The attack on Dalits for allegedly killing a cow in Gujarat has triggered large scale protests across the state.
The Centre has also flagged the "anomaly and sudden increase" in crimes against people belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh and sought details from the local administration.
Gujarat and Chhattigarah have reported the highest crime rate of 163.30% (6,655 cases) and 91.90% (3,008 cases) against members of SC community during the last year.
Cases Of Atrocities On Dalits
- May 14, 2016: A caste Hindu hacked to death a Dalit woman after her brother married and eloped with his daughter, in Tirunelveli.
- May 2, 2016: A 30-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped and brutally murdered in Thiruvananthapuram.
- March 13, 2016: A 22-yr-old Dalit boy was killed in Tirupur (TN) allegedly for marrying a woman from the politically and socially dominant Thevar community, Kausalya.
- November 2015: Around 100 children left a school in Kolar in Karnataka, refusing to eat the food dished out by a Dalit cook.
- October 21, 2015: Dalit house in Haryana Ballabhgarh set afire, 2 kids burnt to death.
- October 5, 2015: A 90-year-old Dalit man died after he was brutally attacked with an axe and set on fire for trying to enter a temple at Hamirpur in UP.
- October 4, 2015: A Dalit student was thrashed by his teacher in Jodhpur for touching the mid-day meal plates.
- March 2015: 17-year-old Dalit girl in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district was raped and murdered by her PT teacher in college.