Mr.Chinnarasu S/o Mr.Vaiyapuri belongs to Hindu Arunthathiyar community residing in Ellaikadu, Ujalpalayam, Palladam Taluk, Coimbatore District. He is working as a coolie in his village after that he switch over to Thiurpur for sustaining, there he worked in cloth manufacturing company. In the mean while Ms.Gomathi belongs to Hindu Gownder community worked in the same company. Unfortunately they fall in love with each other and subsequently they registered their marriage in Tiruppur session. But Gomathi family members stand aginst their love and marriage. Hence they decide to transfer from ujalpalyam to perumapalayam due to fear and panic situation. In permapalayam he worked in handloom industry and lead their life happily. In between their life circle one day Ms.Gomathi’s father Mr.Devaraj and other relations namely Senthil kumar, Sivakumar, Velusamy, and suresh threaten her dreadfully, he stated that “Now you are pregnant so only I leave your husband if not means I will kill you and your husband definitely” frightened with their sentence Ms.Gomathia and his husband move from perumapalayam to poomaloor. There he worked under Mr.Thangavel who has been operating a handloom industry. In this critical juncture on 06.07.2008 Mr.Chinnarasu has gone to his realation funeral service which held in chinnaputhur. After completing the service he made call to Ms.Gomathi exactly 8.oo clock. So, that she has waiting in the house till the whole night.

The next day she feels something fishy at once he lodged a complaint in the police station . On 07.07.2008 Mr.Mahendran passed the message that one dead body is found near palladam to Mangalamsali 63, Velampalayam. The news passed to Ms.Gomathi and after her arrival it has been confirmed the deceased person is Mr.Chinarasu. Subsequently the FIR filed under 288/08 but they did not mention any sections instead they displayed as a suspicious murder. Mr.Chinnarasu body is taken to graveyard before that they protesting against with some federation and cadre member of the parties for the justication in chinnarasu death. Ultimately they have decided to completed the funeral service, while carrying the death body cot they were interrupted bythe caste Hindus and starts to figh with them. The caste Hindus filed a compliant against the dalit people under 403/2008, u/s 147, 148, 427, 506(ii) IPC r/w public property damage act (3) and (4) Act.

Meena w/o Murugan belongs to dalit community, she living with her husband Murugan and daughter Selvi at Manogran poultry, Kottur, Anaimalai, Pollachi Taluk, Coimbatore district. They were belongs to Dindugal district. They worked as bonded laborer in Manogaran poultry in Anaimalai. On 05.07.2008 they were sleeping in their house.

Ms.Meena and his daughter Selvi were sleeping in their hunt which was located near to poultry. Her husband was sleeping another room.  Suddenly Meena was crying loudly. Following that Murugan and other three person went to see the meena. But Meena was murdered and several bloody in her body. Near to her one hammer left here. Following that Mr. Murugan searched her daughter. She was found hear agricultural pond which was located near to his hunt. She hands were tied and she was nude, she was rape and murdered. They informed to his owner. Following that police filed the case. Police arrested another Mr.Murugan who is worked before this poultry. Coimbatore sessions given life imprison to him.

Moorthy, Mohan Kumar, Sethpathi belongs to Dalit Community, reside at Indira Nagar, Aarunthathiyur St, Paddiyur, Kangayam Taluk Under Kangayam police Jurisdiction, Erode District.  Three School Students were grievously wounded by the Gounder Community.                     Mr. Kumarasamy Gounder viciously attacked the Dalit boys by using stones and other weapons under the name of stealing the coconuts from his garden. 

They lodge the complaint in Kangayam Police Station, but the police officials filed a case only under IPC section.  They did not added SC/ST Poa Act, but the perpetrator used derogatory words to refer caste name so alter the case under SC/ST PoA Act of 1989,  Kumarasamy  was arrested by the police.

Pottilanka is a gram panchyat adjacent to River Godavari. The major communities in the village are Kapus and Dalits (Malas). There are about 300 families of Dalits and 900 families of Kapus. Hardly about 40 dalit families have a piece of land and all the rest are landless. All the dalits have to depend on Kapus for daily agricultural work. Both the Gram   Panchyat and MPTC are reserved for SCs. Thus   in   the   elections   held   for   Panchyat  Raj  in  the year   2007     persons     belonging    to    the Mala (Dalit) community  got  elected  as  Gram Sarpanch and MPTC member.

On 21^st June, 2008 around 7:30 pm at about 350 to 400 people belonging to dominant caste (Kapus) cordoned the dalit colony, attacked, ransacked the colony and murdered a Dalit, injured 10 men in Pottilanka Village, Kadiyam Mandal of East Godavari District. The attack continued until 11:30 p.m. in the night. Kapus   belonging   to Chimidilanka, Aghraharam and Pottilanka Villages took part in the mass attack. Valli Veerapandu S/o Peddaburaiah, aged 30 yrs, belonging to SC Mala Community was brutally murdered. In the mass attack 10 others were injured, namely

1.       Remandla Yesu S/o R.Vadapalli, aged 30 yrs (in critical condition).                                       
2.       Ambati Rajaratnam s/o Asheervadam(late), aged 20 yrs 
3.       Kondepudi Sitaiah S/o K.Veeraraju, aged 26 yrs.            
4.       Kollapu Appa Rao S/o Veeraswamy,  aged 26 Yrs              
5.       E.Kosi S/o Satyanarayana, aged 27 Yrs                          
6.       Kondepudi Veeraraju  S/o Veeraiah, aged 55 yrs
7.       K.Adinarayana  S/o K.Narayana, aged 35Yrs   
8.       R.Chinnu S/o K. Veerraju, aged 23Yrs
9.       Badugu Palliah S/o Mussaliah, aged 45Yrs                        
10.   P.Satyi Babu S/o K.Subbarao, aged 20Yrs.                                                 

The Dalits were attacked with knives, iron rods, sticks, stones and chili powder. The attacking mob misbehaved with women, abused them in the name of caste, pulled off their sarees and tore their blouses. They pelted stones on dalit houses and roof tops damaging the tiled roofs.  Even the church was not spared. They broke open doors, windows, etc. Many temporary compound walls made with coconut leaves and a few walls of brick were pulled down. They even damaged cycles, hand bores and an auto.  Since a complaint was already lodged on behalf of Amabati Rajaratnam on Saturday, police were seized of the issue and police picket was posted in the village. Inpre-plannedand organized attack, the attackers cut the power supply and blew police whistles and when the dalits came out, attacked them saying “Jai Cheeranjeeva”. Though the attack took place in the presence of the police, they remained silent spectators. 

In the year 1977 the dalits were given 5 acres of land by the government under Farming Society, for which the Kapus raised objection. Since the dispute became serious and police picket was posted for 3 months in the village during those days. Kapus imposed social boycott on the dalits for 3 years. The dalits were not allowed to use the pathways beside the agricultural lands of Kapus.  Likewise, in 1977 itself the government gave houses to the dalits, which the Kapus did not like. Later during 1990s one, Mr. Palli Chinna, a dalit, was elected as MPTC member. The Kapus who bore grudge against dalits did not allow this dalit MPTC to discharge his duties nor to sit in his official chair. The Dalits fought against the discriminatory and oppressive behavior of the Kapus and agitated against them. The dalits got a case registered against the then leader of Kapus, Mr. Kothapalli Chinna under SC/ST (PoA) Act. In the year 1992 the Kapus burnt the effigy of Ambedkar. Thus if one studies the background of the village, one will understand that the Kapus were continuously harassing dalits and trying to dominate them ever since  1977, while the dalits were resisting these attempts and never surrendered.  This tug of war situation for the past three decades provides the background for the present attack.

On 20^th June 2008 about 15 Dalit men went for mango plantations work. While the dalits were on work, around 11 am on that day, the Kapu youth asked the Dalit men to perform garadi (magic show) on Cheeranjivi’s Party, which the Dalit Youth denied saying the Party is yet to be launched. There was argument on the same by the both youth groups.

Later in the evening of the same day around 7 pm one Mr. Kondepudi Sitaiah, a dalit,  was  having  Tiffin  in  the hotel. One Mr. Gatti Buraiah S/o Annavaram of Kapu caste caught hold of Kondepudi Sitiah’s neck and pushed him away abusing him on the name of caste. At the same time, on the other side of the road, Raja and Ambati Raja Ratnam, dalits, were beaten by the Kapus. On 21^st June in the morning Ambati Raja Ratnam was forcibly taken to the Panchayat Office by the Kapus and was beaten up, allegedly stating that he has misbehaved with a kapu girl. Having come to know of the incident, mother of Rajaratnam and other women went to the panchayat office. They were abused in the name of caste, in filthy language and were not allowed inside. Then they informed the same to the police. The police came and rescued Raja Ratnam and sent him for medical treatment.  In continuation of these incidents and in the general background of the decades of oppression and domination, Kapus conspired, planned and attacked the dalit colony on the night of 21^st June 2008 causing death of one person and injuring several others as detailed above.

Two separate cases have been registered. The details are as follows:

(1) FIR No 101/2008 dated 21/06/08, registered U/s 147, 148, 324, 379 R/w 149 of IPC  and 3(1)(X) of SC/ST(PoA) Act on Thrinati Narayana Rao and 15 others for beating  Ambati Rajaratnam.

(2) FIR No 102 /2008 dated 22/06/2008, registered U/s 147, 148, 302, 307, 324, 427, 452, R/w 149 of IPC and 3(i)(x) of SC/ST(PoA) Act on Kola Nageswara Rao and 115 others for murdering Palli Veera Pandu and injuring Badugu Pullaiah and 3 others.

 29 members of Kapu caste were arrested and sent for remand. Social boycott was going on in the village, wherein the dalits were being denied Milk, medicines, etc...

 Women have expressed that they are afraid to go and work in the fields of the kapus and at the same time not interested to work in their agricultural lands.  

(6) The Kapus have organized a dharna (public action) demanding to waive off the cases and release of their caste persons.  The Kapus are campaigning against G. Surya Rao, a dalit Minister and G. Harsha Kumar, a dalit MP.  In an organized manner the kapus are spreading rumors that the misbehavior of dalit towards a kapu girl was the reason for the clashes and alleged girl has committed suicide and died, whereas the girl has actually been moved to another place.  This shows that they not only planned the attack and are further spreading rumors to justify the attack and divert the attention of the public.