AAP: Dalits arrested and beaten up with support of BJP goons

New Delhi, April 6: Delhi Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Friday accused the BJP and RSS of wanting to bring back 'Manuvaad' in the country and that 10 crore people were creating an "unsafe" environment for the remaining 115 crore population of India.

Addressing the media here, the Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Seemapuri urged the central government to release all "innocent" persons arrested during the April 2 'Bharat Bandh' called by various Dalit organisations and withdraw police cases registered against them.

He said people who were not part of the protest mixed with Dalits and started violence. "Identify and arrest such persons and try them in special courts," he said.

"Thousands of our youths (Dalits and tribals) were called to police stations and with support of Bharatiya Janata Party goons, they were beaten up like animals," Gautam added.