Two persons belonging to a dominant caste surrendered before the Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Coimbatore on Friday for alleged caste atrocities against a Dalit man.
S.M.P Sekar of Suleeswaranpatti near Pollachi and Saravanakumar from M.G.R. Nagar at Pollachi surrendered before the court. Special Court Judge K. Vivekananthan remanded them in judicial custody, said court sources.
A 35-year-old man from Jothi Nagar in Pollachi, who has been working as a meter assessor with the Tangedco, bought 3.5 cents of land from Sekar in December 2012 through broker Saravanakumar. Sekar and Saravanakumar allegedly sold the same plot of land to another person in March 2013, sources said.
The buyer, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, came to know that the property was not in his name when he checked encumbrance certificate in March last year while planning to construct a house. When he confronted Sekar and Saravanakumar, they used casteist slurs against him, following which he moved the SC/ST Commission.
Though the Commissioner directed the police to register a case against Sekar and Saravanakumar, the police did not follow the instruction. The buyer later approached the Madras High Court, which directed the police to register a case against the duo in October last year.
After a delay, the police registered a case against Sekar and Saravanakumar on February 22 this year under different Sections of the Indian Penal Code and the SC/ST Act.
Though the land seller and the broker approached the High Court seeking relief in the case a few days ago, the court directed them to surrender before the special court, added the sources.
Published - April 04, 2025 05:30 pm IST
