Hyderabad, April 14 -- On the day the nation commemorated Dr BR Ambedkar's legacy, Telangana police took several Dalits into preventive custody on Monday, April 14, for trying to put up flex banners.

The incident took place in Lingampet mandal headquarters of Kamareddy district, where Dalit members belonging to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) were mercilessly dragged into the police van.

In a video which has emerged on social media platforms, a Dalit worker was pulled by the police while he was in his undergarments.

Speaking to Siasat.com, Constable Raju, stationed at the Lingampet police station, confirmed the incident. "Some BRS workers, wearing pink scarves, tried to erect flexis. When the gram panchayat secretary disallowed it as ...