'Your job is to clean gutters, who gave you the right to organize protests?': Dalit activist Nodeep Kaur alleges custodial torture Dalit labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur claimed that she was physically tortured and the cops used casteist slurs to intimidate her. Share Via Email | A+A A- By Online Desk Days after Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to Dalit labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, the 24-year-old spoke about the police brutality she faced while in prison. Nodeep claimed that she was physically tortured and the cops used casteist slurs to intimidate her. Sonipat Police arrested her on January 12 in connection with a case filed under attempt to murder and some other charges, including allegedly gheraoing an industrial unit and demanding money from the company.