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Posted on 02/02/2026 12:42:28 AM PST by nickcarraway
Meanwhile, some bus crew escalated the matter to higher authorities, and Sasiraj was temporarily suspended.
In a shocking instance of caste discrimination, a bus driver attached to the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) Mettupalayam branch-1 in Coimbatore district, allegedly cleaned and smeared the branch manager’s office floor with cow dung on January 23 after the latter, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste (SC), received a transfer order.
Following the incident, a senior TNSTC official from Coimbatore region suspended the driver, S Sasiraj, who also serves as secretary of the LPF union affiliated with the DMK, on charges of caste discrimination on Thursday.
TNSTC sources said Sasiraj, during his tenure as traffic controller, assigned bus crew from the SC community on long routes while posting crew from other castes, including his own, to shorter routes at the branch. He also allegedly collected money from crew members in exchange for granting them leave permission and posting them on short-route duties.
As he wielded political influence, he allegedly acted at will, indulging in caste-based discrimination such as using caste slurs, denying leave and arbitrarily allocating duty hours, in disregard of branch managers’ orders. Owing to this, six branch managers were transferred within a span of one-and-a-half years.
The previous branch manager had removed him from his TC post, leading to his transfer within 15 days. About 40 days ago, the new branch manager, D Prakashkumar, hailing from an SC community, joined the branch.
Sasiraj allegedly pressured Prakashkumar to follow his instructions, but the former refused and instead, issued a memo against Sasiraj for caste bias. Enraged, Sasiraj allegedly pressured top officials, resulting in Prakshkumar’s transfer to Ukkadam without a valid reason.
On January 23, Sasiraj allegedly had a maid clean the manager’s office floor with cow dung, stating that the “pest” (referring to the BM) had left the branch. The incident allegedly occurred in front of Prakashkumar, who was left traumatised and has not reported for work since.
Meanwhile, some bus crew escalated the matter to higher authorities, and Sasiraj was temporarily suspended.
Sasiraj, who denied all the allegations, told TNIE that false charges had been leveled against him. “I usually maintain the cleanliness of the branch. On that day, the room was unclean, so it was cleaned, and cow dung was smeared as part of maintenance.” Repeated attempts to reach Prakashkumar went in vain.
When contacted, an official from TNSTC Coimbatore told TNIE that an inquiry into the matter is under way.
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“and cow dung was smeared as part of maintenance”
All cultures are equal
I expected this to be a US story, but I guess ... not yet.
This is the elite human capital we need to import into the West
I consider ALL Asian Indians as Dalit’s and Thuggee’s. ALL of them.
I laugh how they have a tiered caste system made up of human rubbish and then they look down on Black Africans as if they are superior to them when in fact they look exactly like Africans themselves. /spit
These people are here in the USA running almost all of our computer systems (H-1B). It is the most unreported story in the history of journalism.
And embracing the Value-Added, Free-Market economy is why America became the first über-rich nation on earth that didn't get that way through conquest ethos.
Shopkeepers (retail merchants) in particularl were reviled by just about every culture on earth, but they became the bedrock of America's Middle Class.
Cow dung is ritually purifying in Hinduism.
My Nepali Ama cleaned the kitchen daily with “gobar”, a big wad of fresh cow dung from our two cows.
Look at religions anthropologically and think about the outcomes for their adherents that result.
Judaism
Christianity
Shintoism
Confucianism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
You know by the order of reading what I mean, proving it’s true…
I love the Hindus. Fun people, fascinating culture, history and food. But their cosmology will always retard their potential.
Animism and voodoo are also rattling around near the bottom of that list. I have the same sentiments as you.
Isn’t cow dung sacred there?
Probably the cleanest stuff along many of their streets.
I thought those were the cyborgs from Dr Who.
Exterminate !
Not coincidental you have the Muhammadans at the bottom of your list.
RE: shopkeepers, there’s an old Arab saying, “Better your sister in a brothel than your brother a merchant.”
Let’s import the pajeets and see what happens.
I was going to say, did this happen in Frisco, Texas?
What’s brown and sounds like a bell?
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