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Dalit Atrocity

  VIOLENCE AGAINST DALITS IN NUMBERS After the  killing of a person during the violence  on the 200th anniversary celebrations of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon, violence against Dalits in India is again under the spotlight. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which gathers data about different crimes in the country, shows that the rate of crimes against Dalits has risen in the last few years. The conviction rate for such crimes has also declined substantially. In 2016, an estimated  214  incidents of crimes against scheduled castes (SCs) were reported per million SC population, up from 207 the previous year, according to the NCRB data. In all of India,  40,801  atrocities against Dalits were reported in 2016, up from  38,670  in 2015. 26% of reported crimes in Uttar Pradesh were committed against Dalits in 2016. Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of atrocities against Dalits, the NCRB data shows, at 25.6% of all cases reported. This i...