Una Victims

A Dalit family, whose four members were allegedly flogged by cow vigilantes in Una tehsil in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district in 2016, embraced Buddhism on Sunday at an event organised in Mota Samadhiyala village.

Two victims of the Una Dalit flogging incident in Gujarat on Wednesday alleged that one of the accused, who is on bail, threatened them and tried to pressurise them into withdrawing the FIR lodged in the case.

An accused in the Una flogging case allegedly tried to project one of the seven Dalit victims as a Muslim who slaughtered the cow whose carcass was being skinned, according to the charge sheet by the CID.

Around eight Dalits were severely injured when a mob allegedly attacked them and 12 of their community members at Samter village near Una, while they were returning home after attending a protest rally in Una town of Gir Somnath district this evening.

Bahujan Samajwadi Paty chief Mayawati arrived in Gujarat today to express her solidarity with the Dalit victims of the July 11 atrocities in Una and accused the state and the Centre of oppressing the community.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati will meet the four Dalit boys, who were thrashed by alleged 'cow vigilantes', on Thursday.

On a day a Dalit man, who had attempted suicide to protest the thrashing of four Dalit tannery workers by self-styled cow vigilantes in Gujarat earlier this month, died, members of the community organised a large congregation in Ahmedabad to send a message to the state government.

Four Dalit victims of the Una flogging incident, who were admitted to the civil hospital in Ahmedabad on Wednesday in serious condition, are also being treated for depression.

During his trip to Una to meet with the young Dalit men who were stripped, tied to a car, and thrashed by a group of cow vigilantes for skinning a dead cow, Rahul Gandhi hugged a woman at a local hospital.

A Congress member today claimed that the victims of the alleged beating up of Dalits in Una town of Gujarat have not been paid the entire Rs 4 lakh compensation even a fortnight after the incident.

Arvind Kejriwal on Friday was the latest visitor to a village in Gujarat that has drawn massive political attention over the flogging and shaming of four Dalit men for skinning a dead cow on July 11.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Gujarat on Friday, his second visit in a fortnight, to meet the members of the Dalit community in the wake of assaults on them after some members allegedly skinned a cow at Una last week.

A Dalit family, whose four members were allegedly flogged by cow vigilantes in Una tehsil in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district in 2016, embraced Buddhism on Sunday at an event organised in Mota Samadhiyala village.

Two victims of the Una Dalit flogging incident in Gujarat on Wednesday alleged that one of the accused, who is on bail, threatened them and tried to pressurise them into withdrawing the FIR lodged in the case.

An accused in the Una flogging case allegedly tried to project one of the seven Dalit victims as a Muslim who slaughtered the cow whose carcass was being skinned, according to the charge sheet by the CID.

Around eight Dalits were severely injured when a mob allegedly attacked them and 12 of their community members at Samter village near Una, while they were returning home after attending a protest rally in Una town of Gir Somnath district this evening.

Bahujan Samajwadi Paty chief Mayawati arrived in Gujarat today to express her solidarity with the Dalit victims of the July 11 atrocities in Una and accused the state and the Centre of oppressing the community.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati will meet the four Dalit boys, who were thrashed by alleged 'cow vigilantes', on Thursday.

On a day a Dalit man, who had attempted suicide to protest the thrashing of four Dalit tannery workers by self-styled cow vigilantes in Gujarat earlier this month, died, members of the community organised a large congregation in Ahmedabad to send a message to the state government.

Four Dalit victims of the Una flogging incident, who were admitted to the civil hospital in Ahmedabad on Wednesday in serious condition, are also being treated for depression.

During his trip to Una to meet with the young Dalit men who were stripped, tied to a car, and thrashed by a group of cow vigilantes for skinning a dead cow, Rahul Gandhi hugged a woman at a local hospital.

A Congress member today claimed that the victims of the alleged beating up of Dalits in Una town of Gujarat have not been paid the entire Rs 4 lakh compensation even a fortnight after the incident.

Arvind Kejriwal on Friday was the latest visitor to a village in Gujarat that has drawn massive political attention over the flogging and shaming of four Dalit men for skinning a dead cow on July 11.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit Gujarat on Friday, his second visit in a fortnight, to meet the members of the Dalit community in the wake of assaults on them after some members allegedly skinned a cow at Una last week.