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Dalit Teen Beaten to Death in Uttarakhand's Tehri Garhwal over Inter-Caste Friendship
Police said the victim’s friend was severely injured and a murder case was filed under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
- On Monday, 18-year-old Dalit youth Ketan Lal died in Uttarakhand following an alleged caste-based assault, while his companion Diwakar Dimri remains hospitalized; police registered a murder case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act.
- Friendship with a minor girl from an upper-caste family in Kholgarh led to the attack; on Sunday night, the girl called Lal, who traveled to the village with Dimri, where family members allegedly confined and assaulted them.
- The complaint states the youths were beaten with sticks and metal rods, and family members allege attackers drove iron nails into Lal's body, prompting irate residents to initially refuse to claim his remains from the medical facility.
- One primary accused, Yashveer Singh Panwar, is in custody for interrogation, and Tehri Garhwal Senior Superintendent of Police Shweta Choubey stated that officials are actively investigating the allegations under the Prevention of Atrocities Act.
- Local outrage has intensified in the Pratapnagar block, as the victim's family demands stringent action against those responsible for what they describe as a grave injustice against a member of the Scheduled Caste community.
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Dalit youth allegedly beaten to death over relationship with upper-caste girl in Uttarakhand
The FIR states that the victim told his father that he and his friend had been called to the accused person’s house around midnight and were allegedly assaulted through the night
·Chennai, India
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Total News Sources13
Leaning Left3Leaning Right5Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution56% Right
Bias Distribution
- 56% of the sources lean Right
56% Right
L 33%
11%
R 56%
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