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Dalit Girls Burnt Alive 24/12/2010

Two dalit girls were burnt alive by an angry crowd in Moradabad region of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Dalits from Valmiki group organize protest demonstrations against the massacre.of Moradabad.

Rayo Devi, the mother of victim girls who witnessed to the event, tells that a group of people gathered around their house at Saturday night. They entered to the house and set girls up on fire. Even Devi tried to save her children, she was not able to help them. The girls burned to death calamitously. It's claimed that the event was requital to a murder and robbery event of which brothers of the victim girls accused. However, a team of human right activist, who came to the region to investigate the event, emphasized that claims targeting brothers of the girls could be fabricated to legalize the situation. Investigation about the event is still continuing. Valmiki dalits who organize protest demonstrations after the event ask people who are responsible for this massacre to be arrested.

Valmikis are one of the groups who are accepted as out-caste by member of upper castes in India. Main occupation of Valmikis is scavenging according to caste system. Today, most of the members of Valmiki groups still subsist on scavenging streets smutched by the members of upper castes even caste system was forbidden officially many times ago.

Source: Round Table India, The Hindu, One India News

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