Saturday, March 6, 2010

[ZESTCaste] 300 dalit christians arrested

 

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300 dalit christians arrested

Express News Service
First Published : 06 Mar 2010 06:37:00 AM IST

Last Updated : 06 Mar 2010 10:59:26 AM IST

CHENNAI: Over 300 Dalit Christians including Chengalpet Bishop and
chairman of National Council of Dalit Christians (NCDC) were arrested
after they allegedly took part in a protest without police permission,
at St Thomas Mount on Friday.

Following the arrest, a few other Dalit Christians in the city held a
road roko and the suburban police detained them in the military
cantonment community hall and later released them.

Over 324 Dalit Christians had marched from Kanyakumari to campaign for
inclusion of their community in the SC list. The march that started
two weeks ago and ended on Friday after a meeting in the city. They
were supposed submit a memorandum to the CM asking him for SC status
for Dalit Christians.

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