Tamil Nadu government in the name of Industrial development grabbing the Dalit lands jeopardizing their livelihood, housing and decent standard of living. SIPCOT is planning to acquire the lands of Dalits from 8 villages namely Mettur, Muppilievatti, North Parumbur, South Parumbur, Mel Lakshmiapuram, South Avarangaadu, Mel Meenakshiapuram, Keel Meenakshiapuram, Mel Subramaniapuram. Industrial development in these region will lead to pollution of drinking water, depletion of ground water resources, and dumping of industrial wastes. This will have huge impact on the health aspects of these villagers. But some influential sections are making false propaganda that industrial development will leads to good road facilities, transport facilities and employment opportunities.  Food security will be disturbed if the agricultural lands are diverted for industrial purpose. Government is acquiring the lands belongs to Dalits excluding the lands of dominant caste hindus. This discriminatory approach of the SIPCOT is under condemnation by the Dalit Solidarity groups working for the land and housing rights of the dalits in this region. 

Atapaka Social Welfare Hostel has a total of 110 students and contains 12 rooms. Some rooms does not have bolts. The hostel has 10 toilets which are located away from the rooms. The compound wall is not too high enough. On the day of incident i.e. on 7^th August 2009 at midnight an unidentified person entered into one of the room. As he stepped over one of the girl, she woke up and shouted. The remaining girls also woke up and shouted. The unidentified person ran away. Having received the information the police have reached the hostel and searched for the person. Having come to know DSS intervened into the incident.  DSS ensured that the height of the wall raised and glass pieces on the top of the wall, bolts for all the doors and a watch man appointed.

Chettypudur and Thandakkaranpalayam villages are in Sevur  Union, Avinashi Taluk, Tiruppur District. This villages are prone to recurrent atrocities against Dalits. Untouchability practice and caste discrimination are boastfully practiced by the caste hindu Kounder community against the dalits. Most of the Dalits are work as labours in agricultural filed belongs to Kounders. Caste based atrocities are commissioned very often against the dalits. Chennippan and other Kounders fearlessly unleash atrocities against the dalits.

K. Palanisamy, resident of Chettypudur, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. He is working as a loom operator in a Loom belongs to Devaraj located in Sevur. On 05/08/09, he went to Sevur to meet Devaraj about the strike announced by the Loom Owners Union. Around 08.30, on his way back to home, he stopped at a Tasmac shop and had alcohol. While buying the drinks, Chennippan and his associates noticed that Palanisamy was having more money on his pocket. Hence the Chenniappan and his associated plotted to usurp the money. Nearby Thandakaranpalayam village, Chenniappan, Kumar, Shandaana Moorthy, Vijay kumar, Prakash, Gurusamy, Murugaesh and Suppan,  all belongs to dominant caste hindu Kounder community and residents of Thandakkaranpalayam, asked Palanisamy to stop his vehicle. Palanisamy stopped the vehicle with hesitation. Then the mob brutally assaulted him accusing him for not stopping the vehicle immediately. They tied him hands behind and beaten him with wooden logs and coconut tree branches. They snatched Rs. 3000 from him and also his mobile phone. They confined him for nearly 3 hours and brutally assaulted him. On hearing the assault, Thangamani w/o Palanisamy and Palanisamy’s father Kuppan came to his rescue, but the mob have not spared them. Kuppan was also assaulted and Thangamani was manhandled by the mob. They pulled her jacket and sexually harassed her. The mob removed the clothes of Palanisamy and held him half naked. On hearing the assault, the dalits around the village gathered and preyed the mob to leave them. But the mob having no fear for law persistently assaulted Palanisamy, they forced one Jothimani belongs to kounder community to lodge a false complaint against Palainisamy for sexual harassment. They forcefully got a signature from Kuppan on a blank paper and threaten to kill them if they report about this atrocity to the police. Then they mob called up local newspapers and made false accusations on Palanisamy for sexual harassment. Palanisamy who sustained grievous injury was taken to the Avinashipalayam government hospital with the help of A.C. Kumar and Radhamani.

The Avinashipalayam Government Hospital has not provided medical treatment to Palanisamy. Sevur Police Department refused to entertain the complaint given by the victim. Local politicians threatened him not to file a complaint with the police station. After the intervention of the A.C. Kumar a case was filed against the perpetrators and Palanisamy was sent to Coimbatore Government Hospital.

Seven perpetrators were arrested in this regard. Interim compensation of Rs. 6250 was provided to the victim. Later this was closed after acquitting all the perpertrators.  

Chikkam Jyothi (19) a tribal girl of Metlapalem village, Addategala mandal, East Godavari District is the D/o Ganganna Dora. She lost her parents during her childhood and was brought up by her grandmother. She has a brother and sister. Jyothi came to Rajahmundry in search of a job and joined in Miss India Dress material shop on 1^st of August. GUVB Raju (38), OC by caste and an advocate at Rajahmundry used to come to the shop regularly and lured her on the pretext of a good job. He took her to his house gave sedation and raped her. On the next day he took her to Gokavaram in his car, gave sedation on the way, raped her and took nude photos of her. Since then he started exploiting her by showing the photos. Later he gave photos to his friend K. Bhaskara Ramam (35) OC by caste and asked him to sexually enjoy Laxmi. Bhaskar Raman took Laxmi in his car on 8^th August to Vishakhapatnam and raped her. Raju said to Laxmi that this is common to the tribal woman and they need to go with someone or the other.  They threatened her to attack with acid or else sent her to some brothel house if she reveals the matter. As she started to rebuke Raju gave a blank cheque. Latter Jyothi lodged a complaint in Rajahmundry III Town PS on 10^th September with the support of DSS.

A case has been registered bearing FIR No. 273/09 U/s 376, 506 r/w 34 of IPC and 3(1) (xii) of SC/ST (PoA) Act.