Brahmins, Hindus, Believers have long been subjected to lot of
ridicule and targeted on the roads and other public places… sad plight indeed.
A Brahmin Priest killed ~ reason : he objected to the harassment of
his daughter by goons………………. Sad, to read this report that has appeared in
Times of India of date – 3rd April – Chennai Edition.
Priest objects to
goons harassing daughter, killed
Daniel P
George TNN
Chennai:
Five young goons launched a murderous attack on a 63-year-old priest, attached
to the Tirumala temple, after he objected to their harassment of his daughter
in Chengalpet, around 55km from here, on Sunday evening.
The Chengalpet police said V T Raman died
on Tuesday morning of head injuries sustained from repeated blows to the head
with a steel pipe. Police said they have
launched a manhunt for the assailants but identified only one of them, Muniraj.
Raman and
his 25-year-old daughter Padmashree visited his elder daughter, Jayashree, 30,
in Chengalpet on Sunday as it was his wife Amrithavalli’s first death
anniversary, Chengalpet deputy superintendent of police D Kumar said.
“Jayashree lives with her husband Ranganathan in Venkatapuram, Chengalpet,” he
said. The family finished the rituals during the day, and Raman wanted to go
for a walk in the evening. Padmashree, who stayed with her father in Tirupati,
and Jayashree’s fiveyear-old daughter Akshayashree decided to accompany Raman.
“A group
of men started following them and made lewd remarks to Padmashree,” DSP Kumar
said. When Raman objected and asked them to stop harassing his daughter, they
told him that he would have to put up with them if he wanted to visit the town.
When the priest insisted that the men
leave his daughter alone, they set upon him. One of them whipped out a steel
pipe and hit Raman on the head. When Padmashree attempted to stop him from
hitting her father, the man attacked her with the pipe. The others rained blows
on Raman till he lost consciousness. Goons fled after girl cried for help.
The
assailants fled as Akshayashree was screaming for help and passersby came
rushing to their aid. They admitted Raman and Padmashreeto a privatehospital in
Kattankulathur on Grand Southern Trunk Road, 45km from Chennai. Padmashree
needed 16 sutures for injuriestothehead. Doctors said Raman did not respond to
treatment and diedof hisinjurieson Tuesday morning. Police sent the body to the
Chengalpet General
Hospital
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