http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-14/madurai/30397239_1_dalit-man-uthamapalayam-local-body
Dalit assaulted for refusing to endorse civic poll candidate
TNN Nov 14, 2011, 02.48AM IST
THENI: A 44-year-old dalit man was allegedly assaulted by a non-dalit
in a village in Theni district for allegedly refusing to support the
candidate proposed by the latter in the recent local body election.
Police have arrested the alleged assaulter and have registered cases
under various IPC sections besides the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities
Act. Police said that P Muthurasu (44) of Chinna Ovulapuram village
near Uthamapalayam in Theni district was walking down the street in
his village when A Veeranan (50), a non - dalit
of the same village intercepted him. Unleashing a verbal onslaught on
Muthurasu for failing to extend support to P Pugazhendi, who contested
for the post of panchayat president in the recently-concluded local
body polls, Veeranan assaulted Muthurasu, police said.
While Pugazhendi was proposed by Veeranan and a few other non-dalits,
Annathurai, also a non-dalit, managed to win the post. Pugazhendi was
the panchayat president for the past qo years. Veernan had nursed a
grouse against Muthurasu as he held him responsible for the defeat of
Pugazhendi. who also happened to be his relative.
Muthurasu, in his complaint, alleged that after intercepting him on
the street, Veeranan started assaulting him.
"Charging that I had mobilised dalits to vote against Pugazhendi,
Veeranan started assaulting meHe also threatened I would not be
allowed to live peacefully in the village
,'' Muthurasu said in the complaint.
Muthurasu lodged a complaint with the police and, subsequently,
Veeranan was arrested on Friday. Meanwhile, Muthurasu has been
admitted to Government Hospital, Theni, for treatment.
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