SC woman moves NCSC after police seize pushcart, vessels for selling beef

A roadside vendor, belonging to a Scheduled Caste, on Friday lodged a complaint with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, alleging that Surandai municipality chairperson Valli Murugan and police personnel confiscated her pushcarts, gas cylinder, and utensils for allegedly selling beef.

- THINAKARAN RAJAMANI @ Tenkasi

In her complaint, M Muthuselvi (41), a resident of Keezha Surandai, said Valli Murugan, son of Tenkasi MLA Palani Nadar, had threatened her stating he could not tolerate the sale of beef and that cows are worshipped. "I run my family with the income earned by selling beef from a pushcart along the Surandai-Veerakeralampudur road. On April 29, Valli Murugan asked me to remove it. He said I could run a shop, but not sell beef. He said people from his community were eating at my shop and threatened to remove my stall with the help of police if I didn't vacate within two days," she said.