Read | Listen to us, say Dalits who tried to kill themselves in GujaratAsked about the complaint of the Una victims, Aloria said: “The police are still investigating it. Asked about the Dalit protests raging in Saurashtra and north Gujarat, Aloria told The Indian Express that “social media has helped the Dalit victims of Una to assert themselves”. The car of the accused had a board of the Shiv Sena and the accused had a visiting card that suggested they belonged to the Gau Raksha Samiti, Rajkot,” he said. WATCH VIDEO: Dalit Protests Spread In Gujarat, Voices Rise In ParliamentRead | Gujarat Dalit protests: Prohibitory orders in Surendranagar blames Shiv Sena“We have invoked the harshest possible provisions of law,” Aloria said. Conceding “there is hooliganism going on in the name of self-proclaimed gau raksha samitis” and “we need to be more vigilant”, Gujarat Chief Secretary G R Aloria Thursday said that the men who flogged a Dalit family in Una videotaped the July 11 incident “for fun and uploaded it as a show of bravado”.

Source: Indian Express July 21, 2016 23:55 UTC