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Dalit couple hacked to death by upper caste man for failing to repay Rs 15 debt

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July 28, 2016

Lucknow, July 28: In a shocking incident, a Dalit couple was on Thursday hacked to death in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district for allegedly being unable to pay back a paltry sum of Rs 15. Mainpuri is Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh's Lok Sabha constituency and around 300 km from the State capital.dalit-couple

The Dalit couple, Bharat Singh (65) and his wife Mamta (60), were brutally attacked with an axe. They were found dead with injuries to their neck, police said.

Residents of Lakhnipur village in the Kurra police station area of Mainpuri, the couple owed Rs. 15 to a local shopkeeper, identified as Ashok Mishra. When on Thursday morning, around 7 am, the couple was on its way to work in the field, they were confronted by Mishra, who demanded that they immediately repay his money. The couple said they would pay him in the evening. The argument escalated into a physical fight with Mishra allegedly attacking the couple with an axe, a police spokesperson said.

Police arrested Mishra and his wife Rajni, booking them under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder) and Section 3 (2) 5 of the stringent Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Police also recovered the axe used in the crime.

Dalits constitute 21 per cent of UP's population. According to a recent report in The Hindu, with 20 per cent of India's Dalit population, UP accounts for 17 per cent of the crimes against them.

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suleman beary
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Thursday, 28 Jul 2016

Instead of killing them for mere Rs15, this bas.....d Mishra should have taken them to hospital to sell a bottle of blood and left them alive.

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May 25,2020

Udupi, May 25: In an early morning robbery, two miscreants snatched around 1.2 kilo grams of gold jewelleries from a jeweller and ran away in Udupi.

The incident took place at around 5:30 am near Beedinagudde junction when jeweller Vijay was carrying the gold for lapidary work from his house at Bannanje to his store at Sri Laxmi Towar in Beedinagudde. 

They bumped into him when he going to the second floor of the Sri Laxmi Towar.

According to him, the miscreants who were wearing helmets threatened him with a knife then robbed jewelleries worth around Rs 50 lakh.

While decamping, the robbers also snatched his mobile phone and threw down from building.

Udupi town police conducted the spot investigation and registered a case. Further investigations are on.

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Speaking at the Darbar organised for the incoming Paryaya Admar Mutt seer Sri Eeshapriya Theertha Swamiji at Rajangana, here Saturday night, she said, “Paryaya festival is not just an event. It represents the presence of the Lord. I am conscious about the history. I am immensely blessed to be associated with the Krishna Mutt in one or the other.”

She turned nostalgic and traced her connection with the Krishna mutt which started in her childhood. “I am attached to the Mutt and temple due to my maternal uncle. My uncle was a bank employee and he spent his career in Manipal. I am being drawn to the mutt for the past 25 years. I am blessed immensely by the seers of the mutt and Lord Krishna.”

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March 6,2020

Mysuru, Mar 6: A BJP worker was stabbed to death by unidentified persons at his apartment in Mysore in the early hours of Friday, police said.

Anand in his early thirties, was reportedly attacked with a broken beer bottle shortly after he returned home following his late night birthday party, police added.

Following information from neighbours in the apartment, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body.

"The murder took place between 3 am and 4 am. We are investigating who was with him at the time and what was the motive behind the killing," Mysuru police Commissioner Dr Chandragupta told reporters.

Police said further investigations are on to ascertain the motive and people behind the killing.

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