Tamil Nadu: 24-YO Dalit Youth Lynched By Upper Caste Men After Stopping By Road To Defecate
A 24-year-old Dalit youth was lynched by villagers near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu. R Sakthivel who belongs to a Scheduled Caste was attacked by Vanniyars a socially powerful OBC community. Police arrested seven people after the video of the incident started circulating.
In yet another shocking incident on casteism, a 24-year-old Dalit youth was lynched by villagers near Villupuram in Tamil Nadu, when he squatted by the road to defecate. According to a report by Indian Express, the incident occurred on February 12 and police made arrests on Friday, February 14.
The police arrested seven people after the video of the incident started circulating.
Screengrab of video
Preliminary reports suggest that R Sakthivel, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, was attacked by Vanniyars, a socially powerful OBC community in northern Tamil Nadu. They have an open animosity toward Dalits in the area.
While Sakthivel belongs to the SC Adi Dravida community, Vanniyars belong to the Most Backward Caste (MBC), which falls under the OBC category in Tamil Nadu, said the IE report.
A 26 year old Dalit man Shakthivel was lynched to death in Villupuram,Tamil Nadu.
¡ª The_Bhim_Voice (@Bhim_Voice) February 15, 2020
His fault was he got down to pee around the fields of a UC Hindu while passing by.
We cease to be humans anymore, we should hang our heads in Shame.#Casteism #Communalism pic.twitter.com/K7Ap1oOBkt
A 26 year old Dalit man Shakthivel was lynched to death in Villupuram,Tamil Nadu.
¡ª Sunil Ahire (@SunilAh64145529) February 15, 2020
His fault was he got down to pee around the fields of a UC Hindu while passing by.
We cease to be humans anymore, we should hang our heads in Shame.#Casteism #Communalism pic.twitter.com/aPpJrszwGI
A dalit youth in villapuram in Tamil Nadu #shakthivelu was brutally killed by the contractor's of the religion just because he had urinates in the hindhu farm.? if your eye's are still not open.remember Baba's word's again. kill the religion wich suits you' @jigneshmevani80
¡ª rajeshsourya (@rajeshsourya) February 15, 2020
R Theivanai, the 26-year-old elder sister of the victim, told Indian Express that her brother was attacked only because he was a dalit.
¡°On Tuesday, he was on night duty at the petrol pump and reached home on Wednesday morning. Later, he received a call from his colleagues, asking him to come with his Aadhaar card and a photo for some official verification. When he left home around 1.30 pm, he mentioned how there was only a little petrol in his two-wheeler,¡± Theivanai recalled.
Police are probing the cause of the incident. A case has been registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act with IPC Section 302 (punishment for murder).
