//Violence against the Dalits in Nepal

Violence against the Dalits in Nepal

On 23rd May in Nepal, reports broke out about the lynching of Navaraj BK and five of his friends. According to journalistic accounts, Navaraj, a 21-year-old Dalit man, along with his companions had gone to the village of his “upper-caste” girlfriend (at her request) to take her as his wife. A mob led by the girl’s family and the village chairman, chased down the aspiring husband and his group, killed six of them and threw their bodies into a nearby river. Caste slurs were hurled at them: how dare you untouchables come to our village to take our girl in marriage. 

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