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Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam

TIRUNELVELI: Four persons were sentenced to death, while seven others were awarded multiple life imprisonments in connection with the murders of three SC persons in Udappankulam village near Thiruvengadam in 2014. According to prosecution, 25 persons from a caste Hindu community were accused of murdering 3 scheduled caste men — Kaliraj, Venugopal and Murugan — when they were headed towards …

Mother kills daughter for being in love with man from another caste in TN's Tirunelveli

A woman in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli killed her 19-year-old daughter for being in love with a man from a different caste. Aruna was studying nursing and she had confessed to her mother that she was in love with a man from another caste. However, Aruna was adamant and told her mother that she would tell the groom’s family about her …

In TN’s caste-based political landscape, when Dalit leaders can’t campaign

In pockets of Villupuram district, caste politics and caste prejudice is so entrenched that Dalits aren’t welcome to campaign in localities dominated by other castes. The politics of exclusion Last week, in Villupuram assembly constituency, DMK candidate Dr R Lakshmanan faced a difficult situation where he was told to enter Mayainur in Perumbakkam without the party’s Dalit partner, VCK’s representatives. …

Caste

A case has been registered under the SC/ST Act against a panchayat vice president in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore after the president, belonging to the Scheduled Caste community, accused him of forcing her to sit on the floor during meetings. Police are on the lookout for the vice president Mohan Raj, while suspended panchayat secretary Sinduja and ward member R Sugumar …