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Murder of a Dalit village Ghada
- Posted by: Navsarjan Trust
- Date of incident: 30-07-2009
- Create date: 10-03-2014
- State:: Gujarat
- District:: BANASKANTHA
- Police station:: Disa Rural Police Station
- Chargesheet:: Charge sheet is filed and the case number is 3573 of 2010
- Summary::
The village named Ghada is located in Disa taluka of Banaskantha district. It is 27 Km. far from taluka place. Darbar community is dominant class in the village. Untouchability is being practised in the village and because of that dalit community suffers a lot. The complinant of this case is a father of the victim. The Darbar namely Vaghela Bhopalsingh had killed the son of the complainant because the accused had taken some ten thousand rupees from Rameshbhai and when he demanded back the accused did not like that.
The accused had killed the son of the complaiant by tractor but the police had registered offence under section 279, 337, 304 of IPC and Section 177, 184 of MVAct. In spite the complainant informed the police that this was the case of murder. The accused and police tried to convert the murder case into an accidental death. The police did not support the dalit therefore, more than 26 families have migrated from the village and set in front of the Mamlatdar office.
It was a case of murder of a member of a schedule caste but in spite that the police registered FIR under section 279, 337, 304 of IPC. And Section 177, 184 of MVAct.
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Custodial Death of Dalit Raman - Thoothukudi
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 28-07-2009
- Create date: 18-03-2014
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: THOOTHUKUDI
- Police station:: Aathur PS
- Chargesheet:: 29/07/09 - FIR No. 205/09 – u/s 174 Cr.P.C., No Chargesheet
- Summary::
P. Raman alias Ramachandiran (32), resident of Srimulakkarai, Srivaikundam Taluk, Thoothukudi District, belongs to Dalit Pallan community. On 20/07/09 Aathur police officials remanded Raman’s brother P. Kanagaraj under police custody for investigation. When Brammasakthi (mother of Raman) and Ramasamy (brother in law of Raman), went to the police station to enquire about this. Police asked them to produce Raman for investigation and promised that they will release Kanagaraj. Hence on 21/07/09, Raman was produced before the police station for investigation. On 22/07/09, lawyer Velusamy, Jeyapal, Brahmasakthi and Rajalakshmi w/o Raman, went to the police station and gave Rs. 10000 as bribe and asked the police not to torture Raman. But crime branch police officials under DSP Chandrapaul, DIG Kannapan, and Aathur Police Inspector Muthukrishnan, brutally tortured Raman. On 27/07/09, Inspector Muthukrishnan called Velusamy and said that Raman sustained grievous injury during investigation and was admitted in the hospital and requested Velusamy not to make a issue out of it and not to file a case regarding this. But on 28/07/09 Raman succumbed to the brutal torture and died in the hospital. Hence on 30/07/09 relatives and dalit solidarity groups staged a protest and denied to receive the body condemning police custodial death and to take action against the police officials. After the intervention of the dalit leader Pasupathi Pandiyan relatives received the body and completed the rituals. As District Magistrate promised old age pensions to the parents of the deceased Raman and Government jobs to the wives of Raman, relatives withdrew the complaint and turned hostile towards the dalit solidarity groups campaigning for justice regarding this custodial death.
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Atrocity on Dalit Savapur
- Posted by: Navsarjan Trust
- Date of incident: 28-07-2009
- Create date: 10-03-2014
- State:: Gujarat
- District:: SABARKANTHA
- Police station:: Malpur Police Station
- Chargesheet:: II.Cr.Reg.No. -- dated -- under section 323, 324 504, 114 of IPC. And Section 3(1) 10 of SC/ST Act
- Summary::
The village named Savapur is located in Malpur taluka of Sabarkantha district. It is 30 Km. far from taluka place. Tehre are around 200 families of patel communities, Nat families are 25 in number, Thakor has got 60 houses, dalits are very few in number including Rohit, Vankar. Sarpanch of the village is from patel community. Thakor is considered as dominant class in the village. Untouchability is being practised in the village.
Mithabhai belongs to schedule caste and of Rohit community. He has got good amount of agricultural land in the village. The Nat community is keeping sheeps and goats; they destroy the corps of Mithabhai. They had some quarrel regarding that, therefore the accused namely Nagjibhai Nat and Babubhai Nat had attacked one Harshadbhai who is a son of the complainant.
Thereafter, they alos fought with Mithabhai, Harshabhai was injured. Mithabhai was also beaten up. Thereafter, the complainatn gave information to the police and they registered FIR under section 323, 324, 504, 114 of IPC. And Section 3(1) 10 of SC/ST Act
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Bonded Labor
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 27-07-2009
- Create date: 26-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: KANCHEEPURAM
- Police station:: Uthiramerur
- Chargesheet:: not filed
- Summary:: Gopi from Kadampur village, Maduraanthagam block, Kancheepuram district worked with his parents, sisters family and 5 other families in the Logeswari rice mill near the Puzhal jail from 2002. The rice mill was owned by Sathish. In 2009, Gopi became ill and could not work in the rice mill. The smoke from the rice mill affected his health and he became ill. Inspite of this, Sathish forced Gopi to work. Sathish held his family ransom and jailed them in the rice mill. On 09.02.2009, Gopi submitted a petition to the District Collector. Following this the family was released on 28.04.2009. The Government failed to provide compensation for the released Irular families.
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Denial of housing
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 27-07-2009
- Create date: 26-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: KANCHEEPURAM
- Summary:: Twenty five Irula Tribe families were allotted one acre of land by the Government for housing in Anaikundram Village Acchirupakkam Union, Kanchipuram District. The Irulas have built their housing in 50 cents of the land and the remaining 0.50 cents of land was occupied by Vanniyars, Nayakkars and Edayars. All the 25 families gathered together and gave a complaint to the District Collector on 27.07.09 to regain the land from the enroachers But so far no action has been taken by the District Officials