Barla Ramulu s/o Kotaiah & Chennamma w/o Ramulu are the wife and husband r/o Khanapur village under Bijinepali P.S. in Mahabubnagar Dist. They belong to Mala caste-Scheduled caste. On 4-6-07 both of them were collecting black soil from the tank to deposit in their field. This work was done under the NREEGS programme. While they were doing the accused, Swamy, came to them and said\\\" you Mala bustard who would give you a tractor to transport the clay .then Ramulu told him not to hurl abuses at him for this he got very angry and gave heavy slap on his cheek. In the evening when they were coming home the accused, Swamy, Stopped them and demanded them to pay the amount of 400 rupees which the victim owed to him saying so he tied both wife and husband to stone pillars. He abused the woman saying \\\" you mala bitch, you are speaking a lot\\\". Then Uppari Kurumaiah and golla Madulaeti rescued them on their assurance of paying the amount.

There after Ramulu lodged a complaint before the police Bijinepalli which was registered on 04-06-07 as a criminal case in crime no. 48/07 u/s 342, 323,504,506 IPC & 3(1)(x) SC/ST (PoA) Act. The accused arrested. Compensation not paid. Charge sheet not filed.

Thirumoothy (26) belongs to dalit communtiy, He resides at Molakoundan puthur village which is near to Muthur, Kangeyam Taluk, Erode district. On 3^rd June 2007 Mr. Periyasamy came and told him that day before yesterday Sivasidh package paper company workers have beaten his younger brother Mr. Thangaraj.

On 4^th June 2007 around 1 p.m he asked Arumugam who was the supervisor at Sivasidh packing paper company about why they beaten his brother. When he was talking with Arumugam, around 50 persons came near to him. He asked them, why you were beaten my brother. They told that you were beaten our worker when they came for music porgramme. So Mr. Shanmuga Raj ( Caste hindu Gounder community) who is the manager of the that company was instructed to attack him since all those were beaten . They started beating him and somebody told that kill him at the time his another brother Mr. palanisamy came there. They were brought iron rod and attacked him, when the palanisamy tried to protect him. They were assaulted palanisamy itself with steel weapons. They derogatory referred by caste name “Chekkili prostitute, Instead of living, better you can die”. Then his wife and his brother’s wife came and admitted  them in Erode government hospital. On 4^th June 2007 night around 8.30 p.m. police officer from vellakovil police station came and investigated. The caste hindus also lodged the complaint against Dalit youths. 

Avula Sreenivas r/o Seetharamapuram village in Kadapa District was a regular attends the work of Poli Papi Reddy, Poli Narsimha, and Poli Narayan Reddy daily. He gets Rs 50/- per day. Recently he got the work under EGS it fetches him Rs 100/- per day. Therefore he stopped work with Narayana Reddy and went to EGS work. So Papy Reddy got angry and abused him. After that Papi Reddy, Narshima Reddy and others forcible enter in the house and beaten him rod and sticks and gave hard blow on his head, which made him unconscious.

The case was booked as Cr. No 53/07 u/s 324 of IPC and u/s 3 (1) (x) of SC/ST (PoA) Act. Charge sheet filed on 26/07/07 PRC No 13/07 u/s 147, 148, 307, 342, 324, 323 r/w 149 IPC 3 (2) (v) 3 (1) (iii) (ix) (x) of SC/ST (PoA) Act. The counter case in Cr No 52/07 u/s 379 IPC Manur PS filed against the victim Avula Sreenivasulu was referred as false as on 31/07/07. There are 11 witnesses in the case. 11 victims were paid an initial compensation of Rs. 6, 250/- each i.e. total of Rs. 68, 750/-

Avula Sreenivas, belonging to Mala (SC) caste regularly attends the works of Poli Papi Reddy, Poli Narsimha, and Poli Narayan Reddy daily. He gets Rs 50/- per day. Recently he got the work under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NRGES). It fetches him Rs 100/- per day. Therefore he stopped working at Narayana Reddy and went to NRGES work. For this Papi Reddy got angry and abused him. After that Papi Reddy, Narshima Reddy and others forcibly entered into the house, took him to the centre of the village, made him half naked and tied him to the pillar of the Sita Rama Swamy temple beaten him severely so that he became un conscious and vomited blood and beaten him with rod and sticks and gave hard blow on his head, which made him unconscious.

A case was registered under section u/s 147, 148, 307, 342, 324, 323 r/w 149 IPC 3 (2) (v) 3 (1) (iii) (ix) (x) of SC/ST (POA) Act. The counter case is filed under Cr No 52/07 u/s 379 IPC Manur police station filed against the victim Avula Sreenivasulu was referred as false as on 31/07/07. There are 11 witnesses in the case. 11 victims were paid an initial compensation of Rs. 6, 250/- each i.e. total of Rs. 68,750/-. The case was dismissed and the accused were acquitted because the victim turned hostile before the court.

Case in Brief

Chintala Vijaya, aged 38 years and Chintala Paidaiah, aged 45 years are married and have two daughters Chintala Durga, aged 20 years and Chintala Nookaratnam, aged 18 years. They reside in Tarakaramanagar, East district.  They belong to SC, Chachara caste.  Vangala Yesu, Konda Kapu by caste, resident of same village, habitually harasses women.  He is married and is having extra-marital relation with two women.  One day, Yesu has seen Durga while she was going to market and said that he would marry her.  She refused and said that she would complain to her elders about that.  Since then, Yesu started harassing Durga sexually.  Durga complained to her mother Vijaya.  Vijaya immediately approached Yesu and asked him not to harass Durga.  Yesu did not bother her words and replied carelessly.  This made her angry and she admonished Yesu.  Yesu felt insulted that a dalit woman has scolded him.  He planned to take revenge on Vijaya and her daughter Durga.  On 2nd June 2007, he attacked Vijaya’s family.  He hit Vijaya on her cheek so hard that blood came from her eyes and also broke her leg.  He also beat her husband and daughters and abusing her in the name of caste.  

This incident was complained in the Tuni PS on the same day.  They registered a case u/s 353 of IPC r/w 34 and 3(1)(xi) of SC/ST (PoA) Act but only Vijaya is included as victim.  The accused was arrested and released on bail.  

DSS Intervention:

• Submitted representations to commissions 
• Legal follow up in court