At a village near Ulundurpet in Tamil Nadu, proselytizing Christians have been found building a church by encroaching a temple land and harassing the people of the village.
Irunthai is a small village near Ulundurpet in Kallakurichi district. Several members of the Adi Dravidar community of the village have been converted to Christianity. These converted Christians have been accused of encroaching the temple tank and canal belonging to the Murugan Temple and trying to build a church. The area where the last rites are being performed that belongs to the temple is also said to have been encroached.
This was brought to the notice of the local police as well as the revenue department but no action has been taken to remove the Church built on encroached land.
This had led to the converted Christians insulting the Hindu Adi Dravidars in the name of caste, and even resorted to attacking them. They had reportedly damaged the two wheelers of the Hindu Adi Dravidar community.
People from the Adi Dravidar community of the village have now filed a complaint with the government authorities and have submitted a memorandum to the District Collector saying that they were leaving the town as no action was being taken regarding this issue thus far.
Furthermore, there was a communal clash that took place between the converted Christians and other people of the village on the 31st of December. A complaint was filed by one Veerapandian following which Pichai Anthony Raj, Arputharaj, Aruldas, Jaggu, Anthonysamy, Gerlad Christy, and 16 other members who had caused unrest were arrested.
The Adi Dravidar community have complained to the District Collector that the converted Christians were threatening to falsely file a case against them, They demanded that action be taken against the attackers at the earliest. They also said that if there wasn’t appropriate action taken, they had no option but to hand over their Aadhaar card, voter ID card, ration card etc to the government authorities and leave the village.
Hindu Munnani have now pitched in to help the Adi Dravidar community get justice.
(Source: Kathir News)