: Tamil Nadu: Shopkeeper, village head arrested for barring Dalit children from buying candy #IndiaNEWS Two persons were arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Tenkasi district on Saturday after a video on social

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Tamil Nadu: Shopkeeper, village head arrested for barring Dalit children from buying candy #IndiaNEWS
Two persons were arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Tenkasi district on Saturday after a video on social media showed that one of them, a shopkeeper, refused to sell candy to children from the Dalit community, ANI reported, citing the district collector.In the video from KV Nallur area of Tenkasi, the shopkeeper identified as S Maheshwaran told the children that it was decided in a village meeting not to sell anything to persons from their community, reported The Indian Express.A shopkeeper in Tenkasi district in #TamilNadu is denying candy to dalit kids from nearby adi-dravida school in the name of caste .He says "we have made a decision not to sell anything to people from "your street" ". "You should not come to the village shops hereafter" pic.twitter.com/2fEFi6CyS0— Shalin Maria Lawrence (@TheBluePen25) September 17, 2022 “Don’t buy any candy from here. Go to school,â€? the shopkeeper says in Tamil, according to The Indian Express. “You shouldn’t buy any candy from any of the shops here. Go and tell the people at home that the shopkeepers aren’t giving eatables. We won’t give and there is a restriction.â€?The children ask the shopkeeper what restrictions were imposed to which he says: “The village meeting has decided not to give eatables to people from your street. So, leave. Go,â€?The video shows...Read more

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