Attack on three triggers tension; houses, vehicles ransacked in counter attack

Tension prevails at Munneerpallam near here since Wednesday midnight after three persons, including an ITI student from a Scheduled Caste community, were hacked by an armed gang.Police said the proble

Tension prevails at Munneerpallam near here since Wednesday midnight after three persons, including an ITI student from a Scheduled Caste community, were hacked by an armed gang. Police said the problem started when the student B. Balamukesh was attacked by a gang belonging to a different caste when he was taking bath in a channel on Wednesday evening. The gang also attacked his friends. The youth, who sustained cut injury, was admitted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital. In the night, people from his village entered the area where the other caste people live in large numbers. They ransacked the houses and vehicles of those who attacked Balamukesh and also that of others and set on fire two haystacks. While a car and an autorickshaw were badly damaged in the attack, 10 houses with tiled roof were also damaged in stone pelting.