Infant death: BC Commission seeks report from Nagarkurnool District Collector and Endowments department

The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes has sought reports from the Nagarkurnool District Collector and Endowments Department on the death of a two-month-old baby during a stampede at Kummera village following alleged caste discrimination at a village fair

Hyderabad: The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes has sought a detailed report on the infant’s death at Kummera village from the District Collector, Nagarkurnool, and the Telangana Endowments Department within three days.

Commission Chairman S Niranjan on Monday shared newspaper clippings on caste discrimination and denial of entry into the village fair to a BC community family. The incident led to a stampede and the death of a two-month-old baby at Kummera on Thursday, he said.

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He asked Nagarkurnool Collector B Santosh to enquire into the matter and submit a detailed report to the Commission within three days. Similarly, Endowments Commissioner S Harish was also asked to enquire into the issue and submit a detailed report, besides details of arrangements made by the Endowments Department for conducting the jathara.