6 months ago
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A DMK councillor of the Vellore Corporation arsenic good arsenic 2 enactment functionaries were booked nether The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 by Vellore North constabulary for assaulting and making casteist remarks against a radical of autorickshaw drivers, who beryllium to the Scheduled Caste (SC).
Police said that suspects were identified arsenic Shanmugam, councillor for Ward 33 of Vellore Corporation, and DMK enactment functionaries Sundar Viji and Jaya, who reside successful Old Town.
Initial enquiry revealed that abstracted autorickshaw stands affiliated to the DMK and the VCK person been operating adjacent the caller autobus terminus, disconnected Chennai - Bengaluru Highway Road (NH48) adjacent Katpadi span for the past fewer years.
On December 18, councillor Shanmugam and his supporters installed a makeshift Aavin booth astatine the spot wherever autorickshaw drivers affiliated to the VCK utilized to parkland their vehicles adjacent the autobus terminus. When the autorickshaw drivers objected to it, a heated statement broke retired betwixt the 2 groups the with councilor and his supporters reportedly assaulting and verbally abusing the autorickshaw drivers.
Based connected an alert, Vellore North constabulary rushed to the spot. A lawsuit was registered against the councilor and 2 others. A probe is nether way.
