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Mirchpur killings: SHO among acquitted

-The Times of India   Eighty-two of the 97 people accused in the Mirchpur killing of a 70-year-old dalit and his physically challenged daughter were acquitted by a Delhi court for lack of evidence. The then SHO of the area, Vinod Kajal, was also acquitted by the court. All the arrested are from the Jat community, who allegedly killed Tara Chand and his 17-year-old handicapped daughter after they burnt down Chand's hut. The...

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Dalits vent caste ire in Haryana

-The Telegraph Hundreds of Dalits embittered by a caste clash with Jats last year today vented their anger by throwing stones at police in a restricted zone, leading to a baton-charge and several arrests. The Dalits assembled this morning outside the Hisar district collector’s office to protest against cases of atrocities by Jats. They were angry because six upper-caste Jats, among the key accused in a case of caste violence last year,...

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Fight for land by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

In Greater Noida, farmers resist fiercely attempts to take over their land for the Yamuna expressway and a hi-tech city. IT is a tale of two worlds, one in the present and the other in the future; one living and breathing and toiling away in parts of the National Capital Region and the other beautifully blueprinted and waiting to be willed into reality by the government and its elites in...

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Mirchpur violence: Dalits leave village fearing Jat threat

Nearly a dozen Dalit families have left this village in the last 15 days as last year's violence in Mirchpur has come back to haunt them. It was here that a 70-year-old and his physically-challenged daughter were killed in an attack by the dominant Jat community. The fear of violence from Jats, who have over the past 12 days staged protests demanding the release of those arrested for the incident in...

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‘Mirchpur Dalits facing threat'

Former MLA and Haryana Vanchit Varg Sangharsh Samiti president Roshan Lal Arya on Sunday urged upon Congress president Sonia Gandhi to issue directions to the Haryana Government to take special measures for the protection of Dalits and non-Jats of Mirchpur village in Hisar district, “who are being pressurised by the Jat community”. In a statement, Mr. Arya alleged that non-Jats in Haryana were “facing threats” as the State Government was...

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