Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani shares video of mob beating up Dalit youth, slams PM Modi
In the video, a man can be seen being brutally beaten up by a group of men as they belt, kick and assault the man. The video also shows the mob grabbing him by his hair and continuing the assault.
Congress’s MLA Jignesh Mevani from Gujarat’s Vadgam shared a video of a Youth getting brutally beaten up by a group of people. Mewani in his Tweet claimed that the youth belonged to the Dalit community and was beaten up publicly in Gujarat’s Vadodara.
The Convener of Dalit Adhikar Manch, Jignesh Mevani also launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he highlighted that the Prime Minister had said during the Una Dalit flogging case that if people want to kill, they should kill him and not his Dalit brothers. He further said that the administration did not ensure that such incidents do not happen again.
He also termed the man getting brutally beaten by a mob as an attempt to lynch Dalit youth.
In the video, a man can be seen being brutally beaten up by a group of men as they belt, kick and assault the man. The video also shows the mob grabbing him by his hair and continuing the assault. The incident can be seen transpiring on a busy road as the cars can be seen passing by.
A man can also be seen trying to diffuse the situation, however, his efforts were seen going in vain as the mob continued to attack the man. A woman can also be seen joining in assaulting the man in the video.
After the video went viral, many users came forward to add their take on Mevan’s tweet as one user wrote and termed the incident as horrible and further added that they were feeling scared. The user also wrote that all of the political leaders are always crying for the poor, dalit, backward classes and then implied all of the actions by the leaders result in this. He further added that this is shameful.
Another user added to the conversation and wrote that the authorities should promptly take action in the matter and launch an investigation to deliver justice.
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