Chandigarh: The opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today asked the Congress
government to withdraw all cases registered against Dalits in connection
with clashes with members of Hindu right-wing groups in Phagwara in
Punjab.
The Scheduled Caste Wing of the SAD also demanded the
arrests of the "perpetrators of the ghastly unprovoked attack" on Dalits
on April 13.
It said that a case had been registered against 16 people, but only four of them had been arrested till now.
The clashes broke out between members of a Dalit outfit and Hindu
right-wing groups on April 13 over installation of a board carrying a
picture of B R Ambedkar at Gol Chowk here on National Highway (NH)-1.
PTI
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