Shimla: Dalit boy dies by suicide after being locked in cowshed for entering upper caste home

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A 12-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by suicide after facing caste-based harassment in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla. The incident reportedly occurred in a village in the Rohru area on 16 September. The victim’s family claimed that he was locked inside a cowshed by three upper-caste women for entering their house.
 
According to the boy’s father, the boy was found unconscious on the bed at home.