CPI, JD(U) Leaders To Visit Una Tomorrow

Kejirwal targeted the BJP after meeting the victims in Rajkot civil hospital first and visiting Mota Samadhiyala village in Una to meet their family members, a day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met the victims. Why is police silent?

Kejriwal visited the family of one of the men in Una, which is 360 km from Ahmedabad and termed the Gujarat government as “anti-Dalit”.

Kejriwal’s visit is being seen as preparing the ground for his party ahead of the Assembly polls in the State next year. “The BJP first sends its goons to beat dalits, and when their community members come out on the streets to protest, false cases are filed against them”, Kejriwal alleged.

Earlier, Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the state government has taken prompt action against the people behind the ghastly crime in which some Dalits were thrashed over the allegation of killing of cow.

“In an earlier incident, some Dalits were beaten in front of the police station”.

A head constable of police was a lone casualty in clash with mob in Amreli town on Tuesday.

“I asked them why they are committing suicide”.

To a question over attack on Dalits by vigilantes for skinning a dead cow in Gujarat, he said these sort of incidents should not happen.

“We demanded from him that those who were involved in the incident should be given exemplary punishment and kept behind bars for their entire life or else they will once again do this to someone else”, he said. CID had taken over the probe and Government had paid compensation to the victims, she said.

Four Dalit youths were stripped above the waist and beaten mercilessly with iron rods in a village by a cow protection group for skinning a dead cow.

As many as 17 Dalits across the state attempted suicide to protest against the incident, of whom, one has died. The video of the thrashing went viral, sparking outrage nationwide.