Tirunelveli: In a shocking incident, few miscreants allegedly accosted a child in Tamil Nadu's Tiruneveli, attacked and cut his Janeu, or the sacred religious thread, on Saturday claimed media reports.
Janeu is generally worn by members of the Brahmin community. There was no immediate report of any arrest.
"My son goes every Saturday to temple to work as a volunteer. He wears a janeu and did not wear a shirt then. While on his way, some people pulled his janeu, threatening and asking him not wear it. He is not in a good condition to tell much about what happened," said the father of the child to News 18.
Reports say police have begun a probe and trying to obtain CCTV footage from nearby areas. No FIR has yet been registered.
Taking note of the appalling incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reacted strongly condemned the incident and urged CM Stalin to take action at the earliest.
"...So far, political parties have not come forward to condemn Duraimurugan's speech or the criticism of the Brahmin community by a few politicians or political activists in Tamil Nadu's TV debates because there are few Brahmin voters or the idea that Brahmins do not vote caste-wise...." said Narayanan Thirupathy, vice-president of Tamil Nadu BJP on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
Later on, he spoke with News 18 calling the incident indicative of 'rowdyism...happening under DMK's rule'.
Speaking with Times Now, he held state government responsible for deteriorating law and order situation and said it was 'unbecoming of a good government'
AIADMK lashed out at DMK government as well.
"These kind of incidents are not new in the state. This is DMK's DNA. They have demonised Brahmins, they are enemies of social justice and equality": AIADMK's spokesperson Kovai Sathyan told News 18.
In his post, Narayanan Thirupathy claimed that the reported incident was a result of recent Anti-Brahmin statements made by state minister Duraimurugan in DMK's Coral Festival.
"...Every religion has a sign, a symbol, a belief, a ritual. It is illegal to speak or act in ways that undermine those beliefs. The poonol cutting in Tirunelveli was a result of Minister Duraimurugan @katpadidmk speaking about the Brahmin community at DMK's Coral Festival recently. DMK may be the ruling party, for that it is unbecoming of a good government to allow a society to speak or behave in a bad way..." he said in his post.
