Dalit Victims’ Families Allege Upper Caste Conspiracy in Una

After four dalit men were beaten up for skinning a dead cow, 18 dalit men have tried to commit suicide in protest.

The family members of the four dalit men who were brutally assaulted by ‘gau rakshaks’ for skinning a dead cow said that the incident was the outcome of an “upper caste conspiracy” to capture their land and homes.

18 dalit men have tried to commit suicide since Monday to protest against the 11 July incident in an attempt to bring attention to the plights of dalits in Gujarat.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited the victims’ families after which he announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh for the victims.

Meeting the Dalit youths admitted to Rajkot hospital.Shocked &pained by their account of the brutal assault pic.twitter.com/4EboBkDYwd

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We believe that village sarpanch Prafullabhai Korat conspired with Hindu vigilante groups to organise the attack as he had been eyeing the two acres of land that Dalits have been using to skin dead animals.

Babubhai Veerasbhai Sarowya, Victim’s Father

Gujarat Chief Secretary GR Aloria said:

There is hooliganism going on in the name of self-proclaimed gau raksha samitis and we need to be more vigilant.

(Source: The Hindustan Times, The Indian Express)