Rameswaram: Vadakadu fishing village near Rameswaram … More than 100 fishing families live here. Chandra, 45, of Vadakadu fishing village, had left early in the morning to collect seaweed.
Then he was surrounded by some mysterious people who kept him in a place where he could not walk. Those who dragged their mouths into the dense jungle until they tried to scream have been brutally sexually abused.
Later, Chandra was strangled to death with a sari and set on fire to remain unidentified.
After this, the mysterious persons who came to escape from there were shocked to see the body of Chandra lying half naked with half burnt.
Rameswaram police were immediately informed and police arrived at the scene. The scene was brought into the security ring. Forensic experts were called in and those who examined the body collected the evidence.
Meanwhile, riots broke out in the town. Chandra was allegedly teased by six northerners from Orissa who work at a shrimp farm in the area for the past 2 days.
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Thus Chandra’s relatives and the fishing villagers, who were suspicious of the northerners, came together and smashed the shrimp farm. The six northerners who worked there barraged and kicked all six, claiming that Chandra may have been sexually abused.
They also set fire to a two-wheeler they were using.
As the incident unfolded, more than 100 police and riot police, led by Ramanathapuram District Superintendent of Police Karthik, rallied and sent Chandra’s body to the Ramanathapuram Government Hospital for autopsy.
Later, they arrested 6 North Indians suspected to be the culprits and took them to the police station for interrogation with heavy police security.
At the end of the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that 3 youths from the North had tortured and killed Chandra while intoxicated. However, it is not known who the three are and all the six have been arrested and are being investigated.
Meanwhile, northern fishermen staged a road blockade demanding appropriate action against the culprits involved. Only after a serious investigation will it be known whether the northerners are guilty or innocent.
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In Vellore, a teenager who went to the cinema with a male friend was gang-raped by a gang of 5, a 13-year-old schoolgirl was gang-raped near Thiruvannamalai, and a 15-year-old schoolgirl was gang-raped by a gang of 9 near Villupuram.
All these are the incidents of sexual violence that have shaken Tamil Nadu recently. It is horrific that such sexual violence continues to take place even as those involved are arrested and sentenced. Is coming. Laws and penalties should be toughened.
