Dalit boy beaten to death

ANANTAPUR: Alleging that a 12-year old Dalit student was beaten to death by farmers for stealing tomatoes in a farm in Dimmameedapalle village of NP Kunta mandal in the district, Madiga Dandora and MRPS leaders staged a protest at the mandal headquarters of NP Kunta mandal on Saturday.They demanded immediate arrest of Ramana Reddy and other farmers in the village, who they alleged had beaten Rajkumar, a VII class student, holding him responsible for the thefts in their fields.Rajkumar died on August 21. It was given to understand that he fell into a pit accidentally. His parents buried the body.But with rumours doing the rounds that he may have been murdered by Ramana Reddy and others, the boy’s parents, along with several villagers and MRPS activists went to NP Kunta police station, and demanded a re-postmortem of the body.NP Kunta SI Subbaraydu had agreed for the re-postmortem after discussing the issue with tahsildar Yella Reddy.He said they could determine whether the death was accidental or murder only after the postmortem reports are submitted.