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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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