Tamil Nadu: Urination hits headlines again, this time coupled with casteist horror
The arrested persons belong to an intermediate caste, news agencies reported on November 2.
A case was registerd after the victims filed a complaint under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
According to Thatchanallur police, the names of the arrested persons are: Ponnumani (25), of Thaazhaiyooththu; Nallamuthu (21), Aayiram (19), Ramar (22), Siva (22), and Lakshmanan (22). All of them hail from Thirumalaikozhunthupuram near Palayamkottai, news agency ANI's report said.
The incident occurrred on October 30th when the victims, Manoj Kumar, and his friend Mariappan, of Manimurtheeswaram, had gone to the Thamirabarani to take a bath.
According to the police, «The accused who were allegedly consuming liquor near the river, while Manoj and Mariappan were returning home, stopped them and asked them about their native place and their caste.»
Manoj and Mariyappan were brutally assaulted, causing them serious injuries.
They were later admitted to the Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital, where they are recuperating.
When the two victims told the six men that they were from a Dalit hamlet, the inebriated men «assaulted and stripped them and urinated on them», police were told.
The victims also informed the npolice that they were detained there by the gang till night.
«They also took Rs 5,000, two mobile phones and ATM cards from us before chasing us away from the spot. After going to a relative's house nearby, we contacted our parents, who admitted us to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital,» ANI's report quoted the victims as telling the police.
