Police wrongly slapping Dalit Atrocity cases during communal clashes'

July 1, 2012

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Mangalore, July 1: Police are misusing their power by slapping Atrocity cases against culprits involving in communal clashes, Shekhar Belthangady, a Dalit representative said.

He raised the issue at the monthly SC/ST grievance meet held at the SP's office in Mangalore on Sunday.

Citing an instance of a communal clash that took place in Kuvettu of Puttukere in Belthangady Taluk following blocking of cow transportation on June 14, Mr. Shekhar said that the police had booked cases under the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, against the members of another community when people of other castes where also involved and injured.

“Under Atrocity Act, one gets six months of imprisonment. The group which involved in a clash with another community consisted of Dalits but there were people of other castes too. It does not come under Dalit atrocity as such because the intent was not to harm Dalits specifically. Why are Dalits and Dalit laws being used to target a community and settle personal scores? Dalits always end up being the middlemen and the victims. In one of the communal clashes that took place almost 80% of the people who were put in jails were Dalits. In many cases of communal clashes that took place in the district, Dalits were among the ones who got injured so if filing a Dalit atrocity case is the norm, why weren't similar cases filed in communal clashes all these years?” Mr. Shekhar told Coastaldigest.com

Responding to the query, Abhishek Goel, SP, DK, said that the police file cases on a case to case basis and a lot depends on the nature of complaint that the police receive.

SP Anand, District President, DSS (Ambedkar Vada) raised the issue of delay in compensations to victims of atrocity cases stating that many Dalits have been coming all the way from places like Sullia and going back after spending money and time. The SP in his response assured that by next grievance meeting a report would be prepared as to how many compensations have been settled and how long would it take to settle the remaining ones.

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April 9,2020

Udupi, Apr 9: Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesha said that criminal cases would be booked against owners of houses and sheds who were collecting rent from those, including workers, staying in rented houses.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Mr Jagadeesha said that to prevent the spread of COVID-19, restrictions had been imposed throughout the district under Section 144 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The administration had through an earlier order made it clear that house owners and shed owners should not collect rent from their tenants and workers for March and April.

But the administration had received complaints that some house owners and shed owners were collecting rent despite the order.

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Mangaluru, Jan 27: No power can now stop Kashmiri Pandits from going back to Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, forcefully defending the NDA government’s decision to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir and abrogating its special status under Article 370.

Addressing a massive pro-CAA, NRC rally organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party at Gold Finch city, Kuloor, on the outskirts of the city, the Defence minister also sent a strong message to Pakistan and said India will not let anyone live in peace if it is harmed.

"We will not touch anyone, but if someone bothers us, then we are not going to let them live in peace," he said.

Referring to the exodus of a large number of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the late 1990s at the height of militancy, Singh said no power now can stop them from returning to their homes.

On the Citizenship Amendment Act, the minister said it is not a law to hurt the sentiments of any religion but to give relief to victims of religious persecution.

Mahatma Gandhi had told Nehru to give citizenship to minorities like Hindus and Sikhs if they come to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fulfilled that vision by bringing in the law, Singh said.

On several non-BJP states refusing to implement the CAA, the defence minister said it it is a central law and everyone should follow it.

Accusing the Congress of misleading people on the issue, he said the party should not forget its duty towards the nation just because it is in opposition.

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