http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/30dalit.htm
Dalit girl thrown into fire by youth
April 30, 2008 15:23 IST
In a shocking incident, a Dalit girl was thrown into a fire allegedly
by an 18-year-old youth, who objected to her passing through a road
next to his house in a hamlet, about 40 km from the temple town of
Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.
The six-year-old girl was pushed into hot ashes of burning refuse on
Tuesday by accused Sunny following an altercation as she passed
through the road along with her mother in Tarauli Janubi area, police
sources said. The girl is in a critical condition in a hospital in
Mathura with 50 per cent burns.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Mathura, R K Chaturvedi said the
accused was arrested on Tuesday night on charges of attempt to murder
and under sections 3 and 4 of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes (Protection of Civil Rights) Act.
"We are thinking of taking more serious action against the accused
under the Gangsters Act.We want a message to go so that nobody does
such a thing in future," he said, but denied that the road was meant
for only upper caste people.
"It is wrong. It is a general road and everybody was moving on it.
There were so many women and children going through that road. The
road was never obstructed by people and it was an act of an
individual," he said.
The arrested youth, however, told the police that he had not pushed
the girl into the hot ashes and that it was an 'accident'.
Giving details about the incident, Chaturvedi said: "Basically, it is
an act of an individual. There is no previous history or any
background of enmity."
According to the girl's father, Soudan, "My daughter was passing by
the youth's house. He objected to her doing so. When he tried to stop
her, she got scared. He then pushed her into the fire."
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