Tamil Nadu: Vanniyar Bullies attack Dalit Temple Car procession, and torch huts of Dalits

by Guest Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:51 am

At least 10 Dalit huts were torched and 15 people, including a SP and six other policemen, were injured when upper-caste Vanniyars attacked a procession of Dalits in Seshasamuthiram village of Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district late on Saturday evening.
Police said that the attack was a fallout of long-pending dispute over Dalits’ right to bring out a temple car procession through the village’s main road, which passes through a Vanniyar-dominated area. According to a police report, Seshasamuthiram has over 3,000 Vanniyars and only 400 Dalits.

“The dispute has been pending for the past four years. Vanniyars had objected to the procession and the government, too, had been denying permission, citing law and order problems. But this year, the administration decided to allow Dalits to take out the procession. The Vanniyars responded by attacking the Dalits and torching the temple car. They set their huts on fire and also hurled petrol bombs at police,” said a senior police officer.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/tamil-nadu-vanniyars-attack-dalit-procession-torch-huts/

by Guest Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:55 am

http://www.firstpost.com/india/dalit-houses-torched-taking-procession-tamil-nadu-village-conflict-unfolded-2396828.html

Tamil Nadu: Vanniyar Bullies attack Dalit Temple Car procession, and torch huts of Dalits

Tamil Nadu: Vanniyar Bullies attack Dalit Temple Car procession, and torch huts of Dalits

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