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VILLUPURAM: Two days after a caste Hindu youth, who was beaten up by a group of Dalits for causing an accident, succumbed to his injuries, his relatives continued to stage road blockade in Periyasevalai village on Wednesday demanding the police to register a murder case.

The relatives also said they will not accept the body or allow the officials to conduct an autopsy unless the two Dalit youths, involved in the accident were arrested.

According to the relatives, the victim, S Soundarrajan (21), a caste Hindu farm labourer from Periyasevalai village near Thiruvennainallur, was returning home on a two-wheeler on Thursday night after attending a marriage function.

Near Periyasevalai Dalit colony, Soundarrajan’s bike hit another two-wheeler driven by Dalit youth from the colony. So the enraged youth and some of the Dalit villagers beat Soundarrajan.

The two Dalit youth - Karnan (19) and K Ajay Babu (19) - also sustained injuries in the accident. Soundarrajan was taken to the Government Mundiyambakkam Hospital while Karnan and Ajay Nabu were taken to the Thirukovilur and Ulundurpet GHs respectively.

However, on Tuesday morning, Soundarrajan’s condition turned critical following which which he was referred to the JIPMER hospital, Puducherry. But he died on the way.

Soundarrajan’s relatives refused to accept the body and they along with other caste Hindu villagers staged a road blockade.