Hubballi: A barber trimming the hair of a person in Haveri district stopped his job midway and shooed the customer away after learning he is a dalit. The incident took place in Ranebennur's Itagi village recently. Ranebennur is about 300km northwest of Bengaluru.The customer was visiting a family in Itagi, and the barber came to know his caste during a chat. After a skirmish in the 1990s, village barbers don't give dalits a haircut.The customer brought this incident to the notice of a friend, also a dalit, and the latter alerted zonal police seeking action against the barber. "We held the meeting with barbers in the presence of villagers, including dalits.

Source: Times of India July 23, 2016 01:30 UTC