[ZESTCaste] Rajathi’s aide razed houses, claim dalits

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Rajathi's aide razed houses, claim dalits

Express News Service
Last Updated : 26 Jul 2011 10:36:42 AM IST

TIRUCHY:Dalits from E Pudhur here submitted a petition to the district
revenue officer (DRO) on Monday alleging that Ramesh, the accountant
of Rajathi Ammal—wife of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, had demolished their
houses and usurped their land.

Ramesh had allegedly pulled down the houses, in which they had been
residing for more than 20 years. According to the petition, 31
families lived in Rajiv Gandhi Nagar of E Pudhur (survey no 158/12)
and had been paying house tax at the Tiruchy Corporation since
1993-94. The residents had been given power supply, drinking water,
electoral identity cards as well as ration cards.

However, on January 14, 2008, Ramesh, along with Thambi Raja, a
realtor from Karaikudi, came to the area and asked the residents to
vacate, claiming that they had bought the land. They then went ahead
with a demolition drive after flexing their political clout.

Despite complaints, officials and local politicians sat on the issue.
"No one came forward to help us, as the issue involved affluent people
at the top level of the State," the petition said.

Later speaking to the reporters, Nirmala Devi, who led the residents,
said, "They razed all our houses in an hour and the area remains
vacant till date."

"We had approached then district revenue officer, the Srirangam
tahsildar, the revenue inspector and the village administrative
officer. However, no one came to our rescue, and we found that they
too were working hand in glove with those private parties backed by
political bigwigs," she said.

"We have all the documents to support our claim over the houses," the
residents said in unison.

DRO K Petchiammal forwarded the petition to the City Commissioner of
Police for further action.

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