Dalit woman gang raped, beaten to death

September 22nd, 2009 MUMBAI - A 24-year-old housewife was allegedly raped and burnt to death by four men in her home here. The four youths have been arrested, police said Tuesday.

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July 27th, 2009 A Dalit woman in Bihar was stripped naked and beaten up black and blue after her goat strayed into the field of an upper caste villager, police said today. The incident occurred at Jalasi village under Sahiara police station in Sitamarhi district last evening.

July 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 21-year-old Nepali woman, who had come to Delhi a few weeks ago was gang raped by three men in east Delhi, police said Sunday. The woman from Nepal had come to Delhi June 21.

June 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In the second incident of gang rape reported in the capital in as many days, a 22-year-old woman has alleged that she was assaulted by three men in her east Delhi home, police said Wednesday. According to the woman, three men, including her husband's friend, raped her when she was alone at her Bholanath Nagar residence in east Delhi Tuesday evening.

June 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 48-year-old Dalit labourer in Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death by a group of villagers after he asked for his remuneration, the police said Tuesday. A murder case has been registered against five men in the Dariapur village in Hardoi district, where Chetram was beaten to death Monday late evening.

June 11th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A love affair proved fatal for a 20-year-old Dalit man in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday. According to police, Bhim Sen was beaten to death allegedly by the family members of the girl with whom he was in love for the last several months.

June 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 12-year-old Dalit girl was raped by four young men in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said Monday. The girl has alleged that her neighbour Atiq Ahmad, 22, and his three friends raped her Sunday while she was alone in her house.

March 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Dalit woman suffered a miscarriage after she was beaten up by residents of an Uttar Pradesh village following an argument between her son and their children, the police said Monday. Some locals of the Pakariyapur village in Sitapur district Friday beat up Geeta, 30, after her son had a verbal dispute with their children while playing in the fields, the police said.

February 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A two-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in an Uttar Pradesh town Tuesday by an unidentified man, police said. 'The incident took place in the morning in Chajmanpur locality of Mahoba district,' Superintendent of Police R.P.

February 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Nine policemen of Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for allegedly beating up a middle-aged Dalit woman, leading to her death, an official here said Wednesday. 'The nine policemen, including two inspectors, were accused of manhandling a 50-year-old Dalit woman called Basmati in Balrampur district.

February 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A seven-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped in a village of Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, the police said Tuesday. The girl was allegedly raped Monday by a man of her locality in the Girwan village in Banda district, about 200 km from here.

February 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 10-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped by three men in a village in Uttar Pradesh, police said Thursday. 'The victim's mother, a resident of Ray village in Fatehpur, has alleged that her daughter was raped Wednesday evening by three men,' police inspector Pankaj Mishra told IANS by phone.

January 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped by four men in an Uttar Pradesh village, the police said Thursday. The victim, a maidservant, was returning home from work Wednesday evening when the accused stopped her near Katra village in Basti district, some 250 km from here, police inspector Manoj Singh told IANS.

January 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A newly-wed woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour and three other men inside her house in an Uttar Pradesh village, a police officer said Saturday. The incident took place Friday night in the Shivpur Mathiya village of Ballia district, about 300 km from here.