Steps to be taken to pass Act to check honour killing, says Vanni Arasu

Minister for Social Justice Vanni Arasu connected Monday said steps would beryllium taken to walk a peculiar Act successful the adjacent Assembly league to cheque honour killing.

Speaking to reporters aft visiting the victims of an onslaught astatine Nettoor successful Tenkasi territory successful Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, Mr. Vanni Arasu said the brutal attacks connected guiltless radical should beryllium stopped completely. Similar attacks happened successful Tirunelveli territory successful January. Hence, the gross and constabulary departments had been told to research the anticipation of opening a constabulary outpost astatine Nettoor and authorisation a ration store successful the country of the victims.

While Ramkumar, 1 of the victims, had been fixed ₹1.30 lakh arsenic interim solatium nether the SC Act, others, each Christians from oppressed community, would besides beryllium fixed owed assistance aft taking up the contented with Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.

He said the liquor shops adjacent Nettor and different communally delicate areas would beryllium closed. Steps would beryllium taken to enact instrumentality successful the adjacent Assembly league to cheque honour killing.