2016 Una flogging incident

Cow vigilante action in Una yes March 2024October 2021 Una flogging incident Una, Gujarat 11 July 2016 cow vigilante violence in India 20.82 N 71.03 E inline,title Flogging 4 Cow protection In July 2016, seven members of a Dalit family were assaulted by a group of people on the pretext of cow protection in Una in Gujarat, India. The video of the incident was circulated on the social media resulting in statewide protests in following months. Forty-three people including four Gujarat Police officers were arrested and the case is under trial since August 2018. Background On 11 July 2016, the seven members of a Dalit family were skinning the carcasses of a dead cow in Mota Samadhiyala village near Una in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat. They had bought the carcass from Bediya village. They were approached by men in two cars who claimed to be a member of a "cow protection group" and accused them of killing cows. The Dalits tried to convince them that they were skinning dead cows. However, the unconvinced gau rakshaks tied the Dalits to the car and beat them with sticks, iron pipes and a knife. Four of them were brought to Una town in the car, stripped and assaulted again in public. When police arrived, the attackers fled in their car. The assault was recorded on video and circulated on social media. The Dalits were moved to hospital in Una and later to Rajkot civil hospital on 14 July.https://thewire.in/politics/dalit-family-stripped-beaten-as-gau-raksha-vigilantism-continues Dalit Family Stripped, Beaten As 'Gau Raksha' Vigilantism Continues The Wire 2018-09-224 Dalits stripped, beaten up for skinning dead cow The Times of India 13 July 2016 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/4-Dalits-stripped-beaten-up-for-skinning-dead-cow/articleshow/53184266.cms 6 August 2016Old enmity behind flogging of Dalit youths in Una: Fact-finding team Hindustan Times 22 July 2016 http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/old-enmity-behind-flogging-of-dalit-youths-in-una-fact-finding-team/story-kET6B4so1X8igyQUybYZSM.html 6 August 2016https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Four-Una-Dalit-Victims-Who-Were-Earlier-Discharged-Have-Now-Been-Hospitalised-Again/ Four Una Dalit Victims Who Were Earlier Discharged, Have Now Been Hospitalised Again 28 July 2016 ScoopWhoop 6 August 2016Rajkot Amol 2017 Una Video and the Political Economy of Social Media http://dcac.du.ac.in/documents/Journal/Journal-V.pdf Intellectual Resonance: DCAC Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 3 133–143 Aftermath Protests The videos of thrashing went viral on internet and sparked the protests across the state. On 12 July 2016 a huge protest rally was at first organized in Chandkheda area in Ahmedabad by various Dalit leaders in which more than 2,000 Dalits attended and blocked the state highway. On 13 July 2016, hundreds of Dalits hold protest rally against the incident and later occupied Trikon Baug, the main square in Una for an hour.Dalits thrashed for skinning cow: Two accused arrested as protests continue in Una The Indian Express 14 July 2016 http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/dalits-thrashed-for-skinning-cow-two-accused-arrested-as-protests-continue-in-una-2912461/ 6 August 2016 On 21 July, the issue was discussed in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament. The protests spread across Saurashtra region. Twelve Dalit youth attempted suicide in protest across the region and one of them died. Twelve people including seven police personnel were injured in the protest and one of them died.Gujarat: Violence in Saurashtra kills policeman, Dalit youth commits suicide The Indian Express 19 July 2016 http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/gujarat-violence-in-saurashtra-kills-policeman-dalit-youth-commits-suicide-2924408/ 6 August 2016 Bystanders who attempted to interfere were also beaten.https://thewire.in/rights/cow-protection-murder Killed Allegedly By 'Cow Protectors', Justice Eludes the Family of Mustain Abbas The Wire 2018-09-22 Jignesh Mevani, a Dalit leader, led the protest march called Dalit Asmita Yatra, organised under Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar ManchAravind Indulekha Annihilating caste is part of Nation-building: Jignesh Mevani, Convener, Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch The Economic Times https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/annihilating-caste-is-part-of-nation-building-jignesh-mevani-convener-rashtriya-dalit-adhikar-manch/articleshow/59611247.cms?from=mdr 2022-12-0627 November 2017 Gujarat Elections: As Political Parties Focus on Patidars, Dalits, OBCs, Ignored Tribals are Yet to Get Dues https://www.newsclick.in/gujarat-elections-political-parties-focus-patidars-dalits-obcs-ignored-tribals-are-yet-get-dues 2022-12-06 NewsClick en from Ahmedabad to Una which culminated on 15 August 2016 which was attended by some 20,000 Dalits, including women, who took a pledge to give up their traditional jobs of removing cow carcasses. He demanded the land for upliftment of Dalits.Pathak Maulik We plan to take our fight to other parts of India: Jignesh Mevani livemint.com/ 7 October 2016 http://www.livemint.com/Politics/O5RJuV7wwud9iEOWOFXmjI/We-plan-to-take-our-fight-to-other-parts-of-India-Jignesh-M.html 2016-12-20The Leader Of The Fledgling Dalit Uprising In Gujarat Is Determined To Not Let It Die Huffington Post India 4 August 2016 http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/08/04/meet-the-face-of-the-rising-dalit-movement-in-gujarat/ 2016-12-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20170622002659/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/08/04/meet-the-face-of-the-rising-dalit-movement-in-gujarat/ 2017-06-22 dead In August 2016, 10 Dalits were injured and vehicles were torched when a mob attacked them returning from Una after attending a flag-hoisting ceremony to mark the end their 10-day Azadi Kooch (freedom march). The government denied the incident.https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/dalits-attacked-by-mob-near-una-gujarat-govt-denies-any-violence/story-8pOjLVx0JJsv1bI7L4PUdN.html Dalits 'attacked' by mob near Una, Gujarat govt denies any violence 15 August 2016 Hindustan Times 2018-09-22 en The government had filed 74 cases against the Dalit protesters who damage private and government property.https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/una-dalit-victims-seek-mercy-killing-write-to-president-say-government-didnt-fulfill-promises-5468078/ Una Dalit victims seek mercy killing, write to President, say 'government didn't fulfill promises' 28 November 2018 The Indian Express en-IN 2019-06-06 Other incident On 25 April 2018 two of the victims of the Una incident were again attacked by one of the accused who was out on bail. They were returning from shopping in Una in preparation for their conversion to Buddhism.https://thewire.in/caste/una-flogging-incident-victims-attacked-again Two Years Later, Una Flogging Incident Victims Attacked Again The Wire 2018-09-22https://thewire.in/caste/una-flogging-incident-victims-attacked-again Two Years Later, Una Flogging Incident Victims Attacked Again Dhar Damayantee The Wire 10 April 2020 Arrests The Gujarat Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested 43 people in September 2016 including two minors and four police officers. Later, 35 of them were released on bail and one arrested police officer died of jaundice in September 2017. The prime accused was released on bail on the condition of not entering the limits of Una. Thirty-four of them were charged for attempt to murder, robbery, kidnapping, assault to dishonour person, wrongful confinement, rioting, hurting by weapon and criminal conspiracy. They were also charged for atrocities and recording the video of the incident. The charge sheet was filed in December 2016. The trial started in August 2018.https://www.newsclick.in/una-flogging-case-no-protection-witnesses-21-43-accused-out-bail Una Flogging Case – No Protection For Witnesses, 21 of 43 Accused Out on Bail 16 February 2019 NewsClick en 2019-06-06 Government response Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel visited Mota Samadhiyala and promised that the victims would be given Below Poverty Line cards, housing plots, five-acre agricultural land and government jobs. However, in 2018, the BJP government told the Gujarat Legislative Assembly that there was no record of the promises. Jignesh Mevani, who had asked the question in the Assembly, accused the state government of reneging on its promise.https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-assembly-no-record-land-job-to-una-dalit-victims-mevani-5105177/ Gujarat Assembly: Govt says no record of land and job promises made to Una Dalit victims 21 March 2018 The Indian Express 2018-09-22 en-US The victims had protested with hunger strike against the government and sought mercy killing for not fulfilling the promise of 5 acres land, BPL card, each one government job, housing plot and Subsidy for house built.https://www.newsclick.in/index.php/Una-Victims-Protest-Outside-Government-Office-Scorching-Heat Una Flogging Victims Protest Outside Government Office, One Falls Sick in Scorching Heat 7 May 2019 NewsClick en 2019-06-06 In popular culture The 2019 Hindi film Article 15 portrayed the flogging incident with a modified story.Sood Samira 29 June 2019 Article 15 takes off on Badaun, Una cases, stirs debate on depiction of trauma in Bollywood https://theprint.in/features/article-15-takes-off-on-badaun-una-cases-raises-debate-on-depiction-of-trauma-in-bollywood/256044/ 2022-08-23 The Print en-US References Category:Protest marches in India Category:Protests in India Category:2010s in Gujarat Category:Indian caste movements Category:Politics of Gujarat Category:2016 in Indian politics Category:2016 protests Category:Dalit history