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Brief Details of the Incident:

Bogina Manchali(35) ST Chenchu by caste is the wife of Bogina Oblesu (late). They are daily laborers and are the residents of Janikirampuram, Hamlet of Nageswararaopet, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. Manchali has 5 daughters and 3 sons. Two daughters are married and the remaining are Veeraiah(15), Veeramma(13), Chinna Veeramma(11), NagaRaju(9), Nageswara Rao(4) and Papa(one and half years) namely. She lost her husband Oblesu 2 years ago while she was pregnant. Deceased Veeramma(13) is the third daughter of Manchali. After the death of her husband, Manchali migrated to Valulanka Thumu, Kruthivennu mandal, Krishna district.

Veeramma stayed back at Janakirampuram, Hamlet of Nageswararaopet, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District and used to stay with her maternal uncle. Veeramma got into touch with one Mr Kalyanam Subrahmanyam(28), BC Jangala by caste and is the resident of the same area. Kalyanam Subrahmanyam is mason by profession. He eliminated his first wife and later married other women and had two children with her. Subrahmanyam lured Veeramma on the pretext of marriage and sexually exploited her. Veeramma became pregnant and insisted him for marriage. Subrahmanyam tied the knot (thali) and said that they both are married. Ramanamma elder sister of Veeramma got suspicious over the behavior of her sister and questioned her. Veeramma revealed the whole story. The relatives of Veeramma took the issue to the notice of the caste elders on 27^th March 2013 morning. They said that they will look into the matter in the evening. They again approached the caste elders in the evening. As they all were drunk, they asked them to come on the next day. On the same late night, i.e., on 27^th March 2014, having come to know about the incident, Subrahmanyam came along with his brother and brother-in-law to the house of Veeramma, took her to the fields nearby, raped her, beat her up, broke her leg and squeezed her neck to death. On the next day morning i.e., on 28^th March morning, Ramanamma went to attend the nature call, noticed the dead body of Veeramma and informed to her family members and later lodged a complaint.                      

A case has been registered bearing Cr No: 32/2013, U/s 302 of IPC in Bantumilli PS, Krishna District and only one of the 3 accused has been arrested and remanded.          

Interventions:

• Conducted fact finding
• Discussed with the concerned police officials on the status of the case

State Actors Approached:

• DSP of Machilipatnam Sub Division, Krishna District
• SP Krishna District 

Present Status of the Case:

• Charge sheet filed
• Accused arrested
• Compensation yet to be paid

Action to be taken:

•  Include sections under SC,ST (PoA) Act and 376(D) of IPC and 5(G) r/w 6 of Juvenile Act                                                        
• Payment of compensation and rehabilitation to the family members of the deceased.