Not the BJP, but the Opposition Has Fielded More OBCs and Dalits in UP This Time

The INDIA bloc’s caste-wise distribution of candidates will not quite follow the ‘Pichda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak’ formula that Akhilesh Yadav promised – but will be a bold political manoeuvre where for the first time in a decade, the BJP will be on the backfoot.

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https://thewire.in/politics/not-bjp-but-opposition-more-obcs-dalits-up

UP: Dalit Boy 'Forced to Drink Urine', Then Named in Sexual Harassment Case

The Thakur men accused of assaulting the 14-year-old Dalit boy claim that the row started because the boy and his friends harassed a young woman from their family. They admitted to beating up the boy but claimed they had not made him drink urine.

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https://thewire.in/caste/up-dalit-boy-forced-to-drink-urine-then-named-in-sexual-harassment-case

Hathras rape victim’s family seek relocation outside UP, SC seeks response of the Centre and UP government

Hathras gangrape victim’s family on Friday requested the Supreme Court for their relocation outside the state, preferably in Delhi, following acquittal of most of the accused in the September 2020 case in which the girl had succumbed to her injuries as her tongue was chopped off after sexual assault.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hathras-rape-victims-family-seek-relocation-outside-up-sc-seeks-response-of-the-centre-and-up-government/articleshow/103079383.cms

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Dalit man’s genitals ‘slashed’ for opposing tree felling, 2 booked

A 32-year-old Dalit man was brutally beaten up and his private parts allegedly slashed by upper caste men for “objecting” to tree felling on his land in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district. The victim, Satendra Kumar, stated that his four-month pregnant wife was also “hit with an axe and badly beaten up”.

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/dalit-mans-genitals-slashed-for-opposing-tree-felling-2-booked/articleshow/101089891.cms

The Valmiki Family in Hathras Defied Caste Order. Their Dead Daughter Paid the Price.

The Hathras case, as it became known both in national and international media, played out in the exact same fashion as other cases of violence against Dalits, especially Dalit women, play out across the country.

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https://thewire.in/caste/the-valmiki-family-in-hathras-defied-caste-order-their-dead-daughter-paid-the-price

Hathras rape-murder case: A doomed investigation to begin with

As time progressed, top police officials in UP made all efforts to establish that it was not a case of rape, as alleged by the victim’s family. It was seen as a way for the ruling BJP government to make every effort to dismiss the possibility of rape and deflect blame by opposition parties.

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https://frontline.thehindu.com/news/hathras-rape-murder-case-a-doomed-investigation-to-begin-with/article66576304.ece

In Hathras, 19-year-old’s family unable to move on

The family of nine have been living under heavy security cordon since the incident — they are guarded by a 30-member company of masked CRPF men, armed with tear gas shell launchers and rifles, while there is a metal detector outside their home as well as CCTVs.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/in-hathras-19-year-olds-family-unable-to-move-on-8476573/

Hathras gangrape-murder case verdict: 3 of 4 accused acquitted, one convicted

Three of four men accused in the 2020 Hathras case - in which a young Dalit woman was raped and murdered by her so-called upper caste attackers - were set free by an Uttar Pradesh court Thursday. The fourth - a Sandeep Sisodia - was found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hathras-gangrape-murder-case-verdict-three-of-four-accused-acquitted-101677747534448.html