The usual silence in Veeralur, a sleepy village on the foothills of Jawadhu Hills near Tiruvannamalai town, was disturbed on Monday, by the sound of marching boots of a large contingent of police personnel, who were called in after residents were divided among themselves, on community lines, about allowing the dead from a marginalised community to be carried on the village’s main road to the graveyard.
Anger simmered among majority of the residents, including caste Hindus, since January 11 (Tuesday), when a person from Arundhathiyar caste died in their colony within the village.
