[ZESTCaste] Two Dalits burnt alive, tension runs high in Haryana village

 

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Two Dalits burnt alive, tension runs high in Haryana village

Updated on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 23:09 IST
Chandigarh: A physically challenged girl and her father were burnt
alive when some persons set afire houses belonging to Dalits in a
village in Haryana's Hisar district on Wednesday.

Eighteen-year-old Suman was charred to death while her father Tara
Chand, 70, who suffered 90 per cent burns, died later, officials said
adding the incident happened in Mirchpur village.

Members of a particular community raided the village and set afire
some 12 to 15 Dalit houses, they said.

Old enmity between the two communities coupled with flaring up of the
tension in the past few days led to today's incident, the officials
said.

A few days back, some members of a community allegedly passed
objectionable remarks against Dalit women.

This provoked retaliation from the Dalits who roughed up some youths
of the rival community, villagers said.

Hisar Deputy Commissioner O P Sheron said that the extent of damage
to property and the exact number of houses torched were being
ascertained.

A large posse of policemen were deployed in the village where tension ran high.

Haryana's Director General Police Ranjiv Dalal said 25 people hade
been arrested in connection with the arson.

The trial would be conducted in a fast-track court, he said.

PTI

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