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Brief Details of the Incident:

Triveni (12) belonging to Holiya Dasari caste, daughter of Pothuraju (45).  Pothuraju works as a watchman in the independent building under construction belonging to Mahesh at Borabanda. The ground floor contains two portions, one portion is occupied by Satyanarayana working as reporter in Andhra Jyothi news paper and other portion is rented to Kumar a lorry driver.  Pothuraju stays in the first floor which is under construction.  He has come to know that prostitution is being done in the portion taken by Kumar and the same was brought to the notice of the owner.  The owner has warned them and asked to vacate the house immediately.

On 29.03.2010, Pothuraju and his wife went to distribute the wedding cards of their eldest son.  On the same day night four persons wearing masks have forcefully entered the house beat his two sons and Triveni with rods causing grievous injuries.  Later they all gang raped Triveni and left away at a stage when all three fell unconscious.  The perpetrators bolted the house of Satyanarayana from outside.  Satyanarayana’s wife could come out around 8.a.m as the milk man came and opened the outside bolt.  As nobody from Pothuraju’s family was responding, she went up and came to know that all three were unconscious and Triveni was lying naked.  They informed the police and moved them to hospital in 108 ambulance. The police came around 10.a.m. and pressed the dog’s squad in to force. Triveni was given treatment in an unconscious state for one week in Gandhi hospital and she died around 8.30 p.m. on 07.04.2010 and medical negligence is also one of the reasons. All the 4 accused were identified and remanded on 19/6/2012.

Demands:

• To  provide job to the brother of the deceased
• Charge sheet to be filed
• Speedy trial

Interventions:

• Conducted Fact Finding
• Organized Public Action along with other organizations in Gandhi  hospital
• Focused the issue through media
• Approached the state level actors of Police and Social Welfare Department
• Approached the Collector Ranga Reddy District
• Presented the case in the public hearing organized by DSS and in the Dalit Empowerment Week organized by Social Welfare Department
• Presented the case in Vigilance and Monitoring Committee of Ranga Reddy District continuously.
•  Pestered the police department repeatedly
• Went to Charlapalli Jail along with the brothers of the deceased, identified the accused in the presence of the magistrate.
• Presented the case in the National Dalit Adivasi Sammelan

State Actors approached:

• Chief Justice- High Court-Andhra Pradesh
• Collector-Ranga Reddy District
• Commissioner- Social Welfare Department
• Inspector General of Police- PCR Cell
• Chairperson – National Human Right Commission
• Chairperson – National Commission for Women
• Director – National SC Commission
• Chairperson – State Human Rights Commission
• Secretary- State SC/ST Commission
• Director General of Police
• Commissioner of Police - Cyberabad

Present Status of the Case:

• Accused identified and remanded
• FSL report awaited
• Rehabilitation yet to be provided

List of Documents:

• Fact finding report
• Copy of FIR & altered FIRs
• Copy of the Complaint
• Legal Opinion of P.P., High Court of AP
• Collector Proceedings for house and financial assistance
• Copy of Remand
• Copy of representations submitted to various state actors and commissions
• Responses from various state actors and commissions