Blood samples of four juveniles were taken on Friday, for a DNA test, as per the direction of a Special Court in Pudukottai in connection with the Vengaivayal case, of faecal matter being found in a water tank that supplied water to Dalits in the village, last December. The four boys from Eraiyur and Vengaivayal villages were accompanied by their …
The Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases Registered under the SC/ST Act, Pudukottai, on Monday ordered four juveniles to undergo a DNA test in connection with the Vengaivayal case. The order was issued based on a petition filed by the Crime Branch-CID seeking DNA testing of the four juveniles of Eraiyur and Vengaivayal. The court directed that an appropriate …
The social fabric of Tamil Nadu, widely acknowledged as a progressive State, is put to severe strain every now and then by appalling acts of atrocities against Dalits. The most recent of such cases — the dumping of human faeces in an overhead tank that supplied drinking water to Dalit families at Vengaivayal in Pudukottai district — remains unresolved even …
After eight persons did not turn up for DNA tests, blood samples were collected from the remaining three others on Tuesday, in connection with the case at Vengaivayal village in Pudukottai district in December last year, where faeces were found mixed in an overhead tank that supplied potable water to Adi Dravidar families. Last week, the Special Court for Exclusive …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday deferred its verdict on a plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the Vengaivayal incident of human faeces found in an overhead tank that supplied water to Scheduled Caste residents, after indicating that it might appoint a retired High Court judge to monitor the ongoing probe by the State police. Acting Chief …