Dalit girls are raped, killed and forcibly cremated by priests

Desk report:  Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the local Nangal crematorium on Wednesday (August 4th) to demand the death penalty for the accused. The BBC reports that several local police officers have also been fired for harassing the victim’s family. India’s Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have met the bereaved family and assured assistance.Protesters in Congress have set fire to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s puppet for not condemning the heinous crime. Leaders of the Dalit community have been participating in the protests for the past few days. There is a storm of protest on social media as well. The girl’s parents alleged that three others, including a priest, attacked her while she was fetching drinking water from the crematorium cooler. Her mother was also threatened by closing the crematorium gate for objecting to the burning of the girl. A case has already been filed with the police for rape and murder, police said. The parents of the raped child are Dalit. Earlier they were considered as untouchables. They make a living by begging outside a shrine of Sufi Muslims on the other side of the crematorium in the Nangal area of ​​Delhi. The slain girl was their only child. On Sunday (August 1) evening, her mother said, ‘I sent my daughter to fetch water from the crematorium. Which is a few meters away from the booth where they live. After an hour, he did not return, so I went out to look for him. Then I saw him lying in the crematorium. I saw her lips blue, blood clots under her nose, scars on her hands and arms, her clothes were wet. ‘ At that time, the priest forbade him to call the police. The mother of the child said that they wanted to dissect her and sell it. The father of the child reached there with 150 villagers. Most of the child’s body was then burnt. The villagers said that the police came and extinguished the fire with water. Only his legs were saved. This means that it will not be possible to confirm the incident of rape through post-mortem report. A senior police official said a case of gang rape, murder and arson had been registered based on information received from parents. Earlier last year, four upper-caste men gang-raped a Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. Despite the protest of the family, forcibly, he was stormed in the world around the world. Dalits are said to be the poorest citizens of India. The country’s 200 million Dalits are regularly facing deprivation and inequality. A Dalit woman has to suffer from poverty, caste and gender discrimination.