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Flogging of Dalits: Protests continue in Guj

Ahmedabad, Jul 23 (UNI) CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat and JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav today visited the families of Dalit victims of public flogging, in their village Mota Samadhiyala of Una taluka to express their solidarity with the aggrieved Dalit community.
Meanwhile, protests against atrocities on Dalits were held in Wankaner of Saurashtra region and Siddhpur in north Gujarat with both the towns observing complete bandh. While the Dalit rally in Wankaner was relatively peaceful, there were incidents of stone throwing after the rally in Siddhpur.
With the issue of increasing incidents of atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat getting nation-wide attention, the state police today arrested six cow protection vigilantes for beating Dalits in Rajula of Amreli district nearly two months ago on May 22. These men were arrested, after a video went viral showing the men beating a group of Dalits in a tannery where they were skinning dead animals at a place officially allotted to them by local authorities.
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