These horrendous crimes took place in 1992 and it's only now that the culprits have been convicted, almost 20 years later. Indian justice is very slow... when the victims are Dalits.
A court in India has convicted 269 police and forest officials of torturing and abusing more than 100 low-caste tribespeople in a 1992 raid.
Officials went to the village of Vachathi in southern Tamil Nadu state looking for smuggled sandalwood.
Over two days, 18 women were raped, at least 100 Dalits (former untouchables) abused and homes and cattle looted.
Seventeen officials were found guilty of rape and the rest were convicted of "atrocities against Dalits".
Nearly 100 of those convicted are policemen. Of the 269 convicted, 54 died during the course of the trial.
The court has sentenced all of those convicted: 12 men were given 10 years in prison and five were given seven years each. The remainder were given jail terms of between two and five years. Full story...
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A court in India has convicted 269 police and forest officials of torturing and abusing more than 100 low-caste tribespeople in a 1992 raid.
Officials went to the village of Vachathi in southern Tamil Nadu state looking for smuggled sandalwood.
Over two days, 18 women were raped, at least 100 Dalits (former untouchables) abused and homes and cattle looted.
Seventeen officials were found guilty of rape and the rest were convicted of "atrocities against Dalits".
Nearly 100 of those convicted are policemen. Of the 269 convicted, 54 died during the course of the trial.
The court has sentenced all of those convicted: 12 men were given 10 years in prison and five were given seven years each. The remainder were given jail terms of between two and five years. Full story...
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