A 31-year-old woman belonging to the Scheduled Caste was injured after she was allegedly assaulted by three persons including a woman - all from intermediary caste - at Koneripatti village near Uppiliapuram in the district on Sunday evening, reportedly in connection with a land dispute.
The injured woman, T. Ramya of Koneripatti village, is undergoing treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi. Uppiliapuram police booked M. Uma, 44, P. Manivel, 48, and M. Gurumurthy, 40, all from Koneripatti village, as accused in the case.
Police sources said Ramya, who was unmarried, was staying with her father Thangavel, who was involved in a land dispute with Manivel. The accused is said to have engaged a tractor for farming allegedly on the path dividing his agricultural field with that of Thangavel on Sunday afternoon.
