Odisha Congress has formed a five-member fact-finding team, led by Rama Chandra Kadam, leader of the Congress Legislature Party in the Odisha Assembly, to investigate into heinous incident in the Ganjam district. Two Dalit men, accused of cattle smuggling, were tonsured, forced to eat grass, and made to drink waste water.
The incident occurred on the afternoon of June 22, when Babula Naik and Bulu Naik were taking three cows from Singipur village, under the jurisdiction of Gangpur police station in Ganjam district, to arrange items for a marriage ceremony. They were intercepted by a group of local youths from Jahada village, under Dharakote police limits, who were reportedly cow vigilantes.
