Salem: The dead body of a 30-year-old was found at his home in Salem with his throat slit on Wednesday morning.
The man is identified as Abhishek Maran a resident of Pandu Nagar in Maniyanur. It is stated that he owned a truck.
The family of the deceased alerted the police at the Annadhanapatty police station. Thereafter, the police registered the case and began inquiries, said the reason for the murder was yet to be ascertained.
The body was sent for the postmortem to the Salem government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital.
It is also reportedly said that the Caste violence has seen a spike under the COVID-19 lockdown, ‘just as in the case of domestic violence,’ say activists.
According to The Wire‘s report, “In the last one month, there have been more cases of atrocities against the Dalits in Tamil Nadu than usual. But since the media and social media is so obsessed with COVID-19 cases alone, we hardly get to hear about them,” says A. Kathir, executive director of Evidence, a Madurai-based rights organisation.
“We found out that there were at least 25 cases of atrocities against Dalits in one month. This marks a 40% increase in such cases. There are about 150 cases of violence. I am certain there are many more cases that have not been registered even as a complaint.”
Kathir says even under lockdown when physical isolation is mandatory, gangs of five, 10 and 20 have come together to commit violence against the Dalits.
