NCSC Head Meets Dalit Girl Told to Prostrate Before OBC Student
The New Indian Express Chennai|February 19, 2025
AFTER a female student at a private health education institution was allegedly discriminated against, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Director S Ravivarman met with the victim in Kovilpatti on Tuesday.
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NCSC Head Meets Dalit Girl Told to Prostrate Before OBC Student

Mala Vinodhini, a resident of Nayinampatti in Tenkasi, was studying a diploma course on assistant staff nursing at a health education institute run by Dr Sivakumar in Kovilpatti. Vinodhini, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste, had an altercation with an OBC student on January 31.

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