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Chennai:An alleged attack on a Brahmin boy in Tamil Nadus Tirunelveli district has outraged the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while the police say they are yet to find evidence of the incident...
The 12-year-olds father approached the local police on 21 September, complaining that four men had cut the sacred thread worn by the boy while he was on his way to a religious event...
In his complaint filed at the Perumalpuram police station, the father, Sundar, said four bike-borne men surrounded his son, Akhilesh, at around 4.30 pm Saturday, tore his sacred threadand warned him never to wear it again...
City Police CommissionerRupesh Kumar Meenatold ThePrint:Based on CCTV footage and a local probe, it doesnt look like the alleged attack took place...
Because Brahmins are a minority in the state, he said, adding that the polices inability to find evidence exposed their attitude and also that of the administration...
