MP: Dalit woman sarpanch beaten up with shoes in Shivpuri; three booked
Shivpuri (MP) (PTI): A woman sarpanch belonging to the Dalit community was allegedly dragged in the mud and beaten up with shoes by three men in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, police said on Tuesday.
Based on a complaint lodged by the sarpanch of Pahadi village panchayat, an offence under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been registered against the three accused, Tendua police station in-charge Manish Jadon said.
Efforts are on to arrest the accused, he said.
A purported video of the incident that took place on Sunday evening has also surfaced on social media.
According to the FIR, the sarpanch's elder son had gone to Kharai, where one of the accused intercepted him and asked him to get a paper signed by his mother.
When the sarpanch's son refused, the accused allegedly beat him up, the FIR said.
Later, the sarpanch was heading to the police station to lodge a complaint against the accused for the attack on her son, when three men intercepted her, the complaint stated.
They allegedly threw her in mud, dragged her and beat her with shoes, it said.
A Dalit woman sarpanch was allegedly dragged in the mud and beaten up with shoes by three caste Hindu men in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district.https://t.co/AhBiEtsyaa pic.twitter.com/9d7oXavm8J
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Karnataka govt forms cabinet sub-committee to study State Education Policy
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government on Saturday constituted a six-member Cabinet sub-committee to study and recommend implementation of the State Education Policy (SEP).
Headed by Home Minister G Parameshwara, the panel comprises Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil, Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil, and Higher Education Minister M C Sudhakar.
The Cabinet Sub-Committee has been tasked with reviewing the final report submitted by the State Education Policy Commission and make appropriate recommendations, an official note said.
The Cabinet on May 7 had held detailed discussions on the recommendations made by the Professor Sukhdeo Thorat-led State Education Policy Commission.
Thorat also gave a presentation to the Cabinet Ministers on May 7, following which it was decided to authorise the Chief Minister to set up a Cabinet sub-committee.
State Law Minister H K Patil had said the report comprised around eight volumes and covered issues relating to financial implications, human resources, curriculum reforms, deemed universities, unitary universities and newly established universities.
