A 45-year-old farmer was arrested for assaulting a youth, who belongs to Arunthathiyar community, near his coconut grove at Athimagulapalli village, around 15 kms from Ambur town in Tirupattur on Saturday.
Police said that the victim, S. Rajesh (22), resides in the Arunthathiyar colony in the village. On January 24, Rajesh, along with his friends, had partied on a coconut grove that belongs to C. Ramesh Babu. Babu was on his way to the grove to collect coconuts to transport them to the wholesale market in Vellore when he saw Rajesh and his friends on his farm.
