Segons la Xarxa Internacional Solidària Dalit (ISDN) i fons de The Hindu, IBN , Times of India iCountercurrents , el 7 de novembre de 2012 gairebé 2.000 persones van atacar tres assentaments dels dalits (grup social sovint qualificat com intocable o pària) al districte de Dharmapuri a Tamil Nadu.
On 7 November 2012, up to 2,000 people attacked three Dalit settlements in the Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu in India, according to the International Dalit Solidarity Network (ISDN) with sources from The Hindu, IBN, Times of India and Countercurrents.