According to officials, sub-inspector Prasad was suspended after the woman, identified as R Bindhu, was allegedly falsely accused of theft and subjected to mental harassment while in police custody.
Congress leader Udit Raj criticised the absence of top officials at a felicitation event for Chief Justice B R Gavai, calling it disrespectful and demanding accountability.
In a sharp attack on Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak criticized the party's political ideology, alleging a flawed "DNA" rooted in casteism, Muslim appeasement, and vote bank politics.
Condemning the attack on James, a dalit Engineering college student, at Tirupati, YSRCP President and former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday said there is no safety for dalits in the state.
"I am surprised that the Chief Minister, under whose nose unimaginable atrocities are being committed on minorities, Dalits and backward classes, tweeted my entire statement without even listening to it. I have no complaint against the media channels that have taken over Islamabad and Rawalp
BJP Bihar President Dilip Jaiswal criticised Rahul Gandhi for alleging he was stopped by police en route to Ambedkar hostel in Darbhanga. Jaiswal questioned Gandhi's intent and accused Congress of historical neglect of Dalit communities.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge slammed Bihar's NDA government for allegedly stopping Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi by the Bihar police when he was on his way to the Ambedkar hostel in Darbhanga.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that the BJP is conducting a caste census out of fear of a united PDA- Picchda (backwards), Dalit (scheduled caste) and Alphshankyak (minorities).
Uttar Pradesh minister and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday, accusing him of engaging in caste-based favouritism during his tenure as chief minister and neglecting backward, Dalit
"Since the implementation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations in 2006, there has been a rise in participation from OBC, Dalit, Adivasi, minority, and women students--challenging the status quo. In response, the regime has pushed to ban elections, fearing empowered student leadership
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday termed the Union Cabinet's decision to include caste enumeration in the national census a "100 per cent victory" of the unity of 90 per cent of PDA--Picchda (Backward classes), Dalits (Schedule Castes), and Alpasankhyaks (Minorities).