Dalit atrocities: SC body gets 11,000 complaints

The National Commission for Schedule Castes (NCSC) has received around 11,000 complaints of atrocities on Dalits in Punjab,NCSC national vice-chairman Raj Kumar Verka said on Sunday.

The commission has written to the President seeking amendments in the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,1989 to fix the responsibility of police and deputy commissioners in dealing with such complaints,he added.

Verka said majority of the complaints were against the police. “Of the total received complaints,nearly 2,000 had been redressed. Complaints against the police were mostly related to delay in registration of FIRs,non-arrest of accused and long pending inquiries,” he added.

Around 17,000 complaints of atrocities on Dalits are from Haryana.