Dalit women accuse men belonging to upper caste of thrashing

Four Dalit women have alleged that some upper caste men thrashed them for dumping garbage near a gurdwara in Fatehgarh village here.
The women claimed that the incident took place on Saturday and one of them was injured in the leg and has been admitted to a local civil hospital.
Police said they were investigating the matter and the village panchayat has sought time for reaching a compromise between both the parties.
"We have received complaints from the both the parties against each other and we are probing the matter," Station House Officer Jasvir Singh said, adding the upper caste members have accused Dalit families of grabbing the shamlat land.

State president of Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union Sanjeev Mintu today claimed, "Dalit families have been dumping garbage at a place near the gurdwara for the last 20 years. But now, members of upper caste have asked the Dalit families not to throw waste there because they wanted to grab the land."
He alleged that five men attacked the women when they came to dump garbage.
Mintu alleged that on September 13 also, Dalit women were abused by the members of upper caste for throwing waste near the gurdwara and despite lodging complaint, no action has been taken by the police then.

The victims were members of Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union, he claimed.