BHUANESWAR, India - A Dalit woman leader, who fought on behalf of two Dalit cooks who were sacked due to upper-caste protests, hanged herself late Friday, an organisation working for Dalit rights said on Saturday.Saraswati Sethy, 28, was a resident of Sanamarichapalli village in the coastal district of Kendrapada, 150km from here.
"She was repeatedly harassed by local officials and upper-caste villagers," Tapan Samal, general secretary of Ambedkar Lohia Vichar Manch, said.
Sethy had protested the removal of two Dalit women cooks from a local school a few months ago after some upper-caste students refused to eat meals cooked by them, Samal said.
Source:IANS
"She was repeatedly harassed by local officials and upper-caste villagers," Tapan Samal, general secretary of Ambedkar Lohia Vichar Manch, said.
Sethy had protested the removal of two Dalit women cooks from a local school a few months ago after some upper-caste students refused to eat meals cooked by them, Samal said.
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