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The gang was booked on Friday by the Thiuvadanai police in reference to the incident — 5 days after a 33-year-old Dalit man referred to as Jeeva was attacked.
In response to stories, a 17-year-old upper-caste boy had engaged in an argument with a relative of Jeeva in an inebriated situation. On February 19, Jeeva and his buddy Suresh reached out to {the teenager}’s household to settle the problem peacefully. Nevertheless, the caste Hindus took offence to this arrival and launched an assault on the duo. They have been chased away from Seerthangi village, The New Indian Categorical (TNIE) quoted police sources as saying.
Nevertheless, the violence did not finish there because the minor, within the firm of Madhavan (21), Ramki (21), Santhosh (19), Josh (22), Dinagar (20), Deva (20), Murugesan (49) and Arumugam (49) and two different minors, set out in the hunt for Jeeva. They noticed him within the night at a provisional store in Neivayal village and reportedly kidnapped him.
The gang which included three minors took Jeeva to an remoted location and brutally assaulted him, the every day stated. The gang hurled casteist abuses and urinated on him. In response to police, Jeeva was later rescued from the spot and admitted to a neighborhood hospital.
Primarily based on Jeeva’s grievance, the police booked eight males and three minors underneath related sections of the IPC and the SC/ST Act. Nevertheless, no arrests have been reported.