A Class VI pupil suffered burn accidents after three boys pushed him right into a rubbish fireplace close to a cemetery at Kattusiviri village close to Tindivanam within the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.
According to the police, the 11-year-old boy, who research on the authorities increased secondary college in Kattusiviri, hails from the Irular group and the three different boys, aged between 12 and 13, are Hindus, belonging to the MBC group. The boys who pushed the sufferer additionally reside in the identical city.
According to the FIR copy, the incident occurred on Monday night round 4 pm when the boy was on his solution to his grandmother’s home. The minor within the FIR stated his grandmother’s home is positioned behind the Mariyamman temple and three boys who have been enjoying close to the Karumathi Kottai (cemetery), referred to as him utilizing a casteist slur.
When the boy went close to them, they allegedly pushed him into the fireplace. The boy stood up and washed the burns in a close-by faucet. But since he wasn’t in a position to tolerate the burns, he rushed again dwelling and knowledgeable his mom who in flip took him to the native hospital and later admitted him to the Tindivanam authorities hospital.
A video of the boy explaining the chain of occasions was shared on social media. The Vellimedupettai police have registered a case in opposition to three teenagers below Sections 3[1] [r] and three [1] [s] of the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act and 324 of the Indian Penal Code. The police officers stated they’re finishing up additional inquiries.
Meanwhile, members of the Viduthalai Siruthaigal Katchi (VCK) visited the boy on the hospital Tuesday. Speaking to indianexpress.com, Cheran, VCK district secretary, Villupuram, stated the boy knowledgeable them that he had confronted this humiliation by the higher caste college students up to now as nicely.
“In the Kattusiviri village, there are more than 600 families that belong to the MBC community and 40 SC/ST communities, so clearly they are the majority. These teens often used to harass the boy with casteist slurs against this boy. We are in touch with the officials, till now they have not taken any action,” he stated.
