Dalit RTI Activist Thrashed by ‘Upper Caste Men’ in Botad, Gujarat

'Amitbhai Jerambhai Parmar, a dalit RTI activist and social worker was attacked reportedly by men belonging to upper caste while he was returning to his home at Khopala village in Gadhada taluka, Botad. At around 2.30 pm on November 25, Parmar was attacked by at least three men, who left him grievously injured. Parmar who has undergone surgery on his right hand at Bhavnagar civil hospital is awaiting surgery for his legs—fractured due to the attack. An FIR was filed at the Gadhada police station after Parmar was admitted to the hospital. Parmar, who has been at the helm of the fight for rights of the dalits of the village, has drawn the ire of many including the family of the sarpanch of the village dominated by Patels...'