Three days after the gangrape of three women of a Dalit family in Seoni district, two women from the same community were gangraped in separate incidents in Damoh district. In Keolari village, a 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men yesterday, police said. In Ajeetpur village, two persons allegedly raped a Dalit woman in her house, the police said. The accused are at large.Three women of a Dalit family were dragged out of their house and allegedly gangraped by nine youths at Bhomatala village in Seoni district on July 8. The Seoni incident was said to be in retaliation after a 15-year-old girl of the caste of the accused eloped with the victim’s 20-year-old son on July 5. Eight of the accused have been arrested while one is absconding.The incident came up at the Lok Sabha today as Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the Government would get full information from authorities. He was replying to a query from Ramjilal Suman of the Samajwadi Party who said Dalits in Madhya Pradesh have been subjected to such indignities for a long time.
