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Dalit Kuppan Brutally attack and murder by upper caste person Loganathan (Code: TN-ERD-2018-094, Date: 09-Oct-2018 )
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Case primary details
| Case posted by | Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY |
| Case code | TN-ERD-2018-094 |
| Case year | 09-Oct-2018 |
| Type of atrocity | Murder |
| Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | No |
Fact Finding
Fact finding date
| Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case Incident
Case Incident details
| Case incident date | 11-Oct-2018 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Erode(DP) State: Tamil Nadu |
| Police station | Modakurichi |
| Complaint date | 11-Oct-2018 |
| FIR date | 11-Oct-2018 |
Case brief
Case summary
Dalit man Kuppan was working in Mr. Loganathan Gounder\'s land for a pay of Rs. 250 (twenty days before the incident). But the amount was not given to Kuppan and he had asked him more than 3 times.
On 9.10.2018 Loganathan Gounder and his friend Sivakumar Gounder was consuming alcohol and were sitting in their farm. At that time Kuppan had gone there and asked for his pending wage. But Loganathan had verbally abused and told him to move away from the place. But Kuppan had replied that he had money to drink but not for paying the wages. Immediately he stood up and took a bamboo log and brutally attacked kuppan. And also stamped 6 times at Kuppan\'s stomach. Later he got admitted to the hospital and test reports showed that Kuppan\'s intestine was swollen and damaged severely. The next day morning Kuppan\'s died at the government hospital.