SC villagers accuse intermediate caste youths of threatening them
Scheduled Caste (SC) villagers in Ashokapuram, Tamil Nadu, petitioned District Collector Anand Mohan for protection, alleging that intermediate caste members pelted stones at their houses and verbally abused them. This marks the second such attack, with villagers expressing suspicion about police inaction after the first incident also resulted in a counter-case against SC youth.
Why it matters
This incident highlights ongoing caste-based discrimination and violence in rural India, raising concerns about social justice, police impartiality, and the safety of marginalized communities, while also pointing to issues with basic infrastructure.
Accusing a group of intermediate caste members of threatening them, Scheduled Caste villagers submitted a petition to District Collector Anand Mohan on Monday seeking protection for them by taking due legal action against them.
The petitioners from Ashokapuram in Mela Karunkulam near here alleged a group of 10 persons, all belonging to an intermediate caste, who entered their village on August 22 at 1.25 a.m., pelted stones at their houses and verbally abused them by referring their caste name.
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