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Five attempt suicide in Rajkot to protest inaction in Dalit atrocity case, held

Five people who attempted suicide in Rajkot district’s Gondal town demanding action against Shiv Sena members who allegedly thrashed four Dalit youths for skinning dead cattle were arrested by Gujarat police on Monday. A video purportedly recorded by the attackers and shared online shows four Dalit men chained to a car and being beaten with iron rods. The five protesters, all residents of Gondal, tried to consume phenyl near an Ambedkar statue in the city, where the police anticipating their move following their threat, arrested and admitted them to a government hospital. The four Dalit youths were thrashed by a group claiming to be from the Shiv Sena in four Dalit youths in Gir-Somnath district’s Samadhiyala village on July 11 for allegedly slaughtering a cow.

Hindustan Times

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