Pudukottai District, Gandarvakkottai Legislative Assembly Constituency Muttukkadu Panchayat, Vengawayal area of Thaoyur, the matter of some mysterious people mixing faeces in the upper drinking water storage tank of Adi Dravidar residence has caused a great shock in the whole of Tamil Nadu.
In this regard, District Collector Kavita Ramu and Superintendent of Police Vandita Pandey visited Vengawayal area and inspected it. At that time, “We are not allowed to enter the Ayyanar temple here for many generations.
Double mug system is followed here. They complained that caste untouchability by other castes continues. Immediately, the District Collector gathered the concerned people to the temple and made them offer obeisance to Sami.
At that time, Rajan’s wife Singammal Sami, a temple priest belonging to the alternative community, spoke to the concerned people, referring to the list of community members, “You are not allowed to come.” Shocked by the incident that happened before his eyes, the Collector insisted on taking appropriate action against Singammal.
Similarly, untouchability was found to have been observed in the tea shop alleged to have followed the double mug system. A case under the Prevention of Atrocities Act has been registered against the tea shop owner Mookhaiyya and Samiyatiya Singammal and they are being arrested and interrogated. Meanwhile, the District Collector has warned that wherever caste untouchability occurs in Pudukottai district, strict action will be taken against those who practice untouchability immediately.
In the statement he issued in this regard, “If caste-based entry is denied in temples, if double-cup system is followed in tea shops, or if caste discrimination is observed in haircuts, strict legal action will be taken based on the objective that everyone should live in harmony without caste, religion and ethnicity in Pudukottai district. In this case, regardless of the form of the above crimes, you can inform the district administration through WhatsApp on the following mobile number 9443314417,” he said.