CPI(M) ex-MLA Dilli Babu on Monday questioned why the AIADMK Krishnangiri west union secretary Sokkadi Rajan, the main accused in the October 29 vandalism of Dalit houses in Sokkadi village, has not been arrested yet.
Leading a protest by the party, Mr. Babu alleged tacit caste solidarity through cross party support by the ruling DMK’s local district leadership to the main accused. “I openly say, the DMK district secretary and Bargur MLA Mathiazhagan, and the ex-district secretary Senguttuvan, both belonging to an intermediate community, have given their tacit support,” he said, adding that, “There is no reason why the others were arrested but the police feign ignorance over Mr. Rajan’s whereabouts.”
On October 29, houses of Scheduled Castes were vandalised by members of the dominant intermediate caste after some youth had objected to stone polishing in the vicinity of their homes for a community temple being built in the village.
