Vengaivayal case: Police report opens can of worms
The recent police chargesheet naming three youths — Muraliraja, Muthukrishnan and Sudharsan — from the Scheduled Caste community as the main accused in the case of human faeces being dumped into an overhead drinking water tank in a Dalit neighbourhood of Vengaivayal in Pudukkottai district in December, 2022, has potentially opened a can of worms in a State where caste discrimination is rife and political discourse is often shaped along the lines of caste and linguistic identity.The case has created a political impasse in Tamil Nadu today, with many of the DMK’s allies claiming that they disbelieve the final report and that they had lost faith in the Tamil Nadu police to get the job done.Also read: The Vengaivayal water tank case: ExplainedThe chargesheet, which was filed after more than t...