NHRC issues notice to District Collector, Mysore, Karnataka on the reported ostracizing of eight dalit families in a village
New Delhi, December 22, 2006
NHRC has issued notice to the District Collector, Mysore, Karnataka following a newspaper report which said that eight dalit families were ostracized in a village in the District. The report which appeared in 'The Deccan Herald' on December 14, 2006 said that these eight families in Kamanakerehundi village were leading a miserable life as they have been ostracized by the upper caste people for the last three years. The report further said that these families are getting such horrendous treatment because they refused to obey the orders of the upper caste. These families have been denied access to water, shops, telephone, hospital, cable facility and sanitation. The report also highlighted that these dalits have not only been barred from entering the village temple but also from walking in the vicinity of upper caste people and their fields. Villagers have been told not to employ members of these eight families. Twenty-two dalit families in the village work as field labourers.
After going through the contents of the newspaper report, the Commission said it raises a serious issue of human rights violation. The Commission has directed that a copy of the press report be sent to the District Collector, Mysore for a factual report within two weeks.
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NHRC has issued notice to the District Collector, Mysore, Karnataka following a newspaper report which said that eight dalit families were ostracized in a village in the District. The report which appeared in 'The Deccan Herald' on December 14, 2006 said that these eight families in Kamanakerehundi village were leading a miserable life as they have been ostracized by the upper caste people for the last three years. The report further said that these families are getting such horrendous treatment because they refused to obey the orders of the upper caste. These families have been denied access to water, shops, telephone, hospital, cable facility and sanitation. The report also highlighted that these dalits have not only been barred from entering the village temple but also from walking in the vicinity of upper caste people and their fields. Villagers have been told not to employ members of these eight families. Twenty-two dalit families in the village work as field labourers.
After going through the contents of the newspaper report, the Commission said it raises a serious issue of human rights violation. The Commission has directed that a copy of the press report be sent to the District Collector, Mysore for a factual report within two weeks.
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