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Case posted by | Dalit Sthree Sakthi (DSS) |
Case code | DSS-AP-HBD-10 |
Case year | 07-Apr-2010 |
Type of atrocity | Other Crimes Against SCs |
Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | Yes |
Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case incident date | Not recorded |
Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Not recorded State: Not recorded |
Police station | Not recorded |
Complaint date | Not recorded |
FIR date | Not recorded |
Brief Details of the Incident:
Renuka (14) d/o Ponnakanti Hanumanthu, Budagajangam by caste and is the resident of Miyapur. She was studying 5th standard in A.P. Social Welfare Society Residential School at Shivareddypet, Vikarabad mandal in Ranga Reddy District.
On 21st 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 Lavanya 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 Dhana Lakshmi 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 Mr. Muthyala Raju, 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 5th standard since she got the seat through entrance test, though she was pursuing 7th 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 Sri Venkateswara Prasad, the XIII Addl Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally. Renuka succumbed to the burn injuries on 22/04/2010.
Chronological Order of Steps Taken by the concerned Authorities:
Interventions of Dalit Sthree Sakthi:
Ranga Reddy District RTC held 10/12/2010
State Public Hearing held at Hyderabad on 04/03/2011
Ranga Reddy Public Hearing held on 30/11/2011
State RTC held at Hyderabad on 01/03/2012
Ranga Reddy held on RTC on 07/12/2012
State RTC held at Hyderabad on 27/02/2013
Legal Clinic held at Hyderabad on 3rd & 4th February 2014