West Godavari Dalit leaders block national highway, stage protests

West Godavari: Dalit leaders in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh staged protests by blocking a national highway.

The local Dalit leaders staged road-roko protests against the attack on them.

The road-roko resulted in a traffic jam for kilometres and the police was unable to control the crowd.

Dalit leaders said they will run road-roko until justice is served. They alleged that they were being targeted.