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5-year-old raped: bandh in Mumbai Dalit colony |
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Written by Correspondent
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
 Residents of Ramabai Nagar, a Dalit colony in suburban Ghatkopar, observed a bandh on Thursday in protest against the rape of a minor girl.
Ritesh Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police, told The Hindu that there was no untoward incident. He said the accused, who lived opposite the girl's house, was a minor himself.
A case of rape has been registered and the boy, under arrest, has been sent to a remand home.
Mr. Kumar said the girl belonged to a Scheduled Caste. Asked if the police had invoked provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he said, “It is a matter of investigation.”
Chintaman Gangurde, a resident and Republican Party of India (RPI) member, said the five-year-old victim, whose father was a labourer, was recuperating in a civic hospital.
The colony has been branded a sensitive area ever since the massacre of Dalits by a police officer in 1997.Police bandobust was maintained at Ramabai Nagar throughout the day.
(Source: The Hindu, 30 July 2010, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article540711.ece) |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 30 July 2010 )
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