Dalit organisations alleged murder of two Dalit youths out of vengeance recently at Bilakala Gudur in Gadivemula mandal. Dalit leaders Anand Babu, K. Srinivasulu, T. Seshaphani, M. Giri, K. Ramanjaneyulu and others stated at a meeting here on Monday that Raju and Ravi Kumar were murdered in a gruesome manner by slitting open of their throats. Their bodies were dumped in the pond. The leaders alleged that the police did not render justice to the victim’s families, but implicated the innocent Dalit youths in the case by misrepresenting facts.
The local leaders and perpetrators, who had political connections, hushed up the case and to escape the charges under the provisions of SC/ ST Atrocities Prevention Act, they arrested Dalit youths.
The Dalit organisations formed a committee to carry forward the struggle and see that the culprits were booked.
They alleged that the employer of one of the youths was responsible for the murder as the deceased developed intimacy with a woman in their family.
source: The Hindu
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