more-inOne Dalit was killed and several injured as fresh caste violence erupted for the third time in the Chandrapura village of Saharanpur even as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati visited the adjoining village of Shabbirpur, which witnessed caste clashes between Thakurs and Dalits in the first week of May. Thousands of Dalits had gathered in the Shabbirpur village to get a glimpse of the BSP leader and listen to her. As the news of the stone pelting spread, in adjoining Chandrapura Thakurs attacked the Dalits who were returning from Shabbirpur after listening to Ms. Mayawati's speech. Later, Chandrapura village was tense as one of the injured, Ashish, succumbed to injuries in the district hospital. Blames BJPEarlier during the day, after reaching Shabbirpur, Ms. Mayawati met Dalit families whose houses were burnt during the clashes.

Source: The Hindu May 23, 2017 18:00 UTC