Worried over the increasing attacks and torture on Dalit people across the State and protesting the lackadaisical attitude of the State Government in ensuring justice to them, a large number of Dalits under the banner of the National Dalit Mahasangh on Monday staged a demonstration here at Mahatma Gandhi Marg.
“Attacks on Dalit people have become a practice in the State. The State Government, instead of providing safety and security to them, is sitting idle if a Dalit torture case comes to its notice,” alleged Mahasangh president Ashok Mallick.
The Mahasangh submitted a six-point charter of demands to the Chief Secretary.
The demands included immediate arrest of culprits involved in the attack on Dalit woman Mamata Mallick in the Airfield police station area, action against a police ASI for attacking tribal youth Saroj Dehury in the Chandaka police station area and arrest of culprits involved in assaulting a 14-year-old Dalit girl in Tirtol in Jagatsinghpur district.