Members of Devendra Rights Organisation, Tuticorin, staged a demonstration in front of Collectorate on Monday, demanding registration of a case against T. Selvam, Nazareth Inspector of Police, under SC/ST Act.
E. Athisaya Kumar, lawyer and coordinator of the organisation, who led the agitation, said the Inspector was placed under suspension recently for the wrongful detention of four Dalits, who were not at all connected to the murder of a realtor, Antony Pandian, from Varthagareddipatti under Tattaparai police station limits in Tuticorin district.
Antony Pandian was murdered on October 29, 2013, along with his driver Shyam Raj while sleeping in the portico of his residence. But, the real culprits were arrested in April this year by another Inspector of Police, agitators said.
They demanded government jobs for the affected Dalits and a compensation of Rs. 20 lakh for each of the families.
