DHARMAPURI: A case has been registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against A Govindasamy, former Pappireddipatti AIADMK MLA, and others on charges of humiliating and intimidating petrol bunk employees near Dharmapuri.The complainant is R Arunkumar, 37, of Vellalapatti, who has been working at CKM Bharat Petrol Bunk in Rajapettai for the past six months. In his complaint, Arunkumar stated that Govindasamy and his accomplices, numbering more than 30, arrived at the petrol bunk around 10.45am on Oct 26.Arunkumar alleged that the former MLA obstructed vehicles entering the bunk for refuelling and verbally abused him using obscene language and caste-based slurs. Arunkumar stated that his coworker, Nandakumar, who questioned the behaviour, was also assaulted by those who accompanied the former MLA.Based on the complaint, Arunkumar approached the Dharmapuri superintendent of police A K Arun Kabilan on Friday seeking action against Govindasamy and others under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Following an inquiry led by Dharmapuri deputy superintendent of Police Sivaraman, a case was registered against the former MLA and others at the Dharmapuri Town B-1 police station.
