Six Arrested For Assaulting, Urinating On Two Dalit Men In Tamil Nadu

The two Dalit men were returning after having a bath when their assaulters asked them what their caste was.

Six people were arrested for allegedly assaulting, stripping and urinating on two Scheduled Caste men from the district, police said on Thursday. The men were also robbed.

Several political parties denounced the crime and called for concrete measures to prevent such incidents in the future.

The six people have been identified as M Ponmani, S Nallamuthu, R Ayiram, B Ramar, M Siva and Lakshmanan, all in the 21-25 age group, police said.