The funeral of caste killing victim Kavin held in his native village

A large number of villagers from Arumugamangalam and members of various outfits took part in the funeral of caste killing victim C. Kavin Selvaganesh, 27, at his native village on Friday.

Kavin, an engineer and IT company employee who belonged to the Scheduled Caste, was killed by S. Surjith, the brother of the girl he loved, at KTC Nagar in Palayamkottai on Sunday last. The accused belonged to the Most Backward Caste.

Ministers P. Geetha Jeevan and Anita R. Radhakrishnan, Thoothukudi Collector K. Elambahavath, Superintendent of Police Albert John, MP Kanimozhi, Thoothukudi Mayor Jegan Periyasamy, Srivaikundam MLA ‘Oorvasi’ S. Amirtharaj, Naam Thamizhar Katchi coordinator Seeman, and former Ministers S.P. Shanmuganathan and Rajalakshmi placed wreath and consoled the family members, especially Kavin’s mother Tamilselvi, a teacher.

Kavin’s mortal remains were taken out in a procession with police protection and consigned to flames at Arumugamangalam.

Kavin’s family, which refused to accept the body since Sunday last while making a few demands, received it at Palayamkottai on Friday morning following a decision taken at a meeting held at Arumugamangalam on Thursday night.

Demanding the arrest of prime suspect Surjith’s parents Saravanan and Krishnakumari, both sub-inspectors, as their names figured in the First Information Report, the family of the deceased refused to accept the body, which had been kept at the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital mortuary.

However, the detention of Surjith under the Goondas Act, the arrest of Saravanan, and persuasion by officials through various sources helped in the breakthrough.

Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru, who is also in charge of Tirunelveli district, Tirunelveli Collector R. Sukumar, Tirunelveli City Commissioner of Police Santosh Hadimani, and MLAs M. Abdul Wahab of Palayamkottai and E. Raja of Sankarankovil placed wreath on the mortal remains of Kavin at the mortuary before handing over the body to father of the deceased C. Chandrasekar and younger brother Praveen at 10.35 a.m.

With police escort, the mortal remains were taken to Arumugamangalam.