The Rajasthan is most feudal State in India. So many inhuman incidents are still prevailing in the state. Rajasthan is the second highest state in terms of violations of Dalit Human rights. Dalits can’t enjoy their basic human rights freely in state especially in rural areas. Similarly Dalits can’t access their basic rights, especially dalit women. They are not safe even at their home. The people of influential caste assume them as their personal property. There is no means of their security.

On 13 April, Tuesday, at 11pm Dalit victim Geeta Devi (Present Vice-Sarpanch), while sleeping in her house, the perpetrator Hari Ram Gurjar broke into house finding her alone at home with an intention to rape her. He fled away from there, when she cried out for help.  The family lodged complaint on 14.04.2010 in Sadar Thana Badodamave police station and a criminal case FIR No. 67/10 was registered against the accused.

Perpetrator is pressurizing the victim’s family for compromise or else the family would face dire consequence. Because of the threat family migrated to Delhi.  The police arrested the culprit. The local administration also has given adequate police protection and monitory compensation of Rs 50000/- to the victim. 

Brief Details of the Case:

Lalitha Bai (14), D/o. Sukhnaik belongs to ST Sugali caste and is the resident of Venegandla, Pedakakani, Guntur District. She was studying 9^th class in ZPP high school, Pedakakani, Guntur.  Lalitha Bai went to her sister Ramavath Parvathi Bai W/o Balagi Naik aged 30yrs house at Tenali for vacation.  On 07.04.2010 Lalitha Bai along with her sister and neighbor went to agriculture field for harvesting the crop and returned home in the afternoon and slept off. Around 3pm when somebody knocked the door, Parvathi’s son opened the door and informed the same to his mother.  Parvathi found one Mr. Subba Rao OC Vysya by caste belonging to Darsi village of Prakasam district.  Parvathi questioned him who he was and why he has come? She shouted at him saying that she noticed him yesterday i.e., on 6^th April wandering around her house. She dragged him and beat. All of sudden Subba Rao took out the acid bottle concealed in the Tiffin box and threw on Lalitha’s body and tried to escape immediately. As he was trying to run away, he slipped on floor and sustained burn injuries due to acid.

Lakshmi Bai and Subba Rao were moved to the government hospital at Tenali. On the same day victim Lashmi Bai was moved to the Amaravathi hospital at Guntur. As her situation was critical, she was moved to the GGH at Guntur on 9^th April 2010 and she succumbed to the injuries on 11^th April while undergoing treatment. 

Brief Details of the Incident:

Renuka (14) d/o Ponnakanti Hanumanthu, Budagajangam by caste and is the resident of Miyapur. She was studying 5^th standard in A.P. Social Welfare Society Residential School at Shivareddypet, Vikarabad mandal in Ranga Reddy District.

On 21^st February 2010 night, Renuka’s classmate Ujjwala screamed as she had a bad dream due to which other students were also scared and started screaming. Lavanya and Nirmala the teachers sleeping in the next room got disturbed and beat all the students. As the teacher pushed Renuka against a wall, she had head injury and fell unconscious. Renuka was admitted to Govt. hospital at Vikarabad by the school staff and the same was informed to her parents. Having come to know, Renuka’s brothers Dastagiri and Prakasam went to the school and questioned the staff. They took Renuka to their house as instructed by the staff. This incident was given much visibility through print media.

Renuka was brought back to school by her parents after recovery. The principal and the staff refused to allow her and warned them to take her back. Though they repeatedly brought Renuka to the school and pleaded, the principal and the staff rejected to allow her to continue her studies and warned of dire consequences, stating that due to her, the reputation of their school was lost and the marriage proposals for Lavanya were also cancelled. They also threaten saying that they will lodge a complaint in the police station against her and write that her conduct is bad in the Transfer Certificate. Due to this situation the parents of Renuka approached the Sub-Collector of Vikarabad, on 20/03/2010, but in vain.

Renuka was very much interested to pursue higher education and that is the reason she joined the residential school in 5^th standard since she got the seat through entrance test, though she was pursuing 7^th standard in the government school. Dejected over the behavior of school management Renuka attempted for suicide by drenching herself with kerosene on 07/04/2010. She was admitted in Gandhi hospital Hyderabad by her parents. The doctors have confirmed that there are 75% of burns and situation is critical. A case has been registered in Miyapur P.S of Cyberabad, bearing Crime No. 160/2010 dated 07/04/2010 and on the same day dying declaration was recorded by the Magistrate. Renuka succumbed to the burn injuries on 22/04/2010.  

Brief Details of the Incident:

Meesala Yesamma (47) SC Madiga by caste, has been eking out life as a wage laborer.  Her husband expired fifteen years ago.  Three years ago she performed her son’s marriage. During that time, she approached Shanampudi Brahma Reddy resident of same village, photographer by profession, for taking pictures and videos of her son’s marriage. It was agreed that three thousand rupees be charged for the videography.   Yesamma paid the entire amount in advance. Shanampudi Brahma Reddy came and took the snaps and video but he did not hand over the pictures and the video CD even after one month after the marriage. Brahma Reddy never chooses to give the pictures and videos but always dodged and postponed on one pretext to other.  On 13.04.2010 Yesamma went to Brahma Reddy’s house and demanded the matter be settled then and asked him to give the pictures and video CD.  He replied that he had no pictures or videos, so Yesamma asked him to return the money.  Then Brahma Reddy abused her in the name of caste, saying ‘Madiga Bitch (nee amma, Madiga Lanja) whom you are talking to, don’t you understand what am saying”.

Further, Brahma Reddy hit Yesamma with his leg and beat her till she was injured.  He bet her inhumanly not even showing mercy on the child in her arms. The people around came and rescued her. Brahma Reddy shouted in arrogance “let me see what your community does, go ahead and do whatever you want to, report where ever you want to, neither you cannot do anything nor you will succeed in doing anything, because it is our government.”

Raman (40), resident of Periyapudur village, Tarapuram Taluk, Tirupur District, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. Raman and his wife Jothi (35) are working as farm laborers. On 02/04/2010 their chicken was found missing. Hence On 03/04/2010, Raman and his son Mahendran (14) were in search of their chicken. Later they found that Mounagurusamy kept the chicken locked inside his farmland. When they enquired about this and asked him to return the chicken, Mounagurusamy brutally assaulted them and verbally abused them referring derogatory regarding caste. In the evening Jothi, after returning from work, came to know about the assault of the perpetrators, went to Mounagurusamy’s farmhouse to enquire about this. Mounagurusamy considering this as an insult and outrageous, verbally abused her referring derogatory regarding caste. He kicked her in the chest, pushed her to the ground, torn her jacket and spanked her with the nylon rope leaving grievous injury on her back. On hearing the shout of Jothi, her younger son Sathish and her mother-in law came to her rescue and released her from the assault.

Jothi was rushed to the Tarapuram Government Hospital and was getting medical treatment. Police arrived to the hospital and got the complaint from her and registered a FIR against the perpetrator Mr. Maunagurusamy, who was found absconding.