Tamil Nadu - Salem
Dalit woman attempts suicide
Special Correspondent
SALEM: Facing harassment for running a petty shop, a 51-year-old Dalit
woman attempted to commit suicide inside the Collectorate campus on
Tuesday in protest against the failure of police to arrest a group of
persons who ransacked her shop at Saminaickenpatti, at Omalur, near
here.
Rajamani, wife of one Raman, came to the Collectorate to submit a
petition to the collector during the monthly grievances day meeting
here on Tuesday.
All of a sudden she poured kerosene over her body and attempted to light it.
The near-by policemen and general public overpowered her, snatched the
match box and saved her.
The police took her to the Town Police Station where she alleged that
she and her family were being harassed by a group of persons in the
village since they were Dalits.
The group had opposed to the running of petty shop in that locality. A
few days back, she alleged, the group came and ransacked her shop.
They threw all the goods in the shop on the street.
"Now our family is living in constant fear and could not run the shop
too," said Rajamani, who also is the president of Annai Theresa Women
Association, a non-governmental organisation.
She told the police that despite a complaint with Omalur police, they
had not taken any action so far.
The police registered a case and are investigating.
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