On 21st September 2019, a 15-year-old minor Dalit girl was gang-raped by three men in Ghosia village of Kaushambi district near Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The criminals had also filmed the act while the girl had been begging them for mercy in Allah's name.
Sudhir Dhawale in his book alleged that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's father late Balasaheb Thackeray presided over killings of thousands of Dalits in Maharashtra
On Monday, the civil society members across the country, especially in Kerala, had expressed massive outrage against the Kerala government following the acquittal of all four accused in the 2017 rape and death case of two minor Dalit girls in Walayar in Palakkad district.
Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made questionable claims about Dalits, which was soon picked up by Pakistan establishment to further their anti-India propaganda.