DALIT GIRL, FATHER BURNT ALIVE IN HARYANA

Suman, a 18-year-old physically challenged girl, and her father, Tara Chand, were burnt alive when some anti-social elements set afire houses belonging to the Dalit community in a village in Hisar district of Haryana on April 21. The officials said the duo suffered more that 70 per cent burn injuries. Members of a particular community raided the village and set afire around 12 to 15 Dalit houses. Old enmity between the two communities coupled with flaring up of the tension in the past few days led to the incident, the officials said. A few days back, some members of the same community allegedly passed awful remarks against Dalit women. This provoked retaliation from the Dalits who roughed up some youths of the rival community, villagers said.