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Vijaykumar S. Londhe is r/o Malegaon village, Tal. Barsi in Solapur Dist. belongs to Chambhar (SC) community. Earlier the victim made complaint in the police station against the perpetrator, who misbehaved with his daughter. The perpetrator and villagers were forcing victim to withdraw the complaint and on refusal, the perpetrator abused victim on his caste name & threatened him to kill if he does not withdraw the case.
A case was registered in Barsi police station on 24/05/2007, as No.71/07, u/s 147/ 148/149/504/506 IPC & 3(1)(x),(vi) of SC/ST (PoA) Act. Accused was arrested and bailed out.
Charge sheet filed on 08/06/2007, No. 40/07, u/s 504/506 IPC & 3(1)(x),(vi) of SC/ST (PoA) Act. Case is under trial. The victim has not received any compensation from administration.
Case in Brief
Guddenolla Jangamma, aged 31 years, D/o Lakshmayya, R/o Chevella, SC Madiga by caste resides with her father. She got married to Rajayya, SC Madiga by caste of vurella village and got divorced. She had two brothers and one sister (Who died of Jaundice 3 years ago). Her brothers live separately. Since five years Jangamma had extra-marital relation with Subrahmanyam, BC Mudiraj by caste, occ: sweet vendor. Few days before the fateful incident, Jangamma had differences with her elder brother Venkatayya (36). Jangamma and Venkatayya quarreled on the day she was murdered. Subrahmanyam doubted that she had extra-marital relations with other men and that is the reason she is not obeying his wishes.
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Case in Brief
Shantamma, aged 48 years, R/o Reddyvaaripalle, Koduru mandal, SC by caste guards a Papaya garden and resides in a room in the same garden. She has returned from her relatives place and got mango pickle with her on 15th May 2007 evening and was found dead on 16th May 2007 morning. Villagers informed that they have seen Shantamma approaching 6 auto drivers who were consuming alcohol and playing cards in Pattimeedapalem. They suspect that she was made to consume liquor forcefully, gang raped and murdered. Her body was found without clothes and there is serious injury on her head. Her body was buried without informing the police. After this news was published, police and Human Rights Organizations took out the dead body and postmortem was performed.
S. Vallakundapuram is a village located in Coimbatore district, Udumalai Taluk, Kudimangalam Union. There is a Hindu public temple called “MA KALI” and the people have been celebrating religious festival every year in the month of May and Chittirai (Tamil month). This festival will celebrate for three days in every year and many of them being participate and sacrifice their religious oath during the festival. This year festival was started at 09.05.2007 with Holy fir pot cermony for which the devotees were carrying the Holy fire pot and worshiped the god being inside the temple. On this course of time the Dalits also were carrying the holy fir pot and tried to enter the temple, Where the S. Vallakundapuram Dalit people were forbidden enter into the temple by the caste Hindu Ponnusamy and other caste hindus and they also abused them humiliating terms “ Son of Sakkiliya Prostitute” and one Mr.Naidu Kounder (upper caste Man) came forward and brutally beaten Mr. Ammavasai belongs to Dalits reside at S.Vallakundapuram and picked the fir pot from the hand of Mr. Ammavasai and he thrown away, following that the above mentined prepetrators attacked the Dalit peopole used by long stick, iron rod and their hands. Mr. Durasisamy, Mrs. Natchammal, Mrs. Lakshmi and Mr. Durai Samy belongs to Dalit community were severly injured and they admitted in government hospital. Mr. Ammavasai belongs to Hindu Arunthathiyar community went to police station and lodged the complaint against caste hindus.