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Saturday, 26 September 2009
Six-year-old Dali girl beaten up by Indian police
New Delhi - Two policemen were suspended from their jobs Tuesday for beating up a 6-year-old Dalit girl for allegedly stealing 280 rupees (less than 6 dollars) in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, news reports said-The incident, which was caught on camera, showed the station officer of Jaswantpur area in Etawah town grabbing and lifting the tiny low-caste girl by her hair and threatening her while another officer and at least six policemen looked on.
Brij Lal, Uttar Pradesh's additional director general of police, said the department was taking a serious view of the incident and a criminal case had been lodged against two policemen, who were suspended, NDTV television channel reported.
Several national and regional channels showed the images as top news in their morning bulletins.
While local police claimed the girl had confessed and the money had been returned to the owner, her mother lodged a complaint against the policemen.
Uttar Pradesh is currently governed by the Bahujan Samaj Party which was formed in 1984 to represent the rights of Dalits, and other castes and tribes that are at the bottom of India's ancient caste system. Dalits were traditionally regarded as outcasts in Indian society. (dpa)
Woman bailed as car hits children
A 40-year-old woman arrested after a car ploughed into a group of schoolchildren has been released on bail, police said.
Nine youngsters were taken to hospital following the incident near a church in Worlingham, Suffolk, at about 2pm on Friday.
Four of the children have since been discharged - but emergency services said one was thought to have suffered broken legs and another a broken pelvis.
The children were all aged nine and pupils at Worlingham Middle School - about half a mile from the scene of the accident.
They were on a supervised walk around the village when the incident happened.
The funeral service of a 21-year-old man killed in a road accident was temporarily halted as mourners went to help.
Police said the car involved was a blue Nissan. A 40-year-old woman from Lowestoft, Suffolk, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. She was later released on bail.
Headteacher Mike Croft said the youngsters were Year 5 pupils on a supervised walk aimed at introducing them to the local area.
He said about 20 pupils, accompanied by a woman teacher and female teaching assistant, were walking past the village's All Saints Church on a pavement when the accident happened.
Mr Croft said both members of staff were "badly shocked". (my view) WHY!..o'why do assholes employ stupidity?
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