Caste clash rocks Law College (Indian Express)
"CHENNAI: Three students were seriously injured in a violent caste clash that broke out between two groups of students at Ambedkar Law College on Wednesday.
"The students waged a pitched battle, even as a posse of policemen waited outside the gates and news photographers clicked pictures.
"Knives, iron rods, wooden logs and tubelights were freely used by the clashing students. The police remained silent spectators, waiting for a call from the college principal for help."
The background of this unbelievable attack is as follows. A group of caste-Hindu students were putting up posters around campus for a celebration related to their own caste. On the posters the name of the college was given as "Government Law College," dropping the name "Dr. Ambedkar." B.R. Ambedkar was an untouchable leader who drafted the Indian constitution. Untouchable students confronted them about the omission, and a fight broke out. The caste-Hindu students threatened to prevent untouchable students from sitting for exams in two weeks' time to teach them a lesson. What happened on the day of the exam is captured in the picture above and even more graphically in the news video at this link: Blood bath in a law college.
See also:
Caste Violence in Ambedkar Law College, Chennai
Clashes at Law College: A Fact-Finding Report (November 24, 2008)
Thanks a lot for the link here, I found this incident very embarrassing though :(
Posted by: Shravan | December 05, 2009 at 06:36 AM