Crime against Dalits has been on the higher side in the land of khap panchayats and is showing no signs of abating.
There have been 40 murders, 179 rapes and 107 cases of kidnapping and abduction registered under the head ‘Crime Against Scheduled Castes’ in Haryana from 2005 to 2009, as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)’s recent report. In the same period, there have been 424 cases registered under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 212 cases of hurt and 10 cases of arson.
Among the well known cases are Mirchpur, where a 70-year-old man and his handicapped daughter were torched to death on April 21 last year, Jhajjar (where five Dalits were lynched in 2002) and Gohana (where about 50 houses of Dalits were burnt).
In 2005, a total of 288 cases were registered as crimes against Dalits; in 2006 the number was 283; in 2007 it was 227. But in 2008, it jumped to 341 and in 2009 to 303.
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