Upset over the tardy progress in an FIR lodged by him against his neighbours under the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe Act, a Dalit poured petrol on himself outside the office of the superintendent of police and set himself on fire.
The incident took place on Wednesday and the victim, identified
The principal of a school in Nawabganj area of Bareilly repeatedly raped a Dalit girl by blackmailing her with pornographic videos shot rape, police said on Tuesday.
The police have booked the principal and his associate while further investigation in the case is going on. The case has been
The ancient Devadasi system pushes poverty-stricken girls from the lowest rung of India's caste system into sexual slavery. DW takes a look at why the practice persists despite efforts to eliminate it.
A 14-year-old Dalit boy in Karnataka was tied to an electric pole and brutally beaten up by ten men, following allegations that he had stolen a earring. The victim's mother was also beaten up when she tried to intervene