A 33-year-old man, Jeeva, of Nettenthal village, underneath the Tiruvadanai police station limits in Ramanathapuram district, was attacked by a 10-member gang after the Sivarathri celebrations held in their hamlet final week. However, regardless of a police grievance, no arrests have been made even five days after the incident, mentioned A. Kathir, govt director of Evidence, a Madurai-based NGO. Mr. Kathir had visited Jeeva in the hospital the place he was admitted after the assault.
According to the police, Jeeva’s relative, Dinesh had instructed him {that a} gang attacked him on the evening of February 18 on the temple pageant. Jeeva instructed the youth that they’d go collectively on the next day to the home of the lads who attacked him, and search justice from the elders of the household.
When they visited the home on the morning of February 19, some elders there questioned the “boldness” of Jeeva and others on their go to to the homes of the dominant neighborhood (Thevars) in the hamlet, and abused them, as they belonged to the Scheduled Caste, Jeeva claimed in his grievance.
As the scenario appeared tense, Jeeva and the others left. However, a number of the gang members chased them and intercepted Jeeva. Within a couple of minutes, they pulled away his dhothi and tore his shirt. Attacking him with wood logs, the gang additionally urinated on him, Jeeva knowledgeable the police. As he was unconscious, his relations took him in a 108 ambulance to the Devakottai Government Hospital.
Following a grievance, the Tiruvadanai police registered a case underneath sections 147, 148, 294 (b), 355, 363 of the Indian Penal Code and underneath provisions of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities (Amendment) Act of 2015 on February 23.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Niresh and Inspector Navaneethakrishnan carried out preliminary investigations.
Speaking to The Hindu on Friday, Mr. Kathir nevertheless mentioned the police had not but arrested the accused. “The complainant had named 11 persons as accused and not even one has been held so far,” he mentioned.
Describing the incident as “brutal’ against the downtrodden, he said that the police had not acted impartially. “The only mistake Jeeva seems to have committed was that he had dressed up well and gone to the dominant community’s village. Is this a crime?” Mr Kathir requested, and mentioned that the power used to assault Jeeva was merciless.
Ramanathapuram Superintendent of Police P. Thangadurai mentioned that the police will take stern motion as per the legislation.
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