Veeralur village near Kalasapakkam in Tiruvannamalai district is home to over a thousand caste Hindu families like Vanniyar, Udayar, Naidu, Konar and more than 500 Dalit Arunthatiyar families. The villagers continue to protest the removal of the body by Dalits on public roads. In this connection, in the presence of Arani Kottatsiyar and Kalasapakkam Vattatsiyar on 26.08.2021, it has been decided that in case of death of Dalit Arundhati, the body will be taken through the State Highway without any disturbance to law and order.

In this situation, Amutha, who belonged to the Arundhatiyar caste for the last 14 days, was admitted to the Thiruvannamalai Government Hospital due to ill health and died on the 15th the next day. Since the next day was a curfew on the 16th, the police had instructed that the body be buried on the 17th the next day. On the evening of the 16th, the Dalit people talked about taking the dead body across the highway as per the decision already taken in the presence of the authorities. Protesters have protested. Revenue officials who came to know about this went directly to the village around 4.00 pm. In addition, more than 10 police personnel, led by the Polur Deputy Superintendent of Police, are engaged in security operations.When the Thasildar, the village administration officer and the police visited the firing range, they were suddenly stopped by more than 300 caste Hindus.

Dalits gathered there have demanded permission to visit the authorities.Then (16.01.2022) Mani, S/o Muthumanikkam, Kumar S/o Kuppan, Manikandan S/o Kumar from Palani village, Palani, Raja S/o Jayaramakaundar and Kurusami S/o Nallennagaundar from Melcholanguppam village led by more than 500 Vanniyar caste youths from three villages [Viralur, Melcholanguppam, Kuttrampalli] in the area, wearing PMK [ Pattali Makkal Katchi] party T-shirts, entered the residents' quarters with knives, sharp edged weapons, sticks and cricket bats and severely attacked the Arunthathiyars and also caused damaged to the people's house, door, window, bureau, mixer, grinder, two-wheeler, house tile and electrical connection box, making it unusable.

The mass caste atrocity which started at 4.30 pm on 16.01.2022, ended at around 6.30 pm. The attack on the Dalit Arundhati was carried out in the presence of Revenue officials, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police, 10 policemen. 

victim Amandeep studing in 10th class in Goverment senier school in his village Sahpuria. on dated 1.3.22 at approx. 7.30am accused Vipul tool him on his bike. after sometime Vipul again reached at victim home and said to Amandeep father that his father call to him. when Amandeep father Vijay singh reached there all accused beaten both of them. victims run away their. all accused are Dominant and have pover in the village, so they approched to school principle Baljeet and D.P. Balwant to not enter in school examination. therefore School principle and D.P. Balwant said to victims that victim Amandeep  can not sit in school examination without permission fo Accuesd.

Veeramani and Jayagandhi, a couple from Deviyanandal village, Ulundurpettai district, Kallakurichi district, were married about 22 years ago and have three daughters and one son namely Saraswati (20) – Diploma in Nursing Abinayaki (17) – studying 12^th standard and was married, Monisa (15) is studying 10th class and their son Appu (13)  is studying 7th standard.

Eldest daughter Saraswati was a first year student of Nursing at Ramachandra Hospital, Chennai. Saraswati is belonged to Scheduled Caste Paraiyar community and fell in love with Rangasamy, son of Perumal of the same village and for more than 5 years right from school education.  Saraswati's family members did not accept their love since both belong to different castes.

Rangasamy and Saraswati left their homes and stayed in Tirupur for 10 days. In the view of this, the parents of Saraswati have been frequent fights over Saraswati's love affair for the past two years. Saraswati's father Veeramani is an alcoholic. Unable to bear his beatings and harassment, Saraswati's mother took her children Saraswati and Appu to her parents' house. Meanwhile, Veeramani had set fire to Jayagandhi's parents' house a year ago, claiming that his wife Jayagandhi and her parents were the reason for his daughter Saraswati falling in love with the Dalit youth Rangasamy.

After that Jayagandhi's parent were already night watchmen at the Porur Ramachandra Hospital in Chennai and has been working. Jayagandhi, who could not live in the same village, took her children to her parents in Chennai and worked as a cleaner at Ramachandra Hospital to save the baby.

In this situation, Veeramani and Jayagandhi have joined hands ahead of Saraswati's marriage. It is clear from talking to both of them that even now Saraswati's parents are not united. Jayagandhi's mother also told that after Saraswati's murder, she had heard that her paternal grandparents had left the town, brought my granddaughter and murdered her. Saraswati was brought to her hometown Deviyanandal village from Chennai last month and her parents forgot about her boyfriend Rangasamy. They also negotiated to have a relative get married and printed the wedding invitation. Saraswati is staying at the house of the groom who promised her. It is learned that Saraswati had then spoken to Rangasamy from the groom's phone.

On April 1, 2021 the groom picked up Saraswati and left her in Deviyanandal village. Saraswati was murdered on April 2, 2021 near her home and was lying dead. The police initially suspected Saraswati's father and called him in for questioning. Then on 15.4.2021 Saraswati's boyfriend Rangasamy, his brother Krishnasamy and his friend Raveendran were taken to the Thirunavur police station in connection with the case. FIR was filed under the Cr.No:262/2021, U/s:174(1) – Crpc Cr.No:262/2021, U/s:174(1) – Crpc, @ 302, 294(b), 404,201 – IPC murder case registered against the three and Rangasamy and Raveendran are lodged in Cuddalore Central Jail. Krishnasamy is being held at the Pastel Jai, Gingee.

 

 

 

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