Hepsiba (20) Madiga is the resident of Wynchpet, Vijayawada. She is studying B.Tech final year at Nova Engineering College. She used to go by auto daily and return to home by 5:30pm in the evening. Her phone was switched off and they have come to know that she has not gone to college on that day. One of her friends said that Hepsiba has informed that she met with an accident and was afraid to say the same to her parents. Later her brother enquired at the Idea Cellular and got the data. As per the data he called to the last number and has come to know that the phone was Lashmi’s. Her husband Ramalinga Reddy is an auto driver and they reside at Lambadipet, Chitti nagar, Vijayawada. They launched a complaint in the II town police station of Vijayawada. The FIR was registered on 4^th July bearing No: 233/09. The police have investigated and found the dead body of Hepsiba and arrested the accused Ramalinga Reddy. Ramalinga Reddy has admitted that he has murdered Hepsiba with the support of his wife and threw her body in the tank near Krishnayyapalem. 

P. Solaisamy (52), is the Panchayat Preident of Ayanrasapatti, Pudur Union, Ettayapuram Taluk, Thoothukudi District. He belongs to dalit Paraiyar community. Former panchayat president Mumurthy, belongs to dominant caste hindu Nayakkar community, indulged in corrupt pracises during his tenure. He usurped the funds given for the infrastructure development activities. As Solaisamy disclosed this corruptions to the district administration and Mumurthy was served notice regarding this. Since then  Mumurthy started intimidating Solaisamy by inducing others to file false charges against him. He prevented to perform his duties, through various forms of intimidations. Sivasubramanian Nadar, who supported Solaisamy asked for favourtism towards sanctioning loan and also in sand mining. As Solaisamy declined to support in his ventures, Sivasubramanian tried on his own and get caught. Hence as an act of revenge, he induced others to make false allegations against him. On one occasion Sivasubramanian himself rolled on the road and inflicted injury to himself and accused Solaisamy regarding this. Solaisamy and his son were arrested in this regard and released on bail. As the ward members Subbulakshmi, Chellamariappan, Tharmaraj and Sripriya, were absent for morethan three panchayat meeting, Solaisamy using section 204(1) of Panchayat President Act 1994, he submitted a letter to the district Magistrate seeking the removal of the above mentioned four ward members. Thus all the dominance caste hindu people, who were not able to tolerate the assertion of a Dalit, induced Dalits and caste hindus to file false cases against him accusing of money laundry.

Due to this apprehension over a dalit panchayat presidentship, caste hindus like Mumurthy Nayakkar, Sivasubramanian Nadar, in association with other corrupt people, filed unnumber of false cases and making him to run from pillar to post. By doing so the perpetrators preventing him from his duty. District Administration and the concerned Adi Dravidar welfare board and panchayat department failed to take action against the perpetrators who are preventing Solaisamy from performing his duty.

P. Sakthivel, resident of Kottur Malaiyandipattinam, Pollachi Taluk, Coimbatore District, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. In this village most of the dalits are working as a daliy wage agricultural labourers. Dalits are discriminated in this village, caste hindus practices untouchability against dalits. Sakthivel  initially worked as a labour in the agricultural fileds owned by Kounders like any other dalits of this village, later he engaged in eatery business and recently he bought a Mini door through loan and leading an independent and self sufficient life. He used to park his vehicle at the Mini door auto stand, on par with the caste hindus. Hence kounders are apprehensive over his assertion. Hence T. Bhupathi, with the motive to intimidate him, asked Sakthivel to do the loading work for him. But after the completion of the work, he refused to pay the agreed amount and he insisted others to do the same. Again Bupathi asked Sakthivel to do some assignments for him. Realizing the intention of Bupathi refused to do service for him. On 25/06/09 Bupathi who considered this as an insult, started disturbing Sakthivel, he blocked his vehicle and prevented him to go for work. Sakthivel reported this intimidation and humiliation to the Chinnarasu kounder who was the District Secretary of the DMK party. On 26/06/09, even after the complaint, Bupathi along with his friends, blocked Sakthivel’s vehicle disabling to go for work. Out of frustration, Sakthivel lodged a complaint with the Kottur Police station. Chinnarasu, who considered this as an insult, verbally abused Sakthivel and threatened him. Sakthivel, his relatives and other Dalits who were infuriated over the humiliation meted out to Sakthivel, staged a demonstration in front of the Kottur Police Station. Hence the police registered the complaint against Bupathi and Chinnarasu.

On 27/06/09, as this news spread in the neighbourhood, caste hindus namely Tractor Balu, Senthil, Kundu Ravi, Krishnasamy and other kounders, who were apprehensive about the dalit assertion, brutally assaulted Loganathan, Murugan, Raju and Manikandan, who went to buy dinner from Muniyanidvilas Hotel. The victims who were assaulted with wooden logs sustained severe injury. All were rushed to the Pollachi Government Hospital. On 28/06/09, DSP visited the hospital and after registering the FIR against the perpetrators, arrested Krishnasamy, Balu, Kundu Ravi and Shenthil. The perpetrators lodged a false counter complaint against the victims and dalits namely Murugan and Rajan were arrested in this regard. Bupathi was not yet arrested by the police department.

R. Saravanan (32), resident  of Gandhi Nagar, Gingee Taluk, Villupuram District, belongs to Dalit Kuravar community. He is working as a Mason in places like Chennai and Pondicherry. His wife name is Aaryamala and his children are Vinoth (10), Vidya (7) and Vignesh (3) and Saravanan visit his family during the week ends and gets back to work on week days. During June he went to Pondicherry for work. On 25/06/09, two police from Othiansalai police station visited Aryamala and informed that her husband Saravanan was remanded in police custody and he died in the Pondicherry Government Hospital. When Aryamala and Saravanan’s relatives saws the body of Saravanan. They witnessed that blood injury in his nose and ears, injury marks in his head, his legs have blood clots and wound marks. M. Ayyanar who went along with Saravanan, for masonry work in Pondicherry was missing since then. I. Suguna w/o Ayyanar, suspects the dirty hands of Othainsalai police officials might have killed him and destroyed all the evidences regarding this.

Saravanan, who was remanded in the police custody under 34A III of PP Act was brutally tortured and he succumbed to the injury and died due to this torture. The injury marks clearly exposes the brutal torture of Saravanan. He was arrested without informing his family and relatives. Later Aryamala was provided with monetary compensation of Rs. 250000. Ayyanar whereabouts and suspicious missing in still under investigation.

On dated 24^th June 2009, Victim Ravindra Bhikchand Salve was going to give Tiffin to his grandfather by the noon, at that time one perpetrator Gangaram Vaman Vazir (Dhangar Caste)who was drunk called the victim Ravindra & abused him on caste. He asked him why he is abusing him on caste, on that count perpetrator Gangaram beaten him. Victim Ravindra gave the complaint of the said case in the Majalgaon Police Station, where they registered the case & sent him to Majalgaon Govt. Hospital for medical examination. But Police demanded bribe to arrest the accused, as he did not pay the same thy have not arrested the perpetrator.

            On the very next day i.e. on 25^th June 2009, the father of the victim Mr. Bhikchand Salve returned from the work as he was gone for sugar cane cutting work out side the village came to know that his son was beaten by the Gangaram Vazir, he went to his house to ask him as to why he has beaten his son? But the perpetrator Gangaram Vazir called some persons & started throwing stones on our house & also started beating to the father of victim Ravindra. The father of the victim Ravindra ran away but perpetrator Gangaram came with Namdev Vazir, Rajabhau Vazir, Dattat Umbare, Sunil Umbare, Kamlakar Umbare, Dashrath Umbare, Nana Umbare, Bansi Umbare, Satish Umbare, Namdev Umbare, Pintu Dhepe, Sahebrao Fulge, Bhaurao Fulge, Anil Umbare, Ishwar Fulge, Ankush Umbare, Rambhau Nimbalkar, Vikas Khadar , Vilas Samale, Baba Fulge, Somba Umbare all belonging to Maratha, Dahngar & Mali community & CHAVA Sanghatna. They all had the sticks, chain, iron pipes & rod, axe, sword etc. in their hand. All the perpetrators started abusing the victim & his family on caste & started throwing stones on the house of victims. The grandfather of victim Mr. Sadashiv Salve (Retired Teacher) tried to solve the trouble but he has been also assaulted with sword & axe by the perpetrators. All the family members of victim namely Pravin (Brother), Bhikchand (Fatehr), Sadashiv (Grandfather ), and all other female members of his family including victim Ravindra were brutally attacked by all the above perpetrators with sticks, chain, iron pipes & rod, axe, sword etc. & suffered head & other serious injuries on their bodies. Therefore they were admitted to Majalgaon hospital first & then Beed Govt. Hospital. But the grandfather of the victim was died without treatment.

FIR is registered with Majalgaon Police Station under sections 336, 337, 326, 324, 504, 506, 143, 147, 148, 149 of IPC & 3(2)(v) of PoA Act vide FIR No.124/09 dated 25/06/2009, Section 302 of IPC is latter on added to the FIR.