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Brutal attack on Dalit youth in Perundurai
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 18-05-2010
- Create date: 26-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: ERODE
- Police station:: Perundurai
- Chargesheet:: not filed
- Summary:: Vellaisamy S/o Perumal belongs to Arunthathiyar community, he resident at perundurai in Erode district. He was working as a lorry loading man in perundurai area. He have a union in perundurai, In perundurai union loading members only doing this loading and unloading work others not allowed to do this work. Sakthivel belongs to caste hindu auto driver. On 18.05.2010 sakthivel tried to unload the lorry since vellaisamy asked to stop the work, Immediately he yelled at him calling abusive words including casteist language (how dare a sakkiliyans can stop me).He was brutally attacked. On 21.05.2010 he given compliant in perundurai police station and they assured that surly action will take but till date FIR not filed by perundurai police.
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Caste Dominance and Discriminatory Practise
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 18-05-2010
- Create date: 18-03-2014
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: THOOTHUKUDI
- Police station:: Kadampur PS
- Chargesheet:: FIR No. 1/2011 u/s 153(b)(i), 166, 170 IPC 3(1)(x) PoA Act.,No Chargesheet
- Summary::
SVSP Manikkaraja Devar, a self proclaimed Junior Jamin resident of Kayathar Union, Kovilpatti Taluk, Thoothukudi district, practices caste based discrimination and atrocities against dalit communities. Perumal belonging to Dalit community, elected as the Union Chairman was not allowed to function independently. Perumal being a obedient servant of Manikkaraja never complains about the dominance of Manikkaraja. The TATA SUMO provided to the Chairman was taken over by Manikkaraja and used for his personal purpose. Since 2006, he was hoisting the National Flag during the Independence day and Republic Day functions. The District Administration largely ignored this undue practice of him. Even though he practices untouchability in the Kadambur region, Police department never initiated against him. He proclaim himself as the Union Chairman and have his name inscribed as the Chairman in some of the Boards.
Manikkaraja is affiliated to AIADMK Party and he is the party secretary for the Kovilpatti constituency. Raman, belonging to Dalit community lodged a complaint against Manikkaraja accusing his discriminatory. Hence Manikkaraja threatened him and intimidated him to withdraw the complaint. Anti Caste Dominance Federation staged a district level protest movement against the culprit. They have filed a petition with the High Court seeking action against him, with the intervention of the High Court a case was filed against him.
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Attempt to rape a Dalit woman in Tharuvai agriculture field
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 12-05-2010
- Create date: 26-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: THIRUNELVELI
- Police station:: Munnerpallam
- Chargesheet:: not filed
- Summary:: Subbulakshmi W/o Krishnamoorthy residents in Tharuvai village, Palayankottai on Tirunelveli district. She belongs to dalit community, working as a wage labour. Iyyakatti belongs to Devar community. On 12.05.2010 while she was working in agriculture filed Iyyakatti took her into agricultural field and attempted rapes her. When she was shouted he escaped from the place then she filed case in police station in Munnerpalayam police station on 17.05.2010, on next day DSP investigated this case. He was arrested and remanded 15 days in palayankottai prison.
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Atrocity against dalits kodarma
- Posted by: NDMJ - DELHI
- Date of incident: 05-05-2010
- Create date: 12-09-2014
- State:: Jharkhand
- District:: KODERMA
- Police station:: Marakcha
- Summary::
The victim asked about the plan by JCB near the School area, so the accused abused and beaten the victim. The accused also tried to urinate on the mouth of the victim and they called him in his caste and taken his watch. They always suppress him as a lower dalit community person.
Legal Standard Breached:
- Everyone has the right of life, liberty and security of person [Art. 3 UDHR and Art. 5(b) CERD].
- General recommendation 19 of CEDAW relates to gender-based violence and recommends amongst other things that states should take all legal and other measures that are necessary to provide effective protection of women against gender-based violence including effective legal measures (including penal sanctions), preventive measures (including public information and education programs) and protective measures.
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No downloads availableBrutal attack on Dalit
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 02-05-2010
- Create date: 26-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: TIRUPPUR
- Police station:: Vella Kovil
- Chargesheet:: filed
- Summary:: Palanichamy(40) S/o Arumugam, Cheeniyappan(33) S/o Palani, Palanichamy(40) S/o Aarumuham,Chenniyappan(33) S/o Palani, Jegadeesh(23) S/0 Palanichamy,Vijayakumar(20) S/o Duraisamy,Uthiraasu(37) S/o Kuppan, Ramesh(22) S/o Duraisamy of Ramamoorthy Nagar, Moothaampalaym village, Kaangeyam block, Tirupur Dt, participated in the music program organized on 01.05.2010 on the event of the festival of the MaaKaaliyamman Temple. The cycle belonging to Palanichamy did not have a lock, therefore he parked his cycle in the Temple for safety reasons. Kumar and Suresh belonging to the dominant Goundar community noticed this and objected that an arunthathiyar’s cycle cannot be parked in temple. Palanichamy explained the reason. The dalits and Goundars started arguing. The youth from the dominant caste immediately removed the air from the cycle. Veluchamy Gounder who was present there threw the cycle and remarked few derogatory words about the Dalit community. Ravi gounder and Mani gounder assaulted Palanichamy and asked what work do Dalits have in this Temple Murugesh, Uthuraasu, Ramesh, Vijayakumar, Chenniyappan heard Palanichamy’s cries and prevented the gounders from assaulting Palanichamy. The gounders joined together and beat the Dalit youth and dragged them to Thangadurai, Sub-Inspector of Police, VellaKovil Police Station, who was stationed in the village for Police protection for the festival. The Sub-Inspector failed to enquire the Dalits but instead shouted and beat the dalits with the PVC pipe. When the Dalit youth were returning home they were intercepted at the Paraiyur colony and assaulted severely by the goundar youths. Palanichamy and Cheeniyappan were the most affected. On 02.05.2010 the injured got treated at the Kangeyam Government Hospital and filed the complaint at the Police Station. Chenniyappan was referred to the Tirupur Government Hospital for further treatment for his injury in ear. The Police refused the Dalit youth to file a complaint and suggested for a compromise. As the Dalit youth persisted, an FIR was filed on 4th May 2010.