Why Marathas are angry over the film Sairat
September 28, 2016  10:06
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"The rapists -- four in number and all belonging to the Dalit community -- had stalked the schoolgirl and raped her in the most heinous manner.

"Newspapers from the district had reported the gory details: flesh from all over her body including her genitals were torn. Some reported that she had been chained too. Her hair had been pulled out, her hands were broken and dislocated from the shoulders, her teeth had been broken. She was strangled to death after the rape.

"The vociferous protests in Ahmednagar saw Marathas voicing their anger against the Dalit community. The brutality of the attack shocked the state and galvanised the Marathas into action. Maratha women attacked the rape accused when they were brought to the Ahmednagar court. Had they not been whisked off by the police, the mob would have lynched them. The police have now requested the court to conduct the trial in the jail."

Haima Deshpande on the Maratha-Dalit divide. Read it the report here.
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