Hyderabad, May 18 -- A Dalit social worker, Naresh Vala from Gujarat's Amreli district, has filed a police complaint after facing casteist abuse on Instagram. The abuse reportedly began after Vala protested the movement of heavy vehicles carrying wind turbine materials through village roads in Lathi taluka.

According to the complaint lodged with Amreli Cybercrime Police, Instagram user Raol Vanrajsinh Chavda has been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Information Technology Act, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The incident traces back to December when the sarpanch of Shekhpipariya village raised concerns with Vala about repeated damage caused by heavy transport vehicles desp...