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

Tirunelveli: 

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.

They appeared to be high on ganja (cannabis). They called us towards them and asked about our caste and native place when we were getting ready to get on our motorcycle after a bath in the river on Monday. No sooner had we answered than they began attacking us with sticks and knives,” the victims said.

One of the victims had to contact his office to have ₹ 5,000 digitally transferred to the gang. Once the money was credited, the six men took the motorcycle owned by one of the victims to withdraw money from a nearby ATM.

“However, two of them fled upon seeing the police on patrol and we took advantage of the situation and escaped,” the victims told reporters.