Locked Up By 'Upper Caste' Women For Entering Home, Dalit Boy Dies By Suicide

Shimla: Dalit boy dies by suicide after being locked in cowshed for entering upper caste home

A 12-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by suicide after facing caste-based harassment in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla. The incident reportedly occurred in a village in the Rohru area on 16 September. The victim’s family claimed that he was locked inside a cowshed by three upper-caste women for entering their house.   According to the boy’s father, the boy was found unconscious on the bed at home. Victim dies during treatment He was rushed to a near…

Locked Up By 'Upper Caste' Women For Entering Home, Dalit Boy Dies By Suicide

A 12-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by suicide by consuming poison after he was reportedly locked inside a cowshed by some so-called 'upper caste' women for entering their house at a village in Shimla district, officials said on Wednesday.

Dalit Boy in Shimla Kills Himself after Being Locked in Cowshed by 'Upper Caste' Woman - Clarion India

SHIMLA — A 12-year-old Dalit boy from the Rohru subdivision of Shimla district has died by suicide after allegedly being humiliated and locked inside a cowshed by an upper-caste neighbour, triggering outrage in the local community. The police initiating an investigation under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. According to Suresh Banta, uncle of the deceased, the boy had walked into the house of an upper ca…