Gujarat: Two cops suspended for beating up Dalit teenager; state has low conviction price below SC/ST Act
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AHMEDABAD: Two police constables in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district on Friday had been positioned below suspension for beating up a Dalit teenager.
The suspension order was reportedly issued by the district superintendent of police (DSP) Prem Sukh Delu after {the teenager}’s dad and mom lodged a grievance with him. The DSP has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
The cops detained {the teenager} on a cost of possession of illicit liquor and beat him up.
This shouldn’t be the primary incident that has come to mild, Despite Gujarat having a starkly low conviction price in instances associated to Dalit atrocities as in comparison with the remainder of India, quite a few complaints have been lodged concerning incidents of discrimination in opposition to the Dalits within the state.
Data reveals that Gujarat, which has been below BJP rule for greater than 27 years, has low conviction price associated to instances of atrocities in opposition to Dalits.
The knowledge tabled in Rajya Sabha reveals that the conviction price in such instances between 2018-2021 was 3.065 %, which is way decrease than the nationwide common.
In the final 4 years, out of 5369 instances registered, solely 32 individuals had been convicted whereas 1012 had been acquitted. Among these embrace severe instances like homicide and rape.
Looking on the figures offered by the Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, within the 12 months 2018, 1426 instances had been registered in Gujarat below The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. But solely 14 individuals had been convicted. Subsequently, the quantity continues to say no additional.
This 12 months, 140 instances had been registered in Ahmedabad, together with 5 homicide instances and eight rape instances.
In 2019, out of 1416 instances, solely 7 had been convicted. Several instances are pending in courts.
In 2020, the variety of conviction plunged to simply 3 as in opposition to the 1326 instances registered. That being the 12 months of lockdown brought on by Covid-19 outbreak, the courts had been listening to solely important instances.
As in opposition to the 1201 instances registered in 2021, solely eight individuals had been convicted.
Writer and Dalit rights activist Alice Morris sees this as very alarming. Alice Said,” I disagree with the information, this knowledge could also be improper as a result of as per my information, there are extra instances which have gone unregistered. Even NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) knowledge is underestimated.”
“Nothing has modified for Dalits in Gujarat, in 1990 Dalits had been overwhelmed for driving horses. In 2022, there was a case in Saurashtra of a boy who was shot for driving a horse.
Talking concerning the low conviction price, Alice stated “If you look closely at the cases in which punishment has been ordered, there will be support behind some NGO or some powerful section of the society. In most of the cases, the accused and the complainant, the witnesses are all from the same place, so they receive social and other pressures. and because of that many cases were not registered,”
Gujarat High Court advocate Utkarsh Dave questions policing by highlighting its authorized facets. According to Dave, most instances it’s discovered that legislation convictions in SC/ST act will not be due to the falsity of expenses however due to shoddy investigations by the police.
The police file a cost sheet in a grievance solely when the position and crime of the accused seem like appropriate in its investigation, in any other case, the investigating officer would file a closure report after the investigation.
AHMEDABAD: Two police constables in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district on Friday had been positioned below suspension for beating up a Dalit teenager.
The suspension order was reportedly issued by the district superintendent of police (DSP) Prem Sukh Delu after {the teenager}’s dad and mom lodged a grievance with him. The DSP has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
The cops detained {the teenager} on a cost of possession of illicit liquor and beat him up.
This shouldn’t be the primary incident that has come to mild, Despite Gujarat having a starkly low conviction price in instances associated to Dalit atrocities as in comparison with the remainder of India, quite a few complaints have been lodged concerning incidents of discrimination in opposition to the Dalits within the state.
Data reveals that Gujarat, which has been below BJP rule for greater than 27 years, has low conviction price associated to instances of atrocities in opposition to Dalits.
The knowledge tabled in Rajya Sabha reveals that the conviction price in such instances between 2018-2021 was 3.065 %, which is way decrease than the nationwide common.
In the final 4 years, out of 5369 instances registered, solely 32 individuals had been convicted whereas 1012 had been acquitted. Among these embrace severe instances like homicide and rape.
Looking on the figures offered by the Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, within the 12 months 2018, 1426 instances had been registered in Gujarat below The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. But solely 14 individuals had been convicted. Subsequently, the quantity continues to say no additional.
This 12 months, 140 instances had been registered in Ahmedabad, together with 5 homicide instances and eight rape instances.
In 2019, out of 1416 instances, solely 7 had been convicted. Several instances are pending in courts.
In 2020, the variety of conviction plunged to simply 3 as in opposition to the 1326 instances registered. That being the 12 months of lockdown brought on by Covid-19 outbreak, the courts had been listening to solely important instances.
As in opposition to the 1201 instances registered in 2021, solely eight individuals had been convicted.
Writer and Dalit rights activist Alice Morris sees this as very alarming. Alice Said,” I disagree with the information, this knowledge could also be improper as a result of as per my information, there are extra instances which have gone unregistered. Even NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau) knowledge is underestimated.”
“Nothing has modified for Dalits in Gujarat, in 1990 Dalits had been overwhelmed for driving horses. In 2022, there was a case in Saurashtra of a boy who was shot for driving a horse.
Talking concerning the low conviction price, Alice stated “If you look closely at the cases in which punishment has been ordered, there will be support behind some NGO or some powerful section of the society. In most of the cases, the accused and the complainant, the witnesses are all from the same place, so they receive social and other pressures. and because of that many cases were not registered,”
Gujarat High Court advocate Utkarsh Dave questions policing by highlighting its authorized facets. According to Dave, most instances it’s discovered that legislation convictions in SC/ST act will not be due to the falsity of expenses however due to shoddy investigations by the police.
The police file a cost sheet in a grievance solely when the position and crime of the accused seem like appropriate in its investigation, in any other case, the investigating officer would file a closure report after the investigation.
