The Madurai Bench of the Madras HC was hearing a petition filed by K Muthukrishnan in connection with the mixing of human faeces, allegedly by the Mutharaiyar caste, into a drinking water tank used by Dalits.
A few weeks ago, dominant caste residents had staged protests objecting to activists and politicians visiting Dalits in Vengavayal regarding the incident of contamination of a water tank with human excreta.