villupuram/TIRUVANNAMALAI: A law student, allegedly attacked by some influential people around two weeks ago, is struggling to get his case filed. Harikrishnan, a student of Ambedkar Law College, Chennai, belongs to Irula tribe and is a resident of Irular hutments on Vettavalam Road here.
On June 25, Harikrishnan petitioned Tiruvannamalai East police station accusing his namesake B Harikrishnan, relative of an influential DMK man, of assaulting him, when he tried to stop the man and two of his associates from removing survey stones laid at Irular hutments.
But police refused to take his word and the case was not registered, following which Harikrishnan sent a registered post to SP V Balakrishnan. As per the advice from a well-known human rights activist Prof P Kalyani, he personally met the SP the next day and explained the situation.
On getting instructions from the SP, police went to the spot where the incident occurred and received a complaint from Harikrishnan. But, they refused to file an FIR and the case came to a standstill.
Prof Kalyani told Express that compared to the neighbouring districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram, police in Tiruvannamalai district were highly apathetic to the atrocities meted out to marginalised sections of people, particularly Irulars.
The activist quoted another case, where a member of Irular tribe was tied to a post and severely thrashed by some people of Villivanam village near Chethpet a few months ago.
In this case, police registered an FIR only after Tribal Irular Protection Sangam staged a demonstration and helped the accused to come clean of charges.
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