‘Not political rivalry but caste enmity behind Dalits’ murder near Arakkonam’
The Hindu
Youth not drunk, says independent fact-finding team
An independent fact-finding team led by retired IAS officer P. Sivakami that examined the recent murder of two Dalit youths near Arakkonam ruled out “political rivalry” behind the crime but concluded that it was a result of a simmering “caste enmity” between the Scheduled Castes and Vanniyars. At the same time, the team said that there was no truth in the allegation that the youth were drunk. “As per the post-mortem [report] they were not drunk. It is wrong to come to the conclusion that they were drunk because broken bottles were found where the crime took place,” Ms Sivakami, accompanied by advocate A. Rajini, human rights activists Kalpana Sathish and Burely Walter told reporters in Chennai on Tuesday.More Related News