Chennai, Aug. 5 -- A Dalit youth was allegedly murdered in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul district on July 30, according to the state Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF), which has described it as a brutal caste-based murder.

The organisation issued a statement claiming that the deceased, Ramar, aged 26, and his acquaintance Prasanth, aged 20, were lured by an upper-caste man who alleged that their horse had grazed on his land.

Both Ramar and Prasanth are residents of Poombarai village in Kodaikanal taluk and earned a living by transporting vegetables from the hills to vehicles on horses.

On the night of the incident, a man named Raghu, belonging to a dominant caste, arrived at Ramar's house, alleging that their horse had grazed his land. ...