Dalit woman beaten to death, man burnt to death in UP (Paul Ciniraj)   Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India), SVM News, September 4, 2007: An elderly Dalit woman named Hirawati, 60, beaten to death by four upper caste women over a petty dispute in the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on September 3.   She was allegedly beaten to death in Chitaipur locality under the Lanka police circle area. She was pushed by one of the women following an argument after water spilled out of her bucket.   Hirawati died on the spot due to the severe attack.   Police officials said to the Salem Voice Ministries (SVM) News Service that four persons were arrested who had been involved for the murder of dalit woman Hirawati.   Meanwhile another 45-year-old Dalit man, Brahmadas, was allegedly burnt to death by his employers at Simbhalka village of Muzaffarnagar in UP on Friday, 31 August.   And also a Dalit woman was allegedly raped by two persons at village Sirpoi in Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday, August 30.   SALEM VOICE MINISTRIES NEWS SERVICE (SVM NEWS) Web: http://salemvoice.org  Contact: ciniraj@asianetindia.com News items and headlines: http://salemvoice.org/news.html Center for Persecuted: http://salemvoice.org/center4persecuted.html