Casteist groups support TN man convicted for killing Dalit man

Dheeran Chinnamalai Gounder Peravai is an outfit that actively discourages inter-caste marriages and promotes caste pride among Gounder youth. A court found that the group’s leader Yuvaraj killed a man named Gokulraj only because he was a Dalit man who dared to visit a temple with a Gounder woman. Despite Yuvaraj’s conviction, he is hailed as a hero by these pages for ‘saving’ their community and ‘defending the honour’ of Gounder women. Posts praising Yuvaraj and his actions are also filled with comments hailing his ‘valour’ and how the community should not lose hope because of the trial court’s conviction.