Police today detained Dalit agitation spearhead Jignesh Mevani, student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and 15 others and registered a case against them for taking out their ‘Freedom March’ on the first anniversary of the Una flogging incident without permission.

Four Dalit youths were brutally assaulted by ‘cow protection’ vigilantes in Una, Gujarat on July 11, 2016. One year later, the victims and their families are still waiting for justice.

Mevani, who is the convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, had invited Kumar to take part in the Azadi Kooch (Freedom March) here today.

A considerable number of Dalit activists first gathered at Somnath Chowk here before embarking on the march towards Banaskantha district this afternoon, the police said.