Post demoliton of caste wall, safety tightened at Muthuladampatti in Karur

Security has been tightened at Muthuladampatti in Karur district, the place an “untouchability wall”, constructed by Thottia Naicker group, an intermediate caste, allegedly to stop entry to folks belonging to Scheduled Caste, was demolished on Saturday.

The job of demolition of the construction started at 3.30 p.m on Saturday and got here to an finish at 2.30 a.m on Sunday. In spite of heavy rain the demolition work, which was completed by the intermediate caste as per the ‘path and direct supervision’ of the income officers, was accomplished at a stretch. While the wall was dismantled round 9.30 p.m, it took 5 extra hours for them to destroy the construction’s basis. The complete operation was carried out amid tight safety.

An uneasy calm has been prevailing at Muthuladampatti, the place the Thottia Naickers and the Arunthathiyars stay at separate settlements, within the aftermath of the demolition of the wall. As a precautionary measure, police picketing has been posted at varied locations of the hamlets.

Superintendent of Police Josh Okay. Thangaiah advised The Hindu no untoward incident was reported to this point at Muthuladampatti. However, around the clock safety could be in place till additional orders. Plain fabric policemen had been requested to carefully monitor the state of affairs. Normalcy could be restored quickly.

He mentioned contemplating the delicate nature of the problem, the members of each teams at Muthuladampatti had been warned to not escalate the state of affairs. The members, who had pressed for the demolition of the wall, had been suggested to not have a good time the dismantle of it in any method.

While stating it was a teamwork, Mr. Thangaiah mentioned the operation was accomplished with none difficulty. A sequence of direct and oblique talks had been held by bringing the leaders of each the caste teams on a desk. They (Thottia Naickers) had understood the “gravity of the state of affairs” and agreed upon to dismantle on their very own with out ready for the officers to raze down the wall.