavnagar district on Thursday.
Women including the deceased’s daughter carried the body to the crematorium and completed the final rites in presence of hundreds who turned up to pay their last respects.
Boricha was killed by 10 people who barged into his house and attacked him with sharp weapons on Tuesday. The murder was a fall-out of an eight-year-old dispute over settling the atrocity complaint he had lodged against some of them.