Dalits protesting atrocities against the community under watch of UP chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, over 500 of them blocked the roads, raised slogans against the CM and greeted him black flags in Moradabad on Sunday, ABP news channel has reported.
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The police have registered a case against 500 persons who are incensed over the growing “discrimination” and “unjust practices” against UP Dalits in general and in particular at the atrocities against the community in Saharanpur district by Thakurs on May 5.
The case has been filed on a complaint lodged by the police station in-charge of Majhora police station, Hoshiyar Singh.
The protestors also alleged that a police officer had tried to hurl a shoe at a protesting Dalit.
Demanding justice from the chief minister the protestors alleged that Dalits were being mistreated by the upper castes since his taking over the reign in the state.