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Tamil Nadu: 2 men held for assaulting, harassing, chopping-off hair of transwomen | WATCH
The accused had shared the video of beating the transwomen in four WhatsApp groups to threaten them.
In an inhumane act, two men assaulted, threatened to death and chopped off hair of two transwomen in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu.
A painful video of the incident was tweeted by Trans Rights activist, Grace Banu, following which Kazhugumalai police have arrested the two accused.
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The 19 second viral video shows two transwomen and two men in a field. They were waylaid by two men. One of the accused men is seen cutting the hair of a transwoman with a blade, her eye is swollen. The man is heard saying that she used to extort money from men. What should we do with them? After this the accused is seen taunting by pointing towards the other transwoman, whose hair they had already chopped, that all was over and she looked better and beautiful now (with chopped hair), don’t you?
After the video surfaced, Trans Rights activist Grace Banu took to twitter, asking when this kind of violence would end. She writes, when Cis people face this same kind of violence people do not keep a mum and that people of her community face this kind of violence every other day.
Following a thread of tweets by Banu, the police have arrested the two accused. A tweet was made by Tamil Nadu police. A case was registered against the two persons seen in the video and that both of them were arrested, said Inspector General, Tamil Nadu Police (South Zone), Asra Garg. The accused have been booked for harassing, abusing, assaulting, and attempt to murder under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
Garg added that the accused were acquainted with the transwomen. One of the accused had a relationship with one of the victim transwomen, but later they seperated, she added.
Trans Rights activist Grace Banu also said that the incident happened on October 7. The accused had shared the video of beating the transwomen in four WhatsApp groups to threaten them. They were brutally beaten up before recording the video. After the incident, the victims were so scared that they did not even go to the hospital for treatment. Only one victim could be traced, the other has left the city fearing something bad would happen with her.
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CM M K Stalin extends free breakfast scheme for govt school students in Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday extended the free breakfast scheme for all the government school students across Tamil Nadu.
Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday extended the free breakfast scheme for all the government school students across Tamil Nadu.
The chief minister celebrated the expansion by having breakfast with school students in Tirukkuvalai, Nagapattinam and sharing a meal with them, where M K Stalin’s father, former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, was once a student.
This is not just a fund allotment but an investment in our children’s future. The Tamil Nadu government has invested in enhancing students’ minds and knowledge. This would definitely manifest in the form of talent and capacity-building which will profit the state, he said.
The state government has allocated Rs 404 crore for a programme launched in September last year. It aims to benefit 17 lakh enrolled children in over 31,000 schools in Tamil Nadu.
The chief minister had instructed elected representatives to launch the extension of the scheme in government primary schools in their constituencies.
The scheme was expanded after the pilot program that provided free breakfast to 114,000 students in grades 1-5. The program showed an increase in school attendance and improved the nutritional health of students in the state.
In September 2022, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu expressed his views on the scheme saying the scheme which has been rolled out for students of Class I to V in government schools is not a freebie, in fact, it is the foremost duty and responsibility of the State government to ensure its children are fed. Such schemes are the face of a government.
While speaking at the launch of the novel Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme, Stalin added that when he was interacting with students in a programme at Chennai, he asked a few students why they appeared tired and if they had eaten. The students responded him saying that they usually don’t eat in the morning, which struck a chord.
Many officials and teachers affirmed the same. That spark led to the birth of the free breakfast scheme. Through this scheme, every student shall enter classrooms with their stomachs full, he stated.
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Mother jumps in front of moving bus, kills herself to arrange for child’s fees in Tamil Nadu, heart-wrenching video surfaced
The incident also exposed how people face difficulties who try to make their children’s lives better by educating them. Many people said that true development would mean that no one is forced in that situation to take such a step.
A heart-wrenching incident was reported in Tamil Nadu where a woman jumped off ahead of a moving bus after getting misleading information from someone that her family would receive Rs 45,000 in case she died in an accident.
In the video, a mother killed herself by jumping in front of the moving bus to arrange money for her son’s education. Reportedly, a woman was a safai karmachari at the collector’s office in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu, the report said.
The woman made this fatal sacrifice because she was in need of money to pay her son’s college fees, so she decided to end her life to get the compensation of Rs 45,000.
The video has moved people. The internet users have expressed their grief and anguish over the incident. Netizens questioned and showed their anguish towards the situation that led a mother to kill herself for paying the education fees of her son.
The incident also exposed how people face difficulties who try to make their children’s lives better by educating them. Many people said that true development would mean that no one is forced in that situation to take such a step.
As per the police, a 46-year-old deceased woman was identified as Papathy, a resident of Salem district who was working as a sanitary worker in the Collector’s office. She had lost her husband long before and was a single mother parent to a daughter and a son. Papathy died after she came into a speeding that killed her at second Agraharam street in Salem. The police have registered a case, and an investigation is underway.
After inspecting the CCTV footage, the police were shocked to know that this was the woman’s second attempt to kill herself, Papathy had earlier attempted to jump before a moving bus but she could not succeed after a two-wheeler hit before she could fall into a bus. After a while, she repeated the act when another bus approached her. The entire episode was caught on camera, as per the reports.
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Tamil Nadu: Indian Army jawan’s video alleging molestation of his wife goes viral, police denies charges
The Indian Army said the well-being of families of army personnel are their priority, who stay away from the soldiers deployed in field areas.
An incident of molestation with an Army jawan’s wife came to light when an Army man who is currently posted in Kashmir, released a video message pleading for police action against the alleged attackers of his wife.
The Indian Army on Sunday put out a statement saying it got in touch with the police administration and assured proper investigation into the alleged molestation of jawan’s wife by 40 people in Tamil Nadu.
However, the Tamil Nadu Police has contradicted the claims by the Army personnel that his wife was stripped half naked and beaten by men in the state. Officials in the state are aware about the matter as per the report.
According to report, the jawan’s wife alleged that she was attacked and molested by more than 40 people. They verbally abused her using vulgar language. They also touched her inappropriately. They were not letting her family live in peace. They were threatening her, she said in Vellore on Sunday.
The police said their initial investigation shows that no one has attacked or insulted the jawan’s wife. The case is more of a dispute over a land lease between the soldier’s wife and some men. The police also said the department has given protection to her and observed that the video message released by the soldier has been exaggerated.
The havildar rank jawan from Thiruvannamalai district had released a video on June 10, speaking in Tamil that went viral on social media after a retired Army officer Colonel N Thiagarajan shared it on Twitter. Talking to reporter, the Thiruvannamalai SP said an FIR was registered under relevant sections on a complaint lodged by the jawan. The two accused Ramu and Hariprasad have already been arrested.
The Indian Army said the well-being of families of army personnel are their priority, who stay away from the soldiers deployed in field areas.
The Indian Army’s Northern Command issues their statement, an Indian Army soldier in uniform gave a statement fearing for the safety of his family. Army has already contacted the Police authorities who have assured all help post-investigation.
Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai also said he has spoken to the jawan on call, posted in Kashmir and he was ashamed to hear such incident on the soil of Tamil Nadu. He assured all the help to the jawan’s wife to get justice in this case.
