Ramanathapuram
State Revenue Minister R B Udhayakumar and Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Minister V M Rajalakshmi placed wreaths at the memorial on behalf of the government.
DMK president M K Stalin, party’s Women’s Wing secretary Kanimozhi MP, former ministers K K S S R Ramachandran, I Periyasamy, Suba Thangavelan, S Ragupathy and A Tamilarasi paid their homage at the memorial.
Makkal Viduthalai Katchi founder Murugavel Rajan, representatives from various political parties and Dalit federations also paid their homage.
Several men and children hailing from Dalit community tonsured their heads as a mark of respect, while a large number of women took out mulaipari and milk pot processions from various places to the memorial.
Police had made tight security arrangements by deploying over 5,000 personnel under the direct supervision of Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order) K Jayanth Murali and Inspector-General of Police (South Zone) K P Shanmuga Rajeswaran.
The district administration had already clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Cr PC as a precautionary measure.
Immanuel Sekharan, an ex-servicemen, had fought against the social injustice meted out to Dalits and actively involved in the depressed classes’ movement in southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
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