Pro-Dalit organisations took out a protest rally in Hassan on Thursday condemning the recent incidents of atrocities on Dalits in the district. Hundreds of people took out a march from the Hemavathi Statue Circle to B.M. Road, where they held a protest meeting.
Along the march, the protesters carried blue flags and raised slogans praising B.R. Ambedkar.
Recently, a Dalit was assaulted allegedly by Bajrang Dal activists in Sakaleshpur, accusing him of taking cattle for slaughtering. The organisations had staged a protest demanding action against the Bajrang Dal activists. In another incident at Arkalgud, a Dalit were assaulted by ‘upper caste” people.
