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Article: TAMIL NADU DALIT LEADER ALLEGES POLICE ENGINEERED ATTACK
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- November 3, 2008
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Prashant K. Nanda
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Nov. 03 -- (IANS) K. Krishnaswamy, leader of Puthiya Thamizhagam, a Dalit party in Tamil Danu, has alleged that Sunday night's attack on him was masterminded by the state police."My car was set upon by persons under the instigation of top police officials in this district during my return from Uthapuram, the village that till recently had a wall of shame segregating Dalits and caste Hindus," Krishnaswamy told reporters here Monday evening. "Policemen who ought to have accorded protection to me when I was attacked were not only bystanders but were also seen egging my assailants on," ...