‘Kachanatham murders indicate intolerance towards growth of the oppressed’

Madurai | Saturday | 16th June, 2018

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The fact-finding report also stressed dialogues between the two communities in the long run to reduce animosity. The report, released here on Friday, said that this intolerance among a section of caste Hindus frequently led to different forms of harassment and atrocities against the oppressed, culminating in the murder of the three. more-inMADURAIThe brutal murder of three people from a Scheduled Caste (SC) community by a group of caste Hindus in Kachanatham in Sivaganga district on May 28, 2018 indicated intolerance towards socio-economic development of the oppressed, a fact-finding report on the incident by Civil Rights Protection Centre said. He added that the deeply-entrenched animosity towards SCs among a section of caste Hindus was evident from the fact that even a few women actively assisted the gang that carried out the attack. “Importantly, they should also be added as accused in the case as per provisions of the Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,” he said..