Dalit community enraged after all accused in Nagaur’s Dangawas massacre were acquitted, protest in Jaipur
Dalit organizations have launched a protest after the court acquitted all 40 accused in the highly controversial Dangawas massacre in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district. The issue of the 11-year-old Dalit massacre in Dangawas, Nagaur district, has once again heated up. The court’s acquittal of all 40 accused in the case has sparked anger among Dalit organizations on the streets. On Wednesday (August 12), a large number of Dalit organizations, social activists, and family members of the victims staged a protest at the Martyrs’ Memorial in the capital, Jaipur, demanding justice. Speakers at the protest expressed deep disappointment and surprise at the court’s decision. The protesters’ primary concern was the brutal killing of six people, including five Dalits, in a land dispute in 2015. The investigation into the case lasted 11 years, and the CBI filed a charge sheet naming 40 people as accused. Despite this, how were all the accused acquitted? They said that if the murders occurred, someone must be responsible; then why is he not being punished? Questions Raised on the Justice System Dalit thinkers present at the protest said that this verdict is not just the end of a case, but it also raises a serious question mark on the right of Dalits to access justice. Such decisions shatter the trust of the vulnerable and deprived sections of society in the country’s judicial system. Warning to the Government: Appeal to the High Court The protesting Dalit organizations have clearly warned the state government that if a strong appeal is not filed in the High Court, the movement will be intensified. They clearly stated that they will not let this issue rest here and will continue their struggle until the victims get justice. What is the entire Dangavas incident? It is noteworthy that on May 14, 2015, a bloody conflict broke out between two parties in Dangavas village of Nagaur over a dispute regarding approximately 23 bighas of land. Six people, including five Dalits, were killed in this horrific violence. Given the gravity of the incident, the investigation was handed over to the CBI. The CBI filed a charge sheet against 40 people, but recently, on August 5, 2026, the Special SC-ST Court in Merta acquitted all the accused due to lack of evidence. Politics Also Intensifies Following this decision, rhetoric has intensified in Rajasthan politics. In addition to Dalit organizations, the Congress is also vocal on this issue. Several senior Congress leaders, including former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, have questioned the decision and demanded justice. Written By: Mohammad Moin About the author Mohammed Moin has nearly three decades of experience in journalism. He has worked across print, electronic, and digital media. He has been associated with ABP Network for the past 18 years, since his time at Star News. Courtesy: Hindi News
A Dalit man was tied upside down to a pole and beaten; he continued to plead for help in Balrampur, resulting in his death. A case has been filed under the SC/ST Act.
A case has been filed under murder and the SC/ST Act in the death of 38-year-old artisan Ram Sanehi in the Gasdi area of Balrampur. Efforts are now underway to uncover the truth based on video footage and other evidence. Balrampur: The case of the death of a Dalit youth in Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh, is gaining momentum. A video of the alleged beating of 38-year-old artisan Ram Sanehi in Thakurpur village, located in the Gasdi police station area, has created a sensation in the area. In the viral video, a young man is seen tying him to a pole and beating him with a stick, while the victim is heard pleading for mercy. The family alleges that he was brutally beaten to death by goons. The accused party claims that Ram Sanehi had arrived with the intention of stealing. Police have registered a case of murder and under the SC/ST Act and have begun investigation. Viral Video Revealed The case is from Thakurapur village in the Gasdi police station area of Balrampur. The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Ram Sanehi, a craftsman from Vishunpur Kalan. According to family members, Ram Sanehi earned his living as a laborer. His wife had left him, and he lived with his brothers. On Wednesday, a 33-second video went viral on social media. In the video, Ram Sanehi can be seen being tied to a pole and beaten. It is reported that the entire case took a new turn after this video surfaced. Brother Made the Video as Evidence The deceased’s brother, Phool Kumar, stated that someone had posted the video on Facebook. When the family learned of it, they downloaded the video and submitted it to the police as evidence. Phool Kumar alleges that Guddu, a resident of Thakurpur, his father Akbar Ali, Magghe Nau, and their associates beat Ram Sanehi, resulting in his death. The family has demanded strict action against the accused. What is the accused party’s claim? The accused party claims that Ram Sanehi arrived with the intention of stealing. He was then caught and beaten by the people. However, this claim is under investigation, and the police are investigating all the facts. Case filed based on video Based on the viral video and the family’s complaint, the police have filed a case against three named and one other accused. Sections of murder and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have been imposed in the case. According to sources, the police have detained some suspects and begun questioning them. Police said they will take further action based on the facts. Gasdi Kotwali in-charge Inspector Rajkumar Pandey said, “Some suspects are being questioned in connection with the young man’s murder. Initial investigations have revealed that the young man went there with the intention of stealing. People caught him and beat him. Further action will be taken based on the post-mortem report and the facts revealed in the investigation.” Reported by: Ranveer Singh Written by: Ajay Kumar Patel Courtesy: Hindi News
NCSC issues notice to Meerut DM-SSP in case of casteist remarks against Dalit women, calls for report within 15 days
The complaint stated that on August 6th, four youths from the Mohkampur and Shivpuram areas used casteist slurs and offensive language against women from the Scheduled Caste community while performing bike stunts on the highway. Meerut – The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has taken cognizance of a complaint regarding casteist and obscene/objectionable remarks against women from the Scheduled Caste community in the TP Nagar police station area and issued a notice to the District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police of Meerut. The Commission has directed them to submit a detailed report of the action taken in the matter within 15 days. South Asians and Migrants This complaint was filed with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes by Mayank Verma, District Youth President, Anti-Corruption Foundation of India. The complaint stated that on August 6th, four youths from the Mohkampur and Shivpuram areas used casteist slurs and offensive language against women from the Scheduled Caste community while performing bike stunts on the highway. It was also mentioned that a video related to the incident had gone viral on social media. According to the complaint, FIR No. 0423/2026 was registered at TP Nagar Police Station, in which sections 196(1)(a) and 352 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act were invoked, while sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 were not invoked. The complainant also informed the Commission that a call recording of the Station House Officer’s conversation with Ravikant was available, in which it was stated that the SC/ST Act was not invoked in the case. The complaint sought inclusion of the viral video and call recording in the investigation and an inquiry into the role of the Station House Officer and the investigating officer. Through a notice, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has sought a detailed report from the District Magistrate and SSP of Meerut, including the date of the incident, the crime number, details of the victim and accused, sections invoked in the FIR, the status of arrests, the charge sheet/final report, and action taken under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. People and Society The Commission also stated that if the report is not received within the stipulated time, it may issue summons to the concerned officials to appear in person, exercising its powers under Article 338 of the Constitution. Courtesy: Hindi News
Dehradun: Dalit youth on ventilator, BJP leader charged with attempted murder; angry Valmiki community blocks Delhi-Haldwani highway
Following a fatal attack on a Dalit youth in Rudrapur, the Valmiki community staged a massive protest, blocking the highway and demanding the immediate arrest of the main accused, a BJP leader. New Delhi: The Valmiki community has erupted in anger following the fatal attack on a 20-year-old Dalit youth and his friends in Rudrapur. Hundreds of members of the community blocked the Delhi-Haldwani highway on Monday. The protesters were demanding the immediate arrest of BJP Mandal General Secretary Paras Chugh, accused in the case. The protest occurred hours after the arrest of Paras’ brother, Sunny Chugh, as the main accused, Paras, has not yet been taken into police custody. The incident occurred on the night of Friday, August 7th. A four-wheeler collided with a scooter near the Kashipur flyover, sparking a dispute that quickly escalated into a violent altercation. The victims allege that the Chugh brothers and their henchmen attacked them with sticks and iron rods, seriously injuring three people. The attackers are also accused of using casteist slurs during the assault. People and Society Abhishek Valmiki, the victim of this brutal attack, is in critical condition. He is battling for life on a ventilator in a private hospital in Bareilly, where doctors have given him little hope of survival. Police have registered a case against BJP leader Paras Chugh, his brother Sunny Chugh, and 10 unidentified individuals under Section 109 (attempt to murder) and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Before blocking the highway, protesters gathered at the Rudrapur Municipal Corporation premises, where they announced a complete boycott of sanitation work and raised slogans against the accused. Pooja Devi, the mother of the victim, Abhishek, who works as a sanitation worker in the Municipal Corporation, has raised serious questions about the administration’s functioning. As a widow, she said she expected justice from the mayor, but the police were avoiding arresting Paras Chugh because of his close ties to her. Despite an FIR being registered, the lack of arrest of the main accused has been growing, fueling anger among the Valmiki community. On Monday, police and administrative officials requested time until 2 p.m. to take action against the accused. Following this, CO Akhilesh Kumar Singh reached the Municipal Corporation and spoke with the protesters, but the discussions yielded no results. After much effort and heavy police deployment, the highway blockade was cleared in about 15 minutes. SP Uttam Singh Negi has officially confirmed the arrest of Sunny Chugh in the case. Earlier, Rudrapur in-charge CO Prashant Kumar had also announced the registration of a case. Meanwhile, Congress State Secretary Mohan Khera visited the Municipal Corporation and met with the victim’s family and assured them of full support, although the police detained him during the protest. Meanwhile, Rudrapur MLA Shiv Arora has clarified that the state government will not tolerate any kind of anarchy and that the law will take its course, regardless of who the accused are. Rajan Chaudhary Courtesy: Hindi News
Dalit youth beaten with belts in Jhansi, allegedly forced to drink urine from a pot; video goes viral
UP Crime: A shocking incident has come to light from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, where a Dalit youth was allegedly brutally beaten and forced to drink urine from a pot. The video of this incident is going viral on social media, sparking outrage. UP Crime: A video that shames humanity has surfaced from Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh. A Dalit youth was allegedly brutally beaten and forced to drink urine from a pot. The video of the incident has also gone viral on social media. In the video, some people are seen assaulting and insulting the youth. The victim alleges that a group of bullies surrounded him and brutally beat him with belts. It is alleged that casteist and derogatory remarks were also hurled at him during the assault. After this, the accused subjected him to inhumane treatment, forced him to drink urine from a pot, and filmed the entire incident. Vikas and Aditya Thakur are fathers… In the viral video, some young men can allegedly be heard shouting slogans like, “Vikas and Aditya Thakur are fathers… Raising hands is a sin.” The video has sparked public outrage over the incident. However, independent verification of the viral video and official confirmation of the identities of all those seen in it will only be possible after an investigation. Victim blames the “Baba 302” gang The victim claims that more than a dozen powerful individuals operate a gang called “Baba 302.” According to him, the group’s objective is to instill terror and assault among people. The victim alleged that individuals associated with this alleged gang committed this crime against him. Questions about law and order raised after the video went viral After the video of the incident went viral on social media, questions have been raised about police action and law and order in the district. The biggest question is, if the allegations are true, why did the accused lack fear of the law? The alleged assault and inhumane treatment of the victim has raised serious questions about the safety of Dalits and the police’s control over the oppressors. People say that instilling fear of the law among criminals is the primary responsibility of the police and administration. Police investigation will reveal the full truth At present, the police investigation is crucial in this entire matter. The identity of the people seen in the video, the actual circumstances of the incident, and the veracity of the allegations made by the victim will only be clear after the investigation. If the allegations are found to be true, strict legal action must be taken against the culprits. Author: Tilak Kumar About the Author Tilak Kumar has been active in journalism for the past 14 years. He has extensive experience reporting in print and digital media. He has worked as a crime reporter for reputed news organizations such as Amar Ujala, Prabhat Khabar, Jan Sandesh Times, and Rashtriya Sahara. His areas of special interest and expertise are crime, politics, and hyperlocal journalism. During his field reporting, he has brought many important and impactful news stories to readers. His deep understanding of ground-level issues and fact-based reporting have been his hallmarks. He is currently associated with Prabhat Khabar’s digital team and continues to write and report on issues related to politics, crime, and public concerns in Uttar Pradesh. Courtesy: Hindi News
Dalit Women Allegedly Attacked for Entering Shiva Temple in Odisha, One Arrested
Tension was reported in Atimati village under Erasama police limits in Odisha after a group of Dalit women were allegedly stopped and assaulted when they tried to enter a Shiva temple to offer prayers during Shravan. The women alleged that some villagers prevented them from entering the temple, hurled casteist and abusive remarks at them, and threatened them with physical violence if they did not leave the premises. According to police, the incident took place on Monday when the women visited the local Shiva temple. Some villagers allegedly carrying sticks and lathis stopped them from entering, leading to an argument between the two groups. Dalit Woman Allegedly Attacked With Knife The situation reportedly escalated after the women refused to leave the temple premises. The villagers allegedly snatched their puja offerings and threw them on the ground. During the confrontation, one of the accused, identified as 40-year-old Satya Rout, allegedly attacked a 55-year-old Dalit woman with a knife, leaving her seriously injured. He is also accused of kicking and physically assaulting her. The injured woman later approached the Erasama police station and filed a complaint against eight people. Based on her complaint, police registered a case against all eight accused persons. Police Arrest One Person Erasama IIC Parthsarthi Beura confirmed that a case had been registered and said Rout had been arrested in connection with the alleged assault. He was subsequently produced before a court. Police are investigating the role of the other accused named in the complaint. “The involvement of the other accused persons would be verified during the investigation and appropriate action would be taken if they are found guilty,” Beura said. He added that the situation in the village was currently under control, but police personnel had been deployed to prevent any further escalation. “The situation is now normal, but police are maintaining strict vigil in the village to prevent any untoward incident,” he said. Courtesy : TOP Note: This news is originally published on https:/theobserverpost.com/bha and is used purely for non-profit/non-commercial purposes, especially human rights
BJP can’t tolerate BCs, Dalits’ growth: Minister Nagendra
The world knows how the money was misappropriated. KOPPAL: Minister B Nagendra on Tuesday alleged that the BJP could not tolerate the growth of leaders from Backward Classes and the Dalit community. Addressing reporters at Munirabad near here, he said, “We are bringing back the money that was siphoned off from Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited. The world knows how the money was misappropriated. The case is before the court. I will come out clean in the alleged scam. Keep watching, my work as a minister will receive appreciation from people across the state.” “I will work under the guidance of the CM and the former CM,” he said. Reacting to some BJP leaders’ statements that they would not allow the Assembly to function till Nagendra is dropped from the cabinet, he said, “Their only aim is to suppress Dalits and BCs. We are ready to give them a fitting reply in the Assembly. Our chief minister has already responded to them. It is the Opposition’s job to corner us, and let them do so. All members of the Cabinet will respond. We are committed to our party’s ideology of taking people from all communities together.” “Whenever I travelled outside the state, I obtained permission. BJP leaders are unaware of it. I have not violated any rules. The court has granted a stay order in this case,” he said. Courtesy : TNIE Note: This news is originally published on https:/thenewindianexpress.com/bha and is used purely for non-profit/non-commercial purposes, especially human rights
Before the Constitution: How ‘Scheduled Caste’ Was Born a Hindu Category — And Why the British Kept It That Way Part 1
Every argument about who is entitled to Scheduled Caste (SC) status in India today is, at bottom, an argument about history. Proponents of extending SC status to Dalit converts to Christianity and Islam often present the current religion-linked definition — Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists only — as a post-1950 anomaly, an accident of drafting that a more enlightened Republic ought to correct. The historical record says otherwise. The link between Scheduled Caste status and the Hindu social order was not invented by the Constituent Assembly in 1949. It was inherited, fully formed, from more than two decades of colonial administrative and political practice — practice that itself confronted, and rejected, the demand to extend caste-based protections to Christian and Muslim converts. This first article in the series traces that history. Untouchability as an Administrative Fact, Not a Legal Category Before “Scheduled Caste” existed as a term, the colonial state grappled with the reality of untouchability as a sociological fact peculiar to Hindu society. The 1881 census and subsequent decennial enumerations recorded a large population subjected to social disabilities on account of birth communities barred from temples, wells, schools, and public roads, and confined hereditarily to degrading occupations. British ethnographers and administrators, working through successive census operations, consistently identified this system of graded exclusion as an internal feature of Hindu social organisation, rooted in notions of ritual pollution that had no doctrinal counterpart in Islam or Christianity, notwithstanding that both faiths had, by then, acquired converts from the same untouchable communities. This is the crucial starting point often erased from public memory: the British did not invent the idea that untouchability was a Hindu phenomenon. They found it that way, documented it that way, and built their entire administrative response around that understanding. The Simon Commission and the Depressed Classes The Indian Statutory Commission of 1927 — the Simon Commission — was among the first bodies to give the phrase “Depressed Classes” (the pre-Independence term for what became Scheduled Castes) an administrative shape. Its enquiries, like the census operations before it, confirmed that the disabilities in question attached to caste communities within Hindu society. The Commission’s engagement with the question set the template that later instruments would follow: identify the castes suffering ritual and social disability, and confine protective measures to the community that generated and sustained that disability in the first place. The Communal Award of 1932: The First Legal Separation of Converts from Depressed Class The decisive administrative moment came in 1932. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award, framed to allocate separate electorates among India’s communities, drew a sharp and deliberate line: it treated “Indian Christians” as a distinct political and electoral minority, wholly separate from the Depressed Classes. A Dalit who had converted to Christianity was, under the Award, an Indian Christian for electoral purposes, not a member of the Depressed Classes. Such a person could neither vote in, nor contest, the seats specifically reserved for the Depressed Classes. This was not an oversight. The British administration, dealing daily with the realities of caste, religion, and colonial governance, took the considered position that conversion to an Abrahamic faith changed a person’s political and social classification. It dissolved, for electoral law, the individual’s identity as a member of the Depressed Classes. The Poona Pact of the same year, the settlement between Gandhi and Ambedkar that replaced separate electorates with reserved seats within the general electorate, likewise operated within this same framework: the reserved seats were for the Depressed Classes as a Hindu social category, not for a religion-neutral class of the economically disadvantaged. The Government of India Act, 1935 and the 1936 Order Three years later, the Government of India Act, 1935 authorised the Governor-General to specify, by order, which castes, races, or tribes would be treated as Scheduled Castes for representation and administration. Acting under this power, the colonial government issued the Government of India (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1936, the instrument that coined the very term “Scheduled Castes.” The 1936 Order restricted the definition strictly to persons professing the Hindu religion. Indian Christians of Dalit origin were explicitly and knowingly excluded. It is worth pausing on the significance of this. The post-Independence Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, the instrument at the centre of today’s controversy, did not invent the religion criterion. It inherited it, almost verbatim, from an instrument that had already been in continuous administrative use for over a decade. When Dr Ambedkar and the framers of India’s Constitution came to address the question of Scheduled Castes in 1949, they were not writing on a blank slate. They were ratifying and, in the case of Sikhs and later Buddhists, cautiously extending a classification that colonial administrators, working from census data and ground-level observation rather than any ideological programme, had already settled a generation earlier. Early Representations for Inclusion — and Their Rejection The demand to bring Christian Dalits within the ambit of Depressed Classes protections is not a new one; it is, in fact, older than Independence itself. Christian organisations in South India — where a substantial proportion of Dalit conversions to Christianity had occurred through nineteenth and early twentieth-century missionary activity — periodically pressed the colonial government to recognise continuing caste-based disadvantage among converts and extend the same statutory protections available to Hindu Depressed Classes. These representations were considered and were not accepted. The colonial state’s position — later inherited without significant modification by the Constituent Assembly, as the second article in this series will show — was that the disability in question was untouchability, a phenomenon rooted in the Hindu social order, and that the act of conversion to a faith which formally repudiated caste distinctions was itself evidence that the convert had exited the social system generating the disability. The state did not deny that Christian converts of Dalit origin might continue to face economic hardship or informal social prejudice. It declined, however, to treat that hardship as equivalent to the specific, ritualised, birth-imposed disability of untouchability for which the Depressed Classes framework
Tamil Nadu: Dalit outfit seeks aid, job for Kodaikanal murder victim’s wife
According to sources, V Ramar (28), a daily wager from Poombarai panchayat in Kodaikanal, was deployed at farmland in the hill region. DINDIGUL: Alleging delay in providing compensation to the family of a Scheduled Caste murder victim in Kodaikanal, a Dalit outfit sought a government job for the victim’s wife in accordance with her qualifications along with the immediate dispersion of the compensation. According to sources, V Ramar (28), a daily wager from Poombarai panchayat in Kodaikanal, was deployed at farmland in the hill region. On July 30, a group of members from the dominant community allegedly hacked him to death. An FIR was registered at the Kodaikanal police station on July 31. Speaking to TNIE, Dalit Liberation Front (DLM) state president C Karuppiah said that under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Rules, 2016, `6 lakh should be provided as compensation after the postmortem, while the remaining `6 lakh should be given after the chargesheet is filed in court. “Ramar’s postmortem was conducted on July 31, but the first instalment has not been given. Apart from this, the victim’s wife was offered a job within a week. But she was given a cook’s job at an Adi Dravidar Welfare School in Kodaikanal. The eligibility for a cook is no formal education, whereas she has completed Class XII. She could have been given a clerk or assistant position in the district administration,” he said. An official from the Adi Dravidar Welfare Department, Dindigul, said the job vacancy was within the purview of the department, and the cook’s post was offered as the victim’s wife had sought immediate employment for survival. “Based on the approval of the collector, the appointment was sanctioned. Other government job vacancies come under the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC), and it takes time for the victim’s family to get such a job,” the official said. Regarding the compensation, the official said there are five legal heirs. “The `6 lakh compensation will be settled in two instalments. `1.88 lakh will be given on Tuesday and the remaining amount within a week. Since one part comes from the state government and the other from the Union government, the process is being carried out accordingly,” the official said. Courtesy : TNIE Note: This news is originally published on https:/thenewindianexpress.com/bha and is used purely for non-profit/non-commercial purposes, especially human rights
Why are you not suspending him? Kerala HC pulls up State over inaction against cop in Dalit student suicide case
The Court asked whether higher-ranking police officials were attempting to protect their colleague from disciplinary action. The Kerala High Court on Monday questioned the State over its failure to suspend Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sudheer Kallan despite a finding of serious procedural lapses in the arrest of an accused in the case concerning the suicide of Dalit dental student Nithin Raj. Justice A Badharudeen said police’s negligent approach had initially led to the release of the prime accused Dr M Kodanda Ram, a Kannur Dental College professor. “Why are you not suspending him? The report states that there are serious procedural lapses coupled with a careless and negligent approach in the investigation by the police personnel who arrested him. The preparation of the arrest-related documents resulted in the release of the accused. Even after finding all this, he has not been suspended?” Justice Badharudeen orally asked. The Court was hearing the plea fled by victim’s parents, who have been seeking clarity on the investigation and circumstance surrounding the arrest of Dr. Ram. Nithin Raj, a dental college student in Kerala, died by suicide on April 10 after jumping from a building near the college. Before his demise, Raj is alleged to have faced caste-based harassment from the faculty at the dental college. The police registered a case for abetment of suicide and offences under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/ST Act) and arrested the prime accused, Dr. Ram. However, his initial arrest had been declared illegal by a trial court after the police failed to furnish mandatory grounds of arrest to the accused. He was subsequently re-arrested by the Crime Branch. Today, Special government pleader Rasheed C Nooranad told the Court that following a preliminary enquiry by Superintendent of Police of Wayanad, the State Police Chief has recommended disciplinary proceedings against DSP Kallan. However, he added that the disciplinary proceedings would be initiated only after the completion of a proposed enquiry by a panel of officers. Justice Badharudeen questioned the need for another enquiry when an oral enquiry has already found serious lapses in the arrest. The Court further asked whether higher-ranking police officials were attempting to protect the DSP. The judge made it clear that the government should take necessary action rather than wait for the Court to direct every step. “I don’t have an opinion that the government is not bonafide. The remedies available to the accused let him avail those, you (government) do your job. The job of police is to arrest. Court’s job is to take decision when such action is challenged,” Justice Badharudeen remarked. The Court in its order today, recorded that the officer had committed serious lapses but no immediate action was being taken by the State and instead a panel of competent enquiry officers is slated to be appointed. It directed the State Police Chief to consider the enquiry report and pass necessary orders while also directing that the proposed panel be constituted within one week. The matter will be heard next on August 17. Praisy Thomas Courtesy : Bar and Bench Note: This news is originally published on https:/barandbench.com/bha and is used purely for non-profit/non-commercial purposes, especially human rights