Cheyyar Sub-Collector to probe destruction of crops raised by SC farmers on panchami land
The HinduA team led by Cheyyar Sub-Collector Pallavi Varma has been entrusted with the task to probe into the allegations of Caste Hindus destroying crops raised by Scheduled Caste farmers on panchami land recently. “We have been cultivating crops on the land, which was restored to us by the district administration six months ago,” Mr. Sukumar, a first generation learner and one of the complainants, said. Revenue officials said that originally, the panchami land belonged to Mr. Sukumar’s grandfather, S. Chinnathambi. However, after representations were made by the Untouchability Eradication Front, affiliated to the CPI, to the district administration, then Revenue Divisional Officer of Cheyyar found that land had been classified as ‘Depressed Class land’ — also known as Panchama land — in its records.
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