Husnabad village is in the Kodangal Mandal of Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. BC caste people are dominating in this village. Since two years BCs are committing several atrocities on dalits. In this village there are 200 BC families, 30 Ediga families, 20 Sari families, 15 Pottery families, 20 Reddy families, 4 ST families and 120 SC families which are divided on caste basis. The main occupation of ST and SC is daily labour. K.Chennappa has completed his 10^th standard and working as agriculture labour. He belongs to Madiga caste (SC). He used to encourage temple entry of dalits and fight against Untouchability, which is prohibited in that village. Goud community people developed grudge against him and also attempted to kill Chennappa.

K.Chandrappa (25 yrs) s/o Sayappa and brother of Chennappa is a agriculture labourer. He has ½ acre land. On 17-5-2006 Chennappa, Chandrappa and Ashok completed their work and coming back home in their bullock cart in the night. They saw person coming on the cycle. Chennappa said, “Who is that person coming on the cycle?”  That person is Balaraj Goud who belongs to the Goud caste abused these people saying that “how dare you ask who I am?”. When these three were sleeping in their field on that night Balaraj goud came with his six brothers namely Suresh Goud, Fakeerapu Goud, Srinivas Goud, Mallesh goud, Kistaiah Goud, Venkatesh Goud and killed chandrappa with goddali and injured Chennappa, Fakeerappa and Ashok with rods and cycle chains. Chennappa escaped from them and told about the incident to Sarpanch and the police. The accused were arrested and the post mortem of the dead body was done on 19-5-2006. The case is under trial in a Special court.

Bayyaram village is in the Gajwel Mandal of Medak district in Andhra Pradesh. Reddy caste people are the dominant people in this village. Different castes people are staying in this village. There are 400 Reddys, 4 Vysya, 7 Kamma , 30 Gowda , 30 Mala, 40 Kurmas, 100 Rajaks, 200 Madigas and few people belonging to Brahmins, Yadavs, Telagas. There is a village sarpanch. Congress and Telugu Desam are the dominant political parties. The Sc community people in this village have some land but not enough for cultivation so they are working as laboureres. They also attend the ceremonies and beat Dappu (drum) in the village whenever they are asked to do so. On 4 April 2006, the village servant called Galinka Srinivas, Rajaiah, China Narsaiah, Pedda Narsaiah, Kiran Kumar, Lingaiah all belonging to SC community to attend the cremation ceremony of the B.Adikela Lachavva, mother of B.Penta Reddy as she had passed away. When the six Dalits went to that place as they were called, they saw Muthrajpalle Pothaiah doing that work. When the victims asked why he was doing that work for which the victims has been called for nobody responded. The five people Siva Reddy, Laxma Reddy, Srinivas reddy and two others who were present there used filthy language against the Dalits because they came late. While they were returning home from that place after the insult the accused caught hold of the victims beaten them with chappals kicked and abused them. The victims were hurt badly and they were not able to attend their work for many days.

The victims filed a complaint on 07/04/2006 in the Gajwel police station but the police did not take any action against the culprits. The victims were not given protection and the culprits are constantly threatening them to come for a compromise.On 30 April 2006, Gajwel MRO came to the paddy field of Chippala Peda Narsaiah and removed the fuse of the bore well and locked the switchboard, which is used by him for the irrigation purposes. The accused also came to the field and started destroying them. The MRO did not give any notice and he did that because the Reddy caste people ordered him to do. The Reddys don’t allow these people to use the path to their fields. The barbers of the village refuse to provide services to these people. These people are being discriminated because they belong to SC community.Case was registered as Cr. No. 43/06 U/s 323 of IPC and 3 (1) (x) of SC/ST (POA) Act. Compensation was not paid. And the accused werearrested.

Achanta Bhagya Lakshmi, aged 20 years, d/o A. Chandra Shekara Rao, occ: student, r/o Venakatapuram Village, h/o Bhogolu Village, Lingapalem Mandal, East Godavari District.  The victim was studying in the Vennala coaching centre headed by one B. V. S. N. Raju (A2).  In the month of May, Venakat (A1), who is her near relative called her to his home misrepresenting that her relatives are waiting at his house.   He raped her by offering her intoxicated food.  He has also taken her nude photographs and started blackmailing her and threatened her and her family members with dire consequences.  He continued his misdeeds further by threatening and putting her in the fear of death, he raped her again in a lodge at Eluru.  He was arrested on 30^th August 2006.

The victim has been studying in Vennala Coaching Centre since 2005 and in the month of April, Raju asked her to go to vision school on a holiday and raped her in the school.   She could not resist him as he mixed intoxicants in a cool drink before rape.  She returned to hostel after she gained consciousness.  After two days when she was on the way to vision school, a maruthi car with three men and a woman stopped beside her and they showed her photos and cell phone clips of her naked body with Raju.  They threatened her to do illegal activities.  She was thrice handed over bags which she had to carry to said places.  They threatened her and her family. 

Venkat and Raju continued to blackmail her with her photos and forced her to have sex with them.  Venkat’s friends, Prasad and Gangadhar also tried to assault her sexually.  Gangadhar, an auto driver tried to kidnap her with three of his friends but she could escape with the help of local people.  Venkat has shown her photos to his friends and this made them to try outraging the modesty of the victim. 

The chain of offences committed by Venkat and his friends plainly show his involvement in illegal activities such as smuggling of narcotics, trafficking of women, etc. 

Case in Brief:

The Victim P. Sujatha got love marriage with a Non Dalit Mr. S.Subhramanyam in the year 1991 with the help of their friends Mr.K.Raghava Kumar, P.B.J.Srinu and Mr.Murthi.  They both are Government teachers. Sujatha is working in MPP School, Diwancheru, Rajanagaram Mandal, East Godavari. Mr.Subhramanyam is working in ZPHS, Gadala, Korukonda Mandal.

After few days of their marriage Mr.Subhramanyam started going to his mother’s house and maintained regular relations with them. Influenced by his mother and brother he started harassing Ms.Sujatha on petty issues. He started giving importance to his mother and brother. And used to follow what ever they suggested.

In their married life Ms.Sujatha got conceived twice and on both occasions he forcibly aborted her by saying that he does not need children, because his brother has got children. After some time she understood that it is because she is dalit.

He tortured her mentally and physically. Once when she objected his brother’s suggestion, he pushed her to the wall and manhandled her until bleeding. Her eye got injured. When she interfered in his mother’s issue he kicked her in the stomach, she dashed to the wall for that force and her head was injured.  He also failed to be faithful towards his wife. He had sexual relation with other women. And in that process in 1995 he tried to marry one of his colleagues by saying that he is unmarried, some how it was disclosed that he was already married and her parents stopped that marriage.  Regularly he used to take her salary. After spending that he used to harass her to bring more money from some where or the other. Once his mother fell sick, then he increased the torture for money.

They used to live in a rented house by paying a rent of Rs 1800/-. He forcibly shifted another house and the rent for which is Rs 3,000/-. In the month of May 2006 he took her salary and left the house, he did not return till date. Latter she came to known he married a widow who has children. That marriage was performed in Annavaram Temple.  Since, his mother will not eat food cooked by a dalit; he married another woman to cook for his mother.

Since then Ms.Sujatha has been living alone. She spent all her life and money to him and today stayed alone in a rented house. She does not have even children. 

DSS Intervention

• DSS registered a private complaint u/s 12 of Domestic Violence Act

Dr. Nirmala Kumari has been appointed to the post of Lecturer through APPSC (Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission) in 1987, Indira Priya Darshini Govt. Degree College, Nampally, Hyderabad. She has been promoted to the post of Reader in History, in 1996. In 1997 Mr. G. Venkata Reddy was posted to the same college on Zonal Transfer from Mahboobnagar District. By that time he was holding an Executive post in GCTA. He is a feudal, Casteist, Male chauvinist & Corrupt.

In June 2000 Mr. G. Venkata Reddy was elected as General Secretary and Dr.Nirmala as member of GCTA. In September 2000 he used abusive words against Dr. Nirmala due to which she resigned from the association (GCTA). In 2005, she was appointed as an Academic Co-ordinator based on seniority. Her assignment comprises of conducting the examinations. Mr. G. Venkata Reddy opposed her appointment as Academic Co-ordinator openly right from the beginning. Hence she has openly said that she has all the requisite eligibility to be appointed as Academic Co-ordinator. As she has repurcated openly, he has increased the intensity of hasrassment indirectly.  He forced other colleagues not to cooperate with her.

In spite of all this she was performing her responsibilities as required. Then he demanded for bribe, which she refused. Venkata Reddy alongwith other brought pressure on the principal to remove her from the post of Academic co-ordinator. On September 25^th 2005, there was staff selection commission examination was to be conducted, Venkata Reddy managed all the Teaching and Non Teaching staff members not to cooperate with her in conducting the exams. Inspite of this she requested the staff of other colleges and conducted the examination successfully, failing which severe action would have been taken against the Principal and the Academic coordinator. When the examination was going on he came alongwith Mr.Radha Krishna Murthy, Mr.Sudhakar, Lecturer in Physical Education, Mr. Narayana, Ram Reddy, Mrs Jayanthi and quarreled with the Principal, apart from humiliating Dr.Nirmala and also challenged that they will see to it that Dr.Nirmala is removed from the post of Academic Co-ordinator. Then Venkata Reddy approached office of the Director and proceedings were issued for bifurcation on 15^th November 2005. On 16^th November 2005, a staff meeting was held in which Dr.Nirmala was heckled and humiliated with the proceeding and ultimately she was transferred to other college.