Gogulraj (22) S/o Vengatachalm belongs to Dalit Community, resided at Omalur Village and post in Salem District. He was studied BE at KSR Enginaring college at Thiruchengodu. He was loved with Suvathi belongs to dominant caste Kongu Vellalar community. She also studying same college.

On 23.06.2015 he went to Malai temple which was located at Thiruchangodu along with his lover Suvathi. Meanwhile caste hindu Deran chinnamalai peravai party came and asked who are you, which community. He replied the both community name and he said we are friends. But they picked their phones and they called Gogulraj to seek Yuvaraj founder of Dheran Chinnamalai peravai. Both were went but suvathi sent to home. Gogulraj kidnapped by them. On 24.06.2015 gogulraj brother collected this information he went to along with Suvathi filed complaint in Tiruchangodu town police station. Meanwhile they were filing complaint Gogulraj was murdered and his body was kept in railway track. Railway police were passed this information to gogulraj mother by phone. Followed that this case was altered in SC/ST PoA Act. Eight accused including women were arrested by police.

Mr. Jagadesh (20) S/o Nadaraj belongs to Dalit community, resides at Marangiur village and post, Thirukovilur Taluk, Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu. He is studying percussion instrument at District Music School at Villupuram. Mr. Pradhap (18) S/o Sekar (late) belongs to Dalit community,  reside at Athur colony, Tindivanam Taluk of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu. He is studying Vocal class in same school. The school does not have sanitary workers, so the administration was making some of students to do cleaning the toilet. There headmistress Kalaiarasi was allegedly treating the Dalit students unfairly and use to force only them to clean the rest room. This incident come to light on june 16, when some of the students, who could not tolerate their Dalit counterparts forced to clean the toilet took a photograph of two students cleaning the toilet by using a mobile phone and circulated through whatsapp. The Management had threatened to issue TC if tell to outsider.

After the incident Mr. Gunasekaran Assistant Director of Reginal Art and Culture Department came to inquire into the incident He too is to have threatened the students by warning them not to tell outsiders, about the incident. Gunasekaran reportedly threatened to lodge a police complaintagainst the students if they spoke to outsider.

Brief details of the incident:

Devarapalli Swapna (20) D/o Dharma Rao SC Madiga by caste is resident of SC Colony, Punadipadu, Kankipadu mandal, Krishna District. Swapna studied upto Intermediate and her parents are agricultural labourers. On the day of the incident i.e. 19^th  April 2013, she was going with her cousin brother, Mr Raviteja son of Dharma Rao’s brother Devarapalli Ramaiah.

On the fateful day of 19^th April 2013 Swapna alongwith her cousin brother Devarapalli Ravi Teja(22) went  to Gunadala in Vijayawada around 6-00pm and  reached back to Kankipadu Bus Stand around 00-10am in the midnight (20^th early hours).  As there were no buses or autos to Punadipadu, Swapna and her brother Ravi Teja were on their way back to home by walk. As they were passing over the Lukky Wine shop at Punadipadu, the accused Bandaru Ram Prasad, Pallapu Venkateswara Rao and Goddalla Venkanna of the same village came on a bike, pulled the chunni of Swapna and tried to sexually abuse her. Ravi Teja pleaded them to leave his sister and quarrelled with them. They beat Ravi Teja and left away. They again came back, hit Ravi Teja with the bike from the back side and smacked him with beer bottle and an iron rod on the head. In the mean time Swapna snatched the bike keys and shouted for rescue. As Ravi Teja had severe bleeding from the head, they got afraid and ran away. Swapna called to her parents over phone and they came and moved Ravi Teja immediately to the hospital. Ravi Teja was admitted in Boppana Super Speciality Hospital at Penamaluru. He succumbed to the injuries at 12-40 pm on 24^th April 2013.    

Background of the village:

Punadipadu village comes under Kankipadu mandal of Krishna district and is about 18kms away from Vijayawada city. The village consists of 500 houses of SCs, 400 houses of Kammas and 700 houses of Vadderas approximately. The village is dominated by the OCs (Kammas) and they stand in support of BCs (Vadderas). The political power is in the hands of Kammas. Maddala Sri Lakshmi w/o Thirumala Rao was the sarpanch and her husband Thirumal Rao was the vice-sarpanch and they belong to Kamma caste. The history says that the Kammas and as well as the Vadderas have beaten the SCs on many occasions and the caste elders of Kamma community settle the dispute and force for compromise. The fact finding of DSS has revealed that many such incidents took place in the past ten years and for instance Bandela Guruvaiah, Guddeti Chanti and others were beaten and later compromised though they lodged complaints. The main reason for this humiliation and vulnerability is that the SCs don’t hold agricultural land, are illiterate, don’t have any jobs and are agricultural labourers. In their day to day life SCs will have to depend on Kammas and Vadderas for everything.       

A case has been registered in Kankipadu PS, Vijayawada Urban Police District bearing Cr No: 105/2013 U/s 304 A and later altered to Sections 302, 506, 354 r/w 34 of IPC and 3(2) (V) of SC/ST (PoA) Act of 1989 and 354 (A) of Nirbhaya Act 2013.

Interventions:

•  Conducted fact finding.


•  Had exclusive meetings with the Investigation Officer, Joint Collector and Collector of  Krishna District.


•  Submitted representations to the commissions and state actors.

State Actors Approached:

•          ACP-East Zone and CP-Vijayawada


•          JC and Collector of Krishna district

Present status:

•         Accused arrested and remanded


•         Case is in the court

List of Documents:

•          Fact finding report


•          FIR


•          Post mortem report


•          Representations to district and state level officials and commissions

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

The Case Cause was Land Dispute . Incident  Date is 25th  June 2015. Victims were at their oun home. The River Bank of Saee, There were  7 Trees of Victims from Last 100 Years . suddenly they Listened that some people are cutting the trees. Victims Fatehbahadur and Mohan ran to that side to stop. Same place accused were were sat hide . when victim arrived there accused attacked by Laathee and broken their hands and legs. vicitm cries to save their lives. the mother of Mohan running to save them . accused firring to the mother of Mohan and shotgun was found her let hand .

After hearing voice other members - Umasankar, Acanish , Krishnkumar, Kancha kUumari , Rajendra Prasad  Rushed towards the Spot. three accused were armed with lathee and guns . Victims Serious Injured by Lathee and Guns Attacked by Accused. In the  Event there are 2 Vicitms are  serious Injured and Admit in PRIVATE hOSPITAL in Jaunpur .