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The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has demanded a broad probe, nether the enactment of the District Collector, into the Kaikaluru Dalit onslaught case.
A three-member squad from the HRF visited Danagudem adjacent Kaikaluru, wherever a Dalit, P. Ajay, was allegedly attacked with a weapon by members of Kapu community. The squad learnt that the incidental took spot connected September 5 during the Ganesh idol immersion celebrations, erstwhile Ajay, who was connected his mode to a ration store connected a two-wheeler, honked to alert the revellers.
Enraged astatine this, the revellers, belonging to different community, reportedly attacked Ajay. Casteist slurs were reportedly hurled astatine his parent and sisters, who tried to assistance him. They were besides reportedly dragged by their hairsbreadth and beaten up. Despite being contiguous there, the constabulary unit could not bash anything, the activists wrote successful a connection issued connected Tuesday.
HRF condemned the soundlessness of the State authorities connected this subject, and demanded stern enactment against each the accused. They besides demanded a Collector-led probe successful the incidental and enactment nether the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against officials for threatening the complainant with a rowdy sheet.
Ajay is undergoing attraction astatine the authorities infirmary successful Eluru. HRF activists A. Ravi, Md. Iqbal and Mutyala Srinivasa Rao were portion of the fact-finding team.
