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Village Assistant booked for assaulting farmer near Coimbatore
The Hindu
The farmer, K. Gopalasamy, was initially booked for allegedly forcing the VA to prostrate before him, but a video clip that surfaced showed the VA had assaulted the farmer
More than a week after a man belonging to a dominant caste for allegedly forcing a Village Assistant (VA), who hailed from the Scheduled Castes, near Coimbatore, the police on Monday registered a case against the VA for assaulting the former. P. Muthusamy (56), suspended VA of Ottarpalayam village office, was booked under Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC based on the complaint lodged by K. Gopalsamy (40), a farmer from Gobirasapuram near Annur.More Related News