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Khap fear has rattled Dalits fleeing Haryana villages TNN, Apr 1, 2010, 03.22am IST HISAR/BHIWANI: The fear of khap looms large over Haryana with 40 members of the Dalit (Valmiki) community at Mirchpur village in Hisar district — where two people were burnt alive by Jats last week — fleeing their homes, rattled by khap support of Jat violence against them. Their fears were compounded on Sunday when, in a khap meeting in Jind, 300 khap representatives called for intensifying the agitation against the Hindu Marriage Act that prevents marriages between same gotras and villages. Bhiwani, too, has seen exodus of 150 Dalit families who have migrated from Ladhanpur village fearing backlash from Rajputs in the wake of rivalry between the two groups over entry into a village. The incident had led to the murder of an upper caste youth. Cops say the Rajput youth was beaten to death by Dalits after an altercation turned violent in the village on March 19. Cases have been registered against 20 Dalit youth. Dalits are fleeing the village, saying that cops were acting on the instructions of the upper caste, with the support of the khaps. Last week, members of the upper caste attacked Dalit families in Mirchpur after an altercation over the barking of a dog. On Sunday the khaps, in no mood to give up their demand of amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act, resolved to take a final decision on May 2 at a Mahapanchayat at Pai-Karora village, where the slain couple Manoj and Babli lived. Five people were awarded life sentence by a Haryana court, which has made the khaps see red. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
