Tadi Shilpa Rani (25) SC Mala, B.Tech professional was a resident of Vijayawada, Krishna Dist. She married Abdul Saleem, (30) Muslim resident of Auto Nagar, Vijayawada, Krishna District in October 2004. She was introduced by her friend over the phone and started speaking to him over phone while she was pursuing her Engineering degree in Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi. Later on he proposed her and without the knowledge of her parents, he married her secretly after 8 months of their friendship. She was forcefully converted as a Muslim and also changed her name as Farhana and she was also adopted by one of his relatives without her knowledge. After their marriage, her parents knew about the condition and met her and had a heated exchange. Abdul Saleem forced Shilpa to lodge a complaint on her parents. He used to doubt her fidelity from day one of their marriage and used to force her to follow their religious customs.

After 3 months of their marriage, she got a job in Hyderabad in a software company with a good salary. Due to their poor financial status he convinced her to shift the family after few months. She shifted to Hyderabad and stayed in a hostel. He used to harass her whenever she failed to answer the phone. In 2006 he along with his mother shifted to B.No: 142, D.No: 14, Bala Ram Nagar, Safilguda, Secunderabad. But he returned within 3 months saying that he shall do business in Vijayawada for which she gave an amount of Rs 30,000/-. He never asked her about the debt which she cleared herself. He never used to give any money to her for the expenses nor even told her about his income.  She used to take care of the monthly expenses in Hyderabad. She used to spend her whole salary to his family. She also gave him Rs 50,000/- for his sister’s marriage which was cleared by her later.  Every time he speaks, would be alleging her for one or the other reason. Often her mother in law also used to harass her with abusive language. 

Abdul Saleem never used to care for their child. He used to doubt when she speaks to anyone. She discussed the issue with him but he never responded to it nor tried to rectify the differences between them. Shilpa approached his relatives 4 to 5 times, informed them about the harassment and even expressed to quit her job.  He has not agreed to quit the job. Later he used to be good for 2 days and again used to harass her. He used to send indecent messages about her character. On 12^th July 2009, he allowed her to go for an outing with her colleagues and promised her that he shall not raise an issue regarding it. When she came in the evening, he left to Vijayawada without informing her and her mother started abusing her about her character. Unable to bear that, Shilpa raised her voice against her for which her mother-in-law left to her relatives in Hyderabad. When she tried to contact Saleem, he never answered her call. Unable to bear the torture, she approached DSS and lodged a complaint. FIR was registered in Neredmet PS u/s 498 A of IPC and 3(I)(X) of SC/ST (PoA) Act. 

S. Chinnathai (36), resident of Ramayanpatti, Trinelveli Taluk, Trinelveli district, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. She is working as a Scavenger in the Velayuthampillai Hospital for the last 11 years. Ravi (40), resident of Kulavaniharpuram, belongs to dominant caste hindu Devar community, is working as a Driver in the hospital. Ravi used to sexually harass Chinnathai. As Chinnathai refused to have such relationship with Ravi, he was disappointed and was angry over her. On 08/07/09, she used one of the hospital bucket to wash the patients cloths. But Ravi who usually use the bucket to clean the vehicle, scolded her for using it without his permission. He verbally abused her referring derogatory regarding caste. During the evening, Chinnathai reported the verbal abuse  to the Manager Balan. The next day Manager Balan, Hospital Owner Dr. Ajith, called Ravi and warned him.

On 09/07/09, Ravi who was infuriated over Chinnathai for complaining this to the hospital authorties, verbally abused Chinnathai on her arrival to the hospital. When Chinnathai raised objection to this, he brutally assaulted her. He slapped her repeatedly, pushed her down and kicked over her stomach, back and face with the boot. Chinnathai was assaulted in front of the Manager Balan, Dr. Ajith and Dr. Raj Mohan. Chinnathai cried for help, but the doctors and the manager ignored her call for help. Chinnathai fainted and her lips was cut and blood started gushing out of the wounds. Then she was helped by co workers Subila Sivakami and was given some first aid. Later her husband was informed about this and she was taken to the High Ground Government Hospital. But the chief doctor have not provided her sufficient medical treatment.

Chinnathai and her husband, filed a complaint with the Palayangkottai Police Station against the perpetrator Ravi and against the Hospital Management. Relatives and the Adi Tamilar Peravai members staged a protest and shouted slogans in front of the Velayuthampillai Hospital seeking action against the perpetrator. 

Endiyur Government Higher Secondary School, is in Endiyur, Tindivanam Taluk, Villupuram District. In this school dalit students are subject to caste discrimination and atrocity. During 2007, Dalit students Anandraj and Muthu were assaulted by Vanniyar community students. In 2008, Kathiravan belongs to Dalit community was also subject to physical attack by the vanniyar youths belongs to Endiyur. In the month of July Rajadurai 11^th std student and belongs to Vanniyar, sat with the Dalit girl students causing humiliation for the dalit girl students. Hence brothers of the girl students, Prakash and Rajesh also students of the same school, reported this to the Head Master and English teacher. On knowing that Rajdurai is resident of Endiyur, HM hesitated to take action against him. But the Assistant Head Master Nedumaran, after enquiring the incident, suspended Rajdurai for a week. Vanniyar students and the local Vanniyar community people, who could not tolerate this, started teasing the dalit students. On 08/07/09, Vanniyar students namely Rajadurai, Suman, Vijaykanth, Manikandan assaulted dalit student Santhosh. On over hearing the plot to attack the dalit students, one Sekar and Maialahan, reported this to the school head master and complaint about the caste discrimination and commission of atrocities against dalit students.

On 09/07/09, as the dalit students about to enter the school, other students informed that the vanniyar mob is waiting inside the school to attack the dalit students. Then the dalit students was safely escorted inside the school and vanniyar mob was sent out of the school. During the class hours, Vanniyar students Vasanthraja, Govnindaraja, on entering the class room of Anandraj, suddenly started attacking Anandraj and other students. Soon the perpetrators were joined the local vanniyar mob, and all the perpetrators assaulted dalit students with brick stones. Assistant HM Nedumaran was also assaulted by the vanniyars. To rescue the Dalit students from this onslaught, teachers locked them from outside. After the police officials, Tahsildar and RDO arrived and rescued the students. Dalit students and Dalit villagers of Endiyur and Manur staged a protest demonstration to end the atrocity and discrimination against the dalit stuents and the dominant caste hindu vanniyar students and other vanniyar public staged a protest in response to the protest demonstration of the dalits. A peace meeting was convened, to sort out the problem.

Madasu Rammohan Rao, SC Madiga resident of Kristurajapuram, Vijayawada works as a security guard in Narayana School. He has 3 Children. Madasu Mary(20) used to teach Chess to children and earns Rs 2000/-. On 5^th July 2009 she took her grandmother Mariyamma to Lakshmi Clinic in Vijayanagar colony at 7:30PM as she was not well. While her grandmother was being treated in the clinic, Mary went out without informing her grandmother. Even when she did not return to the clinic at 9:00PM her grandmother returned home assuming that she might reach their home. When Rammohan Rao questioned his mother she explained what happened. When the girl did not return home, the parents thought that she would have gone to her friend’s house.

Having come to know a number from which Mary received a phone call before missing, her father dialed to the same number and has come to know that it was Srinivas. The next day residents of Vijayanagar colony informed the police that there is a dead body in the drainage near their houses. It was identified as the body of Mary. A case was registered in Machavaram PS bearing Cr No: 395/2009, U/s 174 of CrPC. 

A. Raghu (23), resident of Kaanimedu village, Tindivanam Taluk, Villupuram District, belongs to Dalit Paraiyar community. He is a daily wage labour. On 04/07/09, 3pm while he was sleeping in house, 15 police men from Marakanam Police Station under Inspector Muthukrishnan, came to his house and forcefully dragged him outside his house. Muthukrishnan slapped him repeatedly infront of the crowd. The police men pushed him into the Jeep and 7 of the police went inside his house and ransacked the properties under the pretext of investigation. After destroying the properties, they threw his belongings outside the house. Without explaining any reason for the arrest, they took him to the Marakanam police station. They remanded him from 04/07/09 to 06/07/09 9.45pm. Under the police custody, he was subject to brutal torture by Inspector Ramakrisnan, Bharathi, Selvam, Sheriff and Shankar, forcing him to accept the commission of assault and robbery from a lorry driver of money worth Rs. 125000. Previously he was falsely implicated for the arson of a bus. They handcuffed him and brutally beaten him all over his body, they kicked him with the boot over his face. Since the relatives and VCK political party members exerted pressure on the police perpetrators, they released him on 06/07/09 around 9.45 pm. Raghu filed a complaint with the Superintendent of Police and the Director General of Police, regarding this police atrocity, seeking severe action against the erred police men. But till date no action was initiated against the Inspector Ramakrisnan, Bharathi, Selvam, Sheriff and Shankar all belongs to Marakanam PS, who brutally tortured Raghu falsely implicating for a robbery case.