The Uttar Pradesh policemen rained lathis on protesting Dalit women and shouted casteist and sexual abuses in Ambedkar Nagar district’s Jalalpur on Sunday, showed videos.
The police claim they used only “minor force” after the women started throwing stones at them and their vehicles.
The women were protesting over the vandalism of a statue of BR Ambedkar in the area.
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Police in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar resorted to violence against women protesters.
Viral video shows women were dragged and manhandled by male cops.
Politicians and activists including @BhimArmyChief condemned the incident and criticised Yogi Adityanath’s police policy.
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