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NHRC notice to Odisha on torching of Dalits' houses
Tuesday January 31, 2012 07:46:00 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the
Odisha Government on the torching of 30 houses of Dalits,
allegedly by upper caste people, in the state's Bolangir District.
The commission has sought a report from the government within four
weeks regarding the Jan 22 incident in Bolangir's Lathore village.
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