Two Dalit children beaten to death in India for defecating in open
By DW
28 September 2019 |
1:31 pm
Two children were beaten to death in central India for defecating in the open. The killings underline the violence sometimes unleashed to enforce Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship cleanliness drive.
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