
Two held for assaulting a NGO worker
The Hindu
A special police team of Perambalur district on Thursday arrested two persons who reportedly went absconding after allegedly attacking a field coordinator working for a non-governmental organisation a
A special police team of Perambalur district on Thursday arrested two persons who reportedly went absconding after allegedly attacking a field coordinator working for a non-governmental organisation and belonging to Scheduled Caste community. They had also threatened and abused the coordinator by denoting his caste name at Keezhaperambalur villagelast month. The accused T. Muthukumar and D. Thotti alias Ramesh - both Caste Hindus (Vanniyar community) of Keelaperambalur village - were secured by a special police team at Pennadam in neighbouring Perambalur district and subsequently arrested in connection with the incident that took place on May 27.More Related News

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