Caste Atrocities News Today

Dalit residents in the village alleged that caste Hindus were trying to encroach upon government poramboke land to construct a new temple, likely exclusively fo

Anu* was employed as a domestic worker by Pallavaram DMK MLA I Karunanithi’s son Anto and daughter-in-law Merlina when she was 17 years old. On January 16, she was admitted to the hospital with multiple injuries.

The complainant Prakash, a popular singer who had participated in Season 2 of the popular reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil, is currently hospitalised with up t

Drilling caste identities into the psyche is an everyday reality in some districts of Tamil Nadu where students grow up in an environment which normalises it an

Leaders of Opposition parties have urged the government to take measures to prevent such atrocities and ensure perpetrators are punished.

One survivor, an automobile engineering diploma student, now works as a construction labourer in his village. Scared for his safety, his parents were not ready

Tensions broke between the Vellala Gounder community (classified as Backward Class) and the Paraiyar community (classified as Scheduled Caste) on Sunday, Octobe

The victim’s son, Krishna Kumar, a daily wager, said the upper caste men left him near a canal in an unconscious condition after assaulting him for hours. “They treated him worse than an animal… Everyone saw what happened but no one is speaking up because of fear,” added Kumar.

The Velliyanai police arrested four youths linked to the attack and booked them under appropriate sections of IPC and Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989.

The incident took place when the tennis ball the eight-year old son of Kirtibhai Dahyabhai, the victim, was playing with strayed across a ground where several, including the accused, were playing cricket Sunday afternoon.