Another AP Dalit murdered  

Bangalore: A Dalit youth was murdered by Hindus at Gokarajupalli village in Krishna district. The body of Srinivasa Rao was found in a roadside pond on Aug. 3 last. This created an uproar and 25 Dalit families from the village fled to neighbouring Kanchi- Kachela. Following this, the police exhumed Srinivasa Rao’s body and reconducted the post-mortem. A close relative of Srinivasa Rao was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Jan. 1989. Meanwhile, former Director-General of Police and Andhra Pradesh Minorities and Weaker Sections Liberation Front president M.V. Thomas demanded immediate rehabilitation of the Dalit families which fled to Kanchikacherla. Thomas, who visited the trouble- torn village, told newsmen here that the Dalit families were so terror- stricken that they refused to stay in the village. Another youth had received threats to his life from Hindus.