The Chinnalapatti police booked a case against the teacher under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015.
After continuous fight against the discrimination, the Dalits had walked on the corridors of a temple and offered prayers to the deity on Monday - January 30.
Ranjith further alleged that the police are forcing the victims to accept that they did the crime, the allegation which has been raised by several Dalit activists.
From denying them basic rights to restricting access to basic services, the people of Scheduled Caste in this village in Tamil Nadu are going through a grave oppression.
A parent of a student in the 10th grade from a Scheduled Caste made a complaint, alleging that the student had experienced "extreme discrimination" at the hands of the school administration because of their caste.
The video which was taken by the shopkeeper during the incident turned against him as he was arrested by the police and his shop was sealed by the local authorities.
After the completion of the trial, the Madurai Special Sessions Court has found ten of the fifteen including Yuvaraj as guilty and convicted them, while acquitting the rest.
Being one of the startling caste-killing incidents in the state, the case has taken stunning twists and turns including the suicide of a police officer.
