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08 AUGUST 2021 | ARAKALAGAM TV

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7 Aug 2021 | Liberty Tamil

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7 Aug 2021 | ARAKALAGAM TV

Tamil Nadu: Man kills father of daughter’s dalit lover in Virudhunagar

Aug 7, 2021, 06:37 IST | TIMES OF INIDA
MADURAI: Pandalgudi police in Virudhunagar district arrested a man for murdering the father of his daughter’s lover who is from a different caste. The girl’s family belongs to asari community while the boy is a dalit. The victim, Palani, 50, of Kurundamadam village in Aruppukottai taluk, was murdered during an argument between the families.
According to the first information report filed by the police, Palani’s son P Kaleeswaran, 24, a driver, was in love with K Madhubala of the same village for seven years. The girl’s family was against it as the boy is a dalit. A few days ago, they sent Madhubala to her grandmother’s place in Thiruthangal. On Wednesday evening, she returned to Kurundamadam and went to Kaleeswaran’s house.
“She refused to go back to her place despite Palani and his wife Jothi requesting her to leave as it could become a caste issue. But the girl refused to go to her house,” A Kathir of Evidence, an NGO that conducted a fact-finding study on the turn of events leading to the murder, said. Jothi informed Madhubala’s mother Pandeeswari that her daughter was in their house.
Soon, Pandeeswari and husband Karuppasamy went to Palani’s house and asked her to come with them, but she refused. A heated argument broke out between Karuppasamy and Palani when the former abused him naming his caste. Karuppasamy then attacked Palani on his head with a machete, much to the shock of both the families. Kaleeswaran and Jothi pushed Karuppasamy away and the latter suffered minor injuries.
Palani was rushed to Aruppukottai GH in a goods carrier and referred to Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai but he died without responding to treatment on Thursday. The police altered the attempt to murder case it filed initially to murder and arrested Karuppasamy. He was also booked under other sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Dalit man murdered near Aruppukottai

AUGUST 06, 2021 20:01 IS | THE HINDU

P. Palani, 50, a Dalit of Kurunthamadam, was hacked to death by a caste Hindu, Karuppaiah of the same village, on Wednesday after Karuppaiah’s daughter wanted to marry Palani’s son, Kaleeswaran.

According to police, Karuppaiah had gone to Palani’s house to bring back his daughter, Madubala. However, the girl refused to go with her parents and said that she wanted to marry Kaleeswaran.

However, Karuppaiah, who picked a quarrel with Palani’s family members, suddenly attacked him with a machete. In the melee, Karuppaiah was also injured on his hand.

Both of them were admitted to the Aruppukottai Government hospital. However, Palani who was critically injured was referred to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, where he died the next day.

Pandalgudi police booked Karuppaiah for assault, attempt to murder and also under the provisions of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The case was later altered to murder.

Meanwhile, a fact-finding team of Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO, that conducted enquiry into the incident has sought ₹25 lakh compensation for the family of the deceased and Government job to one of the family members.

Its executive director, A. Kathir, said that it was a clear case of honour killing. “In recent times, murderous attacks are not only on the couples involved in inter-caste marriages, but also their parents were being targeted,” he said.

He has sought the Tamil Nadu Government to bring a special legislation to prevent honour killings.

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Jul 30, 2021, 14:48 IST | THE TIMES OF INDIA

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29 Jul 2021 | Sun News

கர்ப்பிணியை எட்டி உதைத்த நபர்களை கைது செய்ய வலியுறுத்தல்

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