Truth vs Hype: Ghost Villages And Fake FIRs In Aftermath Of Dalit Riots
On Ambedkar Jayanti, the usual political expressions of reassurances to Dalit anxieties may not quite be matched by ground reality. Dalit groups say there has been a backlash to the protests, by upper castes, and by the police - wrongful arrests, harassment, crackdowns. TVH traversed three districts in Western Uttar Pradesh, which had been touched by violence, to find ghost villages, and questionable FIRs.
