K'taka: Bajrang Dal members attack Dalit family for allegedly storing beef

Bengaluru: A Dalit family was allegedly attacked by members of the Bajrang Dal for storing beef in their house in Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka.

According to a Hindustan Times report, Dalit rights group have claimed that 30-40 members of the right-wing organisation attacked 53-year-old Balraj’s family for having meat in their house last Sunday.

The general secretary of the Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum claimed that Bajrang Dal men mercilessly thrashed four members of the family with sticks.

While Balraj suffered a fracture in his hand, the others escaped with minor internal injuries. All of them were treated at a local hospital and have been discharged.

Dalit rights groups took the matter to the police and a case has been registered against at least 40 people for the attack under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act of 2015.

Right groups are planning to hold a protest march “Chalo Jaipura” on Monday to agitate against the alleged attack.

The incident bears striking resemblance to the Dadri lynching in Uttar Pradesh, where a raging mob murdered Mohammad Akhlaq over rumours that he had slaughtered a cow.