Cuddalore: Police presence has been beefed up in two neighbouring villages near Panruti after a quarrel over playing volleyball spiralled into a caste clash on Friday. Sources said a group of boys from a caste-Hindu community in M Kuchipalayam village were playing volleyball when two boys from the Dalit community in Melkavarapattu village approached them and requested to include them in the game.
As the caste-Hindu boys refused to include the duo in the game, an argument broke out between the two groups. The locals, however, intervened immediately to broker peace, and sent the Dalit boys away from the spot.
The two Dalit boys, however, went to their village, assembled around 40 people and came back to M Kuchipalayam. Subsequently, a violent clash occurred in the village in which four caste Hindu men - Dhayalan, Bhuvaneshwaran, Ragupathi, Ramalingam- were injured. Houses and vehicles were also damaged in the clash, said a police official.
The Panruti police have registered a case and have taken men from both the communities into custody.
A heavy police force has been deployed in the two villages to prevent escalation of violence.
Knowing about the incident, PMK secretary Dharmalingam and Lok Sabha candidate R Govindasamy declared a protest May 9. The duo also visited M Kuchipalayam and spoke to villagers.
Source: New Indian Express
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