Tirupur: Three people have been arrested in the alleged honour killing of a Dalit man in Tamil Nadu. The 21-year-old engineering student Sankar was killed in a case of suspected honour killing allegedly on the orders of his wife's family who hails from the upper caste Thevar community in Tamil Nadu.
Taking cognisance of media reports, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government.
Three men attacked the couple -- Sankar and Kousalya -- with sickles. The man died on the way to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital while the woman is undergoing treatment.
"The incident raises serious question relating to the safety of persons belonging to lower castes. In this case, the man belonged to a Scheduled Caste and had married an upper caste Hindu girl."
"The matter was in the knowledge of the police but it failed to provide them adequate security," observed the Commission while issuing notices to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, calling for a report in the matter within four weeks.
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