Three people were arrested in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Wednesday, 31 August, for allegedly assaulting and evicting 50 Dalit families from a village, police said.
The village head, retired health worker Rasool Ansari, and one Mumtaz Ansari were arrested, and an FIR has been registered against 50 named and 500 unknown people in the case.
50 families of the Musahar community, living in Tongri Pahadi in the Pandu police station area, were allegedly assaulted and driven out of their village on Monday.
According to the police, women of a particular community gathered and began protesting. They even had altercations with the officers.