<p>Visakhapatnam: A court has convicted YSRCP candidate for Mandapeta Assembly seat, Thota Trimurthulu and eight others for tonsuring and assaulting a group of Dalits in East Godavari district in 1996, and sentenced them to 18 months simple imprisonment, along with a penalty.</p>.<p>The XI Additional District and SC/ST Court delivered the verdict in the case on Tuesday. The incident took place on December 29, 1996 at Venkatayapalem village in undivided East Godavari district.</p>.Lalu Yadav slams PM Modi over BJP leaders 'Constitution change' remarks, says 'poor & Dalits will have their eyes gouged out'.<p>The Court convicted Trimurthulu and others under IPC, CrPC and SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 for beating, tonsuring and shaving the eyebrows of K Chinna Raju and D Venkata Ratnam.</p>.<p>Besides those two, three others were also assaulted.</p>.<p>Expressing dissatisfaction over the punishment meted out to Trimurhtulu, Ramayya, one of the victims, told <em>PTI,</em> "His punishment must have been stronger. He ostracised us for a year and also deprived us of livelihood, including foisting false cases against us." </p>.<p>According to Ramayya, Tirmurthulu and his men attacked the five victims from December 21 to 29, 1996 for opposing 'rigging' at the polling booth during 1994 elections.</p>.<p>In 1994, he said, Trimurthulu had contested the Assembly election as an independent candidate while the five victims were working for the BSP.</p>.<p>Ramayya highlighted that Trimurthlu, hailing from a dominant community, had humiliated the Dalits, who number only 50 families in that village. </p>
<p>Visakhapatnam: A court has convicted YSRCP candidate for Mandapeta Assembly seat, Thota Trimurthulu and eight others for tonsuring and assaulting a group of Dalits in East Godavari district in 1996, and sentenced them to 18 months simple imprisonment, along with a penalty.</p>.<p>The XI Additional District and SC/ST Court delivered the verdict in the case on Tuesday. The incident took place on December 29, 1996 at Venkatayapalem village in undivided East Godavari district.</p>.Lalu Yadav slams PM Modi over BJP leaders 'Constitution change' remarks, says 'poor & Dalits will have their eyes gouged out'.<p>The Court convicted Trimurthulu and others under IPC, CrPC and SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 for beating, tonsuring and shaving the eyebrows of K Chinna Raju and D Venkata Ratnam.</p>.<p>Besides those two, three others were also assaulted.</p>.<p>Expressing dissatisfaction over the punishment meted out to Trimurhtulu, Ramayya, one of the victims, told <em>PTI,</em> "His punishment must have been stronger. He ostracised us for a year and also deprived us of livelihood, including foisting false cases against us." </p>.<p>According to Ramayya, Tirmurthulu and his men attacked the five victims from December 21 to 29, 1996 for opposing 'rigging' at the polling booth during 1994 elections.</p>.<p>In 1994, he said, Trimurthulu had contested the Assembly election as an independent candidate while the five victims were working for the BSP.</p>.<p>Ramayya highlighted that Trimurthlu, hailing from a dominant community, had humiliated the Dalits, who number only 50 families in that village. </p>