
One held for forcing Dalit to fall at the feet of caste Hindus
The Hindu
Madurai rural district police on Sunday arrested a person named Nagendran, on charges of forcing a Dalit to fall at his feet for having stolen a calf a few days ago. The Alanganallur police, which has
Madurai rural district police on Sunday arrested a person named Nagendran, on charges of forcing a Dalit to fall at his feet for having stolen a calf a few days ago. The Alanganallur police, which has registered a case under the provisions of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, is on the lookout for Nagendran’s sister, Nagalakshmi, in this connection. “We did not receive any complaint but found a video-clipping in the social media in which P. Kannan (42) was seen falling at the feet of some persons following which he got a complaint from him,” Madurai Superintendent of Police, V. Baskaran, said.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












