Dalit boy stripped and beaten up ‘for visiting friend’s home’ in TN

Dalit boy stripped and beaten up ‘for visiting friend’s home’ in TN

The 17-year-old boy and the girl had been friends since studying together in Choolaimedu.

TN: Dalit boy stripped, assaulted for visiting girlfriend’s home, former BJP functionary arrested

The Secretariat Colony police in Tamil Nadu on Friday arrested two men for allegedly stripping, assaulting, and abusing a Dalit minor who had visited a girl at her home. The accused were identified as Saravanan, reportedly a former BJP functionary, and his brother Logesh. The two men reportedly stripped the Class 12 student, beat him severely with hands and possibly other objects, and hurled caste-based slurs and abuses at him. The boy was event…