Fear Stalks Kalyan East: Attempt to Murder Cases Filed on ‘Innocent’ Dalits

Photos of a deserted area in Kalyan east where residents have fled because of the hounding and combing operations by the police.
Lawyers have moved for bail in nine of these cases but so far the Orders have not been passed by the local Kalyan court.

The vindictive action is seen as a fallout of the bandh that followed the Bhima Koregaon violence against Dalits on January 1. In Kalyan, unlike other parts aggression between the Shiv Sena controlled Agri Sena and Dalit bastis resulted. It is alleged that while a police station was beateb up by Agris in the violence, Dalits are being hounded and victimized. More than 95 persons are wanted and absconding from this deserted areas.


Reports of dozens of such detentions and arrests in ‘false’ cases by Dalits from all over Maharashtra are coming in. Latur, Nanded, Ahmedabad and Kolapur are the areas apart from Kalyan and Powai in Mumbai where such detentions and arrests have taken place. There appears to be clearcut vindictive actions against Dalits all over the state.
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Fear Stalks Kalyan East: Attempt to Murder Cases Filed on ‘Innocent’ Dalits

Photos of a deserted area in Kalyan east where residents have fled because of the hounding and combing operations by the police.
Lawyers have moved for bail in nine of these cases but so far the Orders have not been passed by the local Kalyan court.

The vindictive action is seen as a fallout of the bandh that followed the Bhima Koregaon violence against Dalits on January 1. In Kalyan, unlike other parts aggression between the Shiv Sena controlled Agri Sena and Dalit bastis resulted. It is alleged that while a police station was beateb up by Agris in the violence, Dalits are being hounded and victimized. More than 95 persons are wanted and absconding from this deserted areas.


Reports of dozens of such detentions and arrests in ‘false’ cases by Dalits from all over Maharashtra are coming in. Latur, Nanded, Ahmedabad and Kolapur are the areas apart from Kalyan and Powai in Mumbai where such detentions and arrests have taken place. There appears to be clearcut vindictive actions against Dalits all over the state.
Related Articles:
- Navi Mumbai cops book shop owners under Atrocities Act
- Bhim Army chief taken into preventive custody, released
- Day 9 of Bhima Koregaon violence: Pune police makes series of arrests
- Bhima-Koregaon violence: 43 arrested so far over caste clashes
- Post Bhima Koregaon Violence, Police Target Dalits Across Maharashtra; Minor Boys Worst Hit
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