Warring dalit groups wave white flag after 25 years
January 28th, 2011
DC
Jan. 27: People of two dalit sects in Watrap in Virudhunagar district,
which was rocked by a series of violent clashes resulting in three
murders last year, have finally made peace.
Thanks to the Virudhunagar district legal services authority (LSA),
the dalits have given an undertaking to principal district and
sessions judge R.Krishnamoorthy and sub-judge K.Guruviah that they
would bury the hatchet and remain united henceforth.
The dalit castes, Pallar and Paraiyar, at Pudupatti in Watrap have
been harbouring animosity for nearly 25 years ever since a clash took
place in a cinema in 1988. As many as 18 murders of persons belonging
to either caste were reported in the village until Aug 2010.
On Thursday evening, the legal services authority convened a peace
meeting in Srivilliputhur in the presence of collector V.K.Shanmugam
and SP S.Prabhakaran. The judges had arranged for two state buses to
bring the two warring factions to the negotiating table. Over 200
dalits including 50 women participated in the meeting.
The panel heard their complaints separately and later sorted them out
convincingly. Sub-judge K.Guruviah told Deccan Chronicle, "Based on
their grievances, we have recommended to the district administration
to remove the wine shop from the village where trouble brews between
the youth."
Judge Krishnamoorthy has assured to recommend the withdrawal of minor
cases pertaining to criminal intimidation, hurt, usage of obscene
words in public places among others pending against them if they found
harmony.
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