A young engineering student was hacked to death and his wife left critically injured on a busy road in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur on Sunday, in a chilling attack that has been captured on camera.
V Sankar and his young wife Kausalya were out shopping on a crowded road on Sunday when they were attacked by three men armed with sickles and other sharp weapons.
This, however, is definitely not the first noted instance of caste-based violence. This attack makes one wonder how a state that embraces transgenders with open arms and gives them an identity on paper is still under the grip of caste-based discrimination.
In CCTV footage, the men are seen repeatedly attacking Sankar till he stops moving. Then they turn on Kausalya and hit her till she falls to the ground.
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The attackers managed to escape from the spot even as the onlookers watched the gory murder.
The couple was rushed to the hospital by the police where the boy lost his life while the condition of the girl remains critical and is under intensive care. The boy’s family has blamed the girl’s relatives for the murder.