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The Mayiladuthurai police on Wednesday, September 17, arrested Vijaya, in connection with the murder of K Vairamuthu, a Dalit man. Vairamuthu had been in a relationship with Vijaya’s daughter Malini and Vijaya had allegedly strongly objected to the relationship.

Twenty-eight-year-old Vairamuthu from the Paraiyar community was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai district late on Monday, September 15, for being in a relationship with Malini, the daughter of an intercaste couple.

While Malini’s father belonged to the same Paraiyar community, her mother Vijaya belonged to the Chettiar community (categorised as Backward Class).

Those arrested include Vijaya, her son Gugan (21), Anbunithi (19), and Bhaskar (42). Police sai

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