Nine Killed As Dalit Protests Turned Violent During Bharat Bandh

PATNA, INDIA - APRIL 2: Women wing of Hindustani Awam Morchaa (HAM) stopped train on railway track at Rajendra Nagar Terminal in Patna during Bharat Bandh called by Dalit organizations against the alleged dilution of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes Act on April 2, 2018 in Patna, India. Nine people were killed in clashes on Monday as Dalit groups angered over an alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act carried out protests across several northern states, even as the Centre moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its recent judgment in the matter. ( Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images )