CB-CID HANDED OVER TIRUNELVELI HATE CRIME PROBE

The Tamil Nadu police on Wednesday transferred the probe into a suspected case of hate crime in Tirunelveli district, wherein 27-year-old Dalit IT professional was allegedly murdered by the family of a woman he was in a relationship with, to the CB-CID and also invoked the Goondas Act against the accused, officials said.

- Divya Chandrababu

According to police, the main accused Surjith was booked under the Goondas Act for allegedly murdering Kavin Selva Ganesh, belonging to the Devendra Kula Vellalar community, a sub-caste of Dalits, for allegedly being in a relationship with his sister, S Subhashini, who belonged to the Maravar community. Based on the complain