Dharmapuri tense; Madras HC to view slain Dalit's post-mortem video

July 09, 2013 09:44

A Ganesh Nadar reports: High tension prevails at the Dharmapuri Medical College hospital as relatives wait for the body of E Ilaivarasan, the youth whose marriage to a woman from another caste sparked anti-Dalit violence in the Tamil Nadu district last year

Two Madras high court judges will view the videograph of the post-mortem on the body of Ilavarasan, who was found dead on July 4, a day after his wife Divya had said she would never go back to him and would stay with her mother.

After viewing it in the presence of medical experts on Tuesday, they are likely to decide on whether a second post-mortem is necessary.

Ilavarasan married Divya on October 14 last year after which her father committed suicide in November.

Divya's mother too had opposed the inter-caste marriage.

Her marriage and her father's suicide triggered violence in the three villages of Natham, Kondamapatty and Annanagar on November 7 last when about 296 huts belonging to Dalits were torched allegedly by the caste Hindus.

The violence drew national attention with several political leaders condemning it. As many as 90 people were arrested a day after the incident and cases registered against another 500 unidentified persons.

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