The Supreme Court today slammed the Haryana government for the brutal killing of two Dalits and destruction of 150 houses in Mirchpur, Hissar on April 21 allegedly by upper caste people. <br/><br/>A vacation bench of Justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad pulled up the state government for its failure to prevent the incident, and warned it would take a very serious view if such incidents recurred. <br/><br/>The incident was reportedly a fallout of a dog belonging to people of the Dalit community barking at some upper caste boys. <br/><br/>The apex court passed the observation while rejecting the submission of senior counsel H S Hooda, who contented that the incident occurred after a wordy duel between youths belonging to the two communities on a trivial issue.<br/><br/> The apex court recorded an undertaking from the Haryana Government that it would rebuild some of the houses damaged in the arson and provide employment to at least one member of each affected family under the NREGA or other government-sponsored schemes by the next hearing on 19th of July.
News On AIR | June 2, 2010 7:53 PM
SC slams Haryana govt. for killing of two Dalits