Caste violence: 60 Dalit houses burnt down in Gohana ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- NDTV Correspondent
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 (Gohana): In one of the worst ever instances of caste violence in Haryana, upper caste villagers belonging to the Jat community in Gohana village near Sonepat burnt down 60 houses of Dalits today. The officials, however, say about 40 houses were burnt. The Jats attacked the Dalits as they apparently suspected a Dalit of murdering a Jat last Saturday. While the Dalits claim that a local BJP politician was involved, the party has denied any role in the caste violence. As a result of today's incident, tension prevails in many villages of the state. Fearing an attack after four men from the community were picked up by the police soon after the murder of a Jat, close to 2,000 Dalit families who live in Gohana had left their homes on Monday. Case of revenge The local police confirm that this is a case of revenge. But they only arrived in the village after the houses were set on fire 48 hours after the exodus. "Some people of the Balmiki Village had committed a murder of a man from a neighbouring village," said A K Roy, SSP, Sonipat. "We have rounded up about four people in the case had also been called. Their meeting was going on today. I was on the way with the DC. In the meantime some miscreants collected there. They were motivated and they burnt some houses of the village," he added. The Dalits in the area claim that the local BJP MP Kishan Singh Sangwan's son was involved in the attack. However, Sangwan has denied his son's involvement. The incident highlights once again how deep rooted caste violence in the country is and how it can force 1000 families to leave their village. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give at-risk students the materials they need to succeed at DonorsChoose.org! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Ryu7JD/LpQLAA/E2hLAA/1dTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥««¤»¥«¤»§«¤» This is ZESTCaste whose members watch India's painful journey to society's de-casteisation. Members are encouraged to post messages to ZESTCaste@yahoogroups.com If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join ==theZESTcommunity====================================== [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
