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In yet another temple festival-related clash between caste Hindus and Dalits near Tirumangalam, an unruly mob pelted stones on police personnel and damaged the windscreen of the official car of Madurai Superintendent of Police Vijayendra Bidari on Wednesday evening.
Five police personnel sustained minor injuries in the incident, the SP said. The police had arrested 12 persons, he added.
A large posse of police personnel have been deployed at Keezha Urapanur.
The police said that Dalits who had taken part in Vadakkuvatchi Selliamman Temple festival along with caste Hindus complained that they were not properly treated at the two-day temple function that began on Tuesday.
After a scuffle, Tirumangalam Tahsildar S. Gopalakrishnan locked the temple on Tuesday and stopped further celebration. Dalits said that they were boycotting the rituals at the temple.
Usilampatti Revenue Divisional Officer M. Balasubramaniam said that caste Hindus wanted to resume the rituals of sprouts procession and ‘puravi eduppu’ and do it outside the temple on Wednesday.
However, Dalits objected to sprouts procession being taken out on Wednesday.
The SP said that the police averted a possible attack on the women from the other side.
Later, some 200 Dalits blocked Tirumangalam-Sholavandan Road blocking the van carrying sprouts procession en route a tank. The SP, who held talks with the protestors, asked them to disperse. However, the situation worsened when some persons started pelting stones on the police.
The windscreen of the SP’s vehicle developed cracks after a stone hit it. The situation was calm and no untoward incidents were reported, the police added.
Five police personnel sustained minor injuries in the incident, the SP said. The police had arrested 12 persons, he added.
A large posse of police personnel have been deployed at Keezha Urapanur.
The police said that Dalits who had taken part in Vadakkuvatchi Selliamman Temple festival along with caste Hindus complained that they were not properly treated at the two-day temple function that began on Tuesday.
After a scuffle, Tirumangalam Tahsildar S. Gopalakrishnan locked the temple on Tuesday and stopped further celebration. Dalits said that they were boycotting the rituals at the temple.
Usilampatti Revenue Divisional Officer M. Balasubramaniam said that caste Hindus wanted to resume the rituals of sprouts procession and ‘puravi eduppu’ and do it outside the temple on Wednesday.
However, Dalits objected to sprouts procession being taken out on Wednesday.
The SP said that the police averted a possible attack on the women from the other side.
Later, some 200 Dalits blocked Tirumangalam-Sholavandan Road blocking the van carrying sprouts procession en route a tank. The SP, who held talks with the protestors, asked them to disperse. However, the situation worsened when some persons started pelting stones on the police.
The windscreen of the SP’s vehicle developed cracks after a stone hit it. The situation was calm and no untoward incidents were reported, the police added.
