Attack on three triggers tension; houses, vehicles ransacked in counter attack
The Hindu
Tension prevails at Munneerpallam near here since Wednesday midnight after three persons, including an ITI student from a Scheduled Caste community, were hacked by an armed gang.Police said the proble
Tension prevails at Munneerpallam near here since Wednesday midnight after three persons, including an ITI student from a Scheduled Caste community, were hacked by an armed gang. Police said the problem started when the student B. Balamukesh was attacked by a gang belonging to a different caste when he was taking bath in a channel on Wednesday evening. The gang also attacked his friends. The youth, who sustained cut injury, was admitted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital. In the night, people from his village entered the area where the other caste people live in large numbers. They ransacked the houses and vehicles of those who attacked Balamukesh and also that of others and set on fire two haystacks. While a car and an autorickshaw were badly damaged in the attack, 10 houses with tiled roof were also damaged in stone pelting.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.