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Seven Dalits burnt alive in Karnataka

In a ghastly incident, seven Dalits, including three women, were burnt alive after a caste Hindu was stabbed to death at Kambalapalli in Kolar district of Karnataka late on Sunday night.

Chief Minister S M Krishna and Home Minister Mallikarjuna Kharge, who rushed to the scene of carnage, have ordered a judicial inquiry by a high court judge into the incident and announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the families of the deceased.

Giving details Director General of Police T Srinivasulu, who visited the village along with the home minister, said a group of Dalits killed a certain Krishna Reddy with lethal weapons around 1900 hrs on Sunday.

Krishna Reddy's relatives and supporters in retaliation attacked a Harijan colony in the village and set fire to two huts, where some of the Dalits, who had assaulted Reddy, were hiding.

Six people were charred to death, while two others in a neighbouring hutment sustained burns. One of them succumbed to his injuries on the way to hospital.

Srinivasulu said additional forces have been deployed in the village and 18 people have been taken into custody.

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