Caste Tensions Ignited by Murders in Rural India

A small farmhouse marks the spot of a mysterious triple murder in western India's rural flatlands that has sparked protests as far away as New York. Sanjay Jadhav, his wife Jayashree and their teenage son Sunil were found chopped up and thrown into nearby wells in late October, drawing shivers from some of their fellow Dalits -- those formerly known as "untouchables" in India's rigid caste hierarchy. They fear that the usually peaceful Javkheda village, ...