SC family alleges assault by former panchayat president at village in Dindigul

R. Shamugavalli, wife of Ramesh, a resident of MGR Nagar in I. Vadipatti village, alleged that R. Jothiswaran, the former president of the village panchayat, along with a few men, barged into their house at night, abused and assaulted them.

A dalit family from I. Vadipatti near Oddanchatram petitioned Dindigul Collector on Monday.

DINDIGUL

A scheduled caste family from I. Vadipatti village near Oddanchatram petitioned the Collector here on Monday, seeking action against the ex-president of the village panchayat for allegedly abusing them using caste name and assaulting them.

R. Shamugavalli, wife of Ramesh, a resident of MGR Nagar in the village, alleged that R. Jothiswaran, the former president of the village panchayat, along with a few men, barged into their house at night, abused and assaulted them.

She complained that the men belonging to an intermediate caste had objected to her children participating in a sports event held in the village as part of Pongal celebrations. She requested the Collector to intervene and deliver justice to her family.

Sources said that the former president is a functionary of the DMK.

In another petition, A. Srividya of Paraikulam village near Dindigul sought house patta, citing that her neighbours in the village have been granted patta, except her. She complained that despite repeated petitions, officials have not taken any action to provide patta for the land she has been living on for nearly three decades.