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Arunthathiyars murdered by Gownders
Murugesan (Arunthathiyar Dalit) murdered by Gounders in Covai-Injustice&Atrocities in Tamilnadu 1999
by Mari Muthu on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 3:19pm •
Segudanthali Murugesan was a poor laborer who was killed brutally and unjustly by the upper caste called "Goundars" just because he and his "pregnant" wife sat near the seat where a "gounden" was seated in a public bus. This was regarded a disgrace and an excess by the gounden as an outcaste sat near him. On the same night the enraged "Gounden" went to the house of Murugesan with a mob and looted the house and tortured the family members by verbally and physically abusing them. Even his pregnant wife was not spared the atrocity. Like any other atrocities on out caste people, police were delinquent to take any action. Following the incident ATP took the issue and about 300 ATP members along with other Arunthathiyar organizations conducted a demonstration and were arrested demanding action against the culprits. Following the agitation a police case was registered and it was proceeding in favor of the affected Murugesan.
Segudan Thali Murugesan Veera Vaanakam
The Gounders threatened him to withdraw the case. But Murugesan was undeterred and said to them that it was a matter of the dignity of his people and his untouchable society and refused to withdraw the case. Finally he was brutally beaten and killed on 17th November, 1999 in Coimbatore district Tamil Nadu. Following the killing ATP took action which resulted in life imprisonment for two of the accused. Unfortunately the accused appealed in the high court and were released.
Thus Segudanthali Murugesan sacrificed his life in the fight for self respect of the Arunthathiyar community. This incident was unlike any other atrocity. The raw cruelty and the loss of life in the name of caste were unbearable for ATP. It was a turning point in their functions, as it reinforced the indispensability to the fight against the injustice and atrocities waged against the community. Even to date it reminds the divide and the evil that persists among society in the name of caste.
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3 comments:
useless article just to overpraise dalits..segudanthali murugesan used to be pimp for his own wife and an unemployed drunkard. he used to send his wife for prostitution and drank with that money. such a wonderful fighter, huh? he was beaten and murdered only because he got drunk and uttered foul words on different women. no matter what caste those insulted women were, he would have been surely killed for his behaviour even if they belonged to his own caste...useless dalit parties use this dirty incident as a deal for their ugly politics. this will not work out you funny craps.....calling this murugesan as a freedom fighter and a dignity saviour is one of the worst sarcasms you can hear ever...
He was an evil drunkyard.
He used to spit and shout bad words specifically at the Gounder women.
Since law was in his favour, he roamed and did all evil freely.
You can come and enquire of him with the Dalit people of the same village.
Such an evil creature, despite caste bias should have been hanged, but laws permit Dalits to perform all sorts of Crime.
Please don't encourage/patronise, these sorts of animals for your political benefits.
This is not a caste violence.
Gounders and Dalits in kongu region have a special bond and lead their life peacefully for centuries.
I hope development of Dalits, doesn't mean insulting/abusing other caste women.
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