MP: Two Dalit kids ‘beaten to death for open defecation’

Shivpuri: Two Dalit children were allegedly beaten to death by two persons for defecating on a street in front of a panchayat building in MP’s Shivpuri district on Wednesday, police said. The father of one of the deceased alleged they were facing discrimination over their caste in Bhavkedhi village, where the incident took place.

The two accused, Hakim Yadav and his brother Rameshwar Yadav, have been arrested and booked under IPC section for murder and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Sirsod police station’s inspector RS Dhakad said.

The investigation so far suggests that there are only two accused, he said.


They attacked the children when the latter were defecating on a street in front of the panchayat building around 6.30 am, the police said quoting complaints filed by the deceased’s parents. The two children, Roshani Balmiki (12) and Avinash Balmiki (10), suffered serious injuries in the incident and were rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared them dead, the police said.