DHARMAPURI: Police in Dharmapuri district on Sunday arrested a salon owner and his son for refusing to give haircut to dalits. Keeraipatty residents Chinnaiyan, 56, and Yogeshwaran, 26, booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of the Atrocities) Act of 2015, were later sent to jail.
SI S Sakthivel said on May 9, a 17-year-old from the Kelapparai dalit colony visited the salon and sought a haircut. "Yogeshwaran, however, refused, citing the boy's caste," said the SI, adding that several other dalits faced the same refusal at the salon. The victim complained to the Harur police on Saturday evening, providing a video recording of his conversation with Chinnaiyan and Yogeshwaran. A case was registered under the SC/ST (POA) Act 2015 and the two were arrested the next morning.