Rahul Gandhi condemns attack on Dalits in MP's Guna
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the attack on Dalits by policemen in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the attack on Dalits by policemen in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district, saying "our fight is against this injustice".
The video which went viral on social media showed the police hitting a Dalit man mercilessly with batons and his wife and others trying to save him.
"The land was reserved for a government model college. Rajkumar Ahirwar (38) and his wife Savitri (35) were working on the land. Gabbu Pardi, who had encroached on the land, had given them work," District Collector S Vishwanathan had said.
When officials asked them to vacate the field, they protested and drank pesticide at the behest of those who had encroached on the land.
Taking serious view of the incident, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had ordered transfer of the collector and Superintendent of Police.