In yet another case of suspected caste-killing in Tamil Nadu, a 24-year-old man was hacked to death by his father-in-law in Dindigul district on Sunday, October 12.

The victim, Ramachandran, a milkman from Ramanayakampatti village near Dindigul, belonged to the Naickar community, a grouping of Backward and Most Backward Class communities in Tamil Nadu. He had married 21-year-old Aarathi, a college student from the Kallar community — classified as a dominant Backward Class in the state — after a three-year relationship. The couple’s inter-caste marriage had been opposed by Aarathi’s family, and they reportedly eloped amid threats from her relatives.

On Sunday morning, while Ramachandran was riding his two-wheeler to collect milk, he was reportedly intercepted near Ganapathipatti village b

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