2012 Dharmapuri Violence, Tamil Nadu
In December 2012 as many as 268 dwellings – huts, tiled-roof and one or two-room concrete houses of Dalits (of the Adi-Dravida community) near Naikkankottai in Dharmapuri district of western Tamil Nadu were torched by the higher-caste group. The victims have alleged that ‘systematic destruction’ of their properties and livelihood resources has taken place.
The Madras High Court has stated the incident as serious and instructed the state authorities to submit a status report and the counter affidavit on that date.
The BJP in Tamil Nadu on Friday said that the government has failed to check increasing incidents of breakdown of law and order and the police are not given full power to deal with it.
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