The Hindu·3 min read·medium
17 booked over threat to kill Dalits for refusing to dig burial pit in Yadgir district
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The Hindu Bureau
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Seventeen individuals have been booked by police in Karnataka's Yadgir district following the assault and intimidation of a Dalit family. The conflict arose after the family refused to dig a burial pit due to illness, leading to caste-based abuse and physical violence.
The Shorapur police in Yadgir district, in Karnataka, have booked 17 individuals after a Dalit family was intercepted, physically assaulted, caste-abused, and threatened with death, on August 1 in Shakhapur (SH) village.
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