Attack on Dalit family: Police beefed up the security in the area in view of the shutdown call
On Friday a shutdown call in Srirangapatna town in Karnataka‘s Mandya district has been given by Hindu organizations in connection with the alleged police inaction over an attack on a Dalit family by a group of Muslim youths.
The police beefed up the security in the area in view of the shutdown call.
Last week a Dalit family was attacked by a group of Muslim youths over a petty matter in the limits of the KRS police station.
Bajarang Dal, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), and other Hindu activists have given the bandh call and appealed to the shopkeepers to close down all commercial establishments and observe shutdown till evening.
The Hindu organizations will also take out a procession through the main road of Srirangapatna till the police station. They are planning to stage a protest before the police station.
Hindu activists are demanding immediate arrest of the accused persons and legal action against them.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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