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Cruel Forms of Verbal/Caste Discrimination in Public View & Defame to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Portrait (Code: TN-TVM-2020-133, Date: 31-Mar-2020 )
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| Case posted by | Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY |
| Case code | TN-TVM-2020-133 |
| Case year | 31-Mar-2020 |
| Type of atrocity | SC/ST (POA) Act |
| Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | No |
Fact Finding
Fact finding date
| Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case Incident
Case Incident details
| Case incident date | 31-Mar-2020 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Thiruvannamalai(DP) State: Tamil Nadu |
| Police station | Chengam |
| Complaint date | 31-Mar-2020 |
| FIR date | 04-Apr-2020 |
Case brief
Case summary
Case Brief: Dalit youth named Gowthama priyan (20) is a resident of Thokavadi village, Sengam of Tiruvannamalai District. He along with his younger sister had gone to his uncle’s home in a two-wheeler. On their way, near Kuppanatham Bus Stop his sister’s friend came there. He stopped his two-wheeler and they both were conversing with the girl. Meanwhile, Inspector Iswaran came there and enquired Gowthama priyan and verbally abused him for wearing the T-shirt with the image of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and abused in derogatory forms referring to the caste names. He had also made him kneel down in the road and had brutally attacked him with the cable wire. In addition, he had also tore the T-shirt of Gowthama priyan and again brutally beaten him.