Police said there was no progress in the investigation of the attacks belonging to the Vasantham Nagar extension area of boys belonging to the intended caste.
Police said he even refused to share his social media and email ID and password, which was needed to identify the attacker, as he had been invited by “unidentified friends” to come to secluded places through social media.
The incident sparked the tones and weeping throughout the state after the boy from Nanguneri and his sister and his sister were invaded by some classmates who belonged to the intermediate caste in August 2023. The victim received long-term treatment at Tirunelville Medical College Hospital with the help of the state. The victim’s family also delivered a house in an apartment in the Tamil Nadu slum clearance board in Thirumal Nagar in the outskirts of Palayamkottai.
Even though he is doing his first year b.com. In a position as corporate secretary at a government-assisted university in Palayamkottai, he approached several people through social media platforms. He reportedly went to the Vasantham Nagar extension, a secluded location behind the local science center when one of his social media friends invited the boy to meet him on Wednesday night (April 16, 2025).
At around 7.30 p.m., he contacted his mother via a stranger’s phone and told her that he was beaten by a gang near the local science center and his cell phone was stolen. When she warned the police, the police patrol immediately arrived at the scene and took him to the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital to treat the “slight injuries” he suffered in an unknown person.
After receiving first aid due to injury, he attacked at the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital and the boy wanted to go home.
He told police he went to meet with “social media friends” at the Vasantham Nagar extension around 7 p.m. where four people asked him for money. He said that because he had no money, they beat him up and stole his cell phone.
“When we asked the boy to provide his social media ID and password to identify a social media friend he had been to the Vasantham Nagar extension and was beaten, he said he had forgotten his ID and password. He remembered some of his email and password when we tried to retrieve his social media ID and password by email and password. So far,” said a senior police officer.
Meanwhile, investigators collected CCTV footage from the Vasantham Nagar extension and cinemas in the area, showing the boy another person. Police also said the boy was asking investigators some specific questions to investigate.
“Even if the boy didn’t reveal the important details we needed, we are still working to resolve the case,” said Tirunelveli City Santosh Hadimani Police Commissioner.
publishing – April 17, 2025 at 10:41 pm IST
