Court seeks info on caste violence
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The Madras high court on Friday directed the state government to furnish the entire details of the caste violence that unfolded in Dharmapuri district on November 7 and action taken by the administration and the result of the investigation.
A division bench of Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam posted after three weeks further hearing of the PIL filed by advocate S. Sengkodi seeking provision of relief mandated under the SC and ST (prevention of atrocities) Act and the rules to the affected persons.
The bench said it was stated that on November 7 as many as 268 huts were torched by a mob after a caste Hindu man committed suicide over his daughter marrying a dalit youth from one of the ‘colonies’.
Special government pleaders E. Sampath Kumar and I.S. Inbadurai admitted that 268 houses had been ransacked by a group of people and immediate action had been taken against them and cases had also been registered.
So far 92 caste Hindus had been arrested and intensive search was going on to get the others.
“As the matter is serious in nature, we direct the special government pleader to file a counter giving the entire details of the incident and action taken by the administration, as well as the result of the investigation,” the bench said.
“The investigation should be done by a police officer in the rank of deputy inspector general of police. We have been informed that the chief minister has already directed the deputy inspector general of police of the district to maintain strict law and order in that area and take action against the miscreants,” the bench said, adding that appropriate arrangements shall be made for the stay in a proper place for people who were rendered homeless and proper security should be provided to them.
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