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Late Govindram Bheel (40) s/o Kaluram Bheel, residents of Khijadiyali Village hails from a Scheduled Caste (Bheel) family. He was a social activist as well an influential person among SCs of the village. Govindram was an activist, who worked effectively for the empowerment of Dalits. He was knowledgeable about the politics and also created awareness among the Dalits about their rights and how to use their voting rights effectively.
Since Govindram had a great influence in his village among Dalits, Rajputs, the dominants, did not like him. They were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on him. One day the sheep of Govindram entered into the field of dominant. By taking this opportunities on 6.3.07 the dominants Ganpath Singh (35) S/o Dalpath Singh, Jet Singh (30) s/o Madan Singh, Madan Singh (55) s/o Bhek Singh, Bakhtavar Singh (32) s/o Madan Singh, Veeru Singh(35) s/o Madan Singh, Dalpath Singh (45) s/o Bheek Singh, Pep Singh (55) s/o Samarth Singh, Ranaram Bheel (30), Sansu Kuwar (20) d/o Madan Singh, Madan Singh’s Wife and Ganpath Singh’s wife were armed with swords and lathies , intruded into the house of Govindram and attacked him. He sustained severe injuries on head and all parts of his body. They also attacked his family members who went to rescue him. Since Govindram sustained injuries on his head he died on the spot. Since the perpetrators disconnected the telephone line, the victims informed the police through Panchayat Ajith. The police reached the spot after 2 hours and took the dead body of Govindram to Samdade Hospital for post portem and FIR was registered under SC/ST (PoA) Act. On 7.03.2007 last rites have been performed.
Rajputs are the dominants and caste biased people in Paroda village, District Sikar, Rajasthan.
Kesharmal (50) S/o Bodhuram, residents of Paroda Village hails from a Scheduled Caste (Regar) family. He is an influential person among SCs of the village. In 2005 he had contested the Panchayat election as a B.J.P. candidate and lost the election with a few votes.
In the month of January 2007, under the leadership of Kesharmal, the SCs decided to build a temple in the vicinity of the present Balaji temple. Angered by the decision, Rajputs assaulted Kesharmal and his family members on Dhulendi (4.3.2007).
On the very day about 10.00 a.m Jayanarayan s/o Suvaram Yadav, Ramrathan S/o Aur Singh; Bhavani Singh, Ramsingh, Rajendra Singh, Ashok Singh, Sunda Singh, Vikram Singh came to Kesharmal house and started abusing him with caste name and attacked Kesharmal. And also the perpetrators pelted stones and bricks at his house. Thereafter they started to beat him and his son Mohan, wife and a brother of Kesharmal. However, some of the villagers managed to inform the police about the incident. The SHO Jitendra along with other police personnel rushed to the spot. They took the victims to the hospital for the medical treatment and then took them to the Police Station where making the victim Mohan sit in a separate room, the SHO Jitendra handed him a sheet of paper and asked him to write the statement.
To the matter of fact when Mohan tried to state the fact of the incident, the SHO to his apathy snatched the sheet and tore that away. He dictated Mohan to write the complaint as he wished and got that signed by Kesharmal (father of Mohan). The story did not end there. The SHO instead of arresting the perpetrators arrested and locked him, his father and Sawarmal brother of Kesharmal in the jail. Since Vinod s/o Barbulal, a relative to the victims, had tried to save them was called by the police in the name of their bail out. Duped by the police he was present in the jail but he was soon arrested and locked with the victims too. Victims are bailed out after 7 days from the jail. The case is under trial. Victim filed a Complaint against Rajputs in the court. FIR of the victims under Sec 3(1)(viii)(x) of SC/ST (PoA) Act, 1989 &Sec 323,504,506/34 IPC.
Victims are bailed out after 7 days from the jail. The case is under trial. FIR registered against the Victims by the perpetrator on 4/03/07 and under sections 336, 323,308 IPC. This case is under trial in the session court. The complaint lodged by Kesharmal against Rajputs in the SDJM court is still pending.
Lingamgunta Ravi Babu is r/o Vasapallipadu village under Tangutur P.S. in Prakasham Dist. The victim Ravi Babu is doing a small-scale business of selling grocery. On 04/03/07 the accused went to the victim’s shop in a drunken stage and asked about the victim where about. Then the victim himself was in the shop and said that he himself was Ravi. Then the accused abused in the caste name by saying “you mala bastard” and beat him with hands and kicked him. The father, mother and the wife of the victim came to rescue him. The accused abused them in their caste name “you mala bitch” and threaded them to kill in future. Then there were some persons who rescue the victim and send the accused to his house.
The reason for this incident is that the relatives of the accused Pasupuleateta Surendra Kumar and Sundram Sethi Narayana rejected to register the land in favour of the victims who purchased the land. Therefore the victims made a complaint before the police which was registered as an atrocity case subsequently the land was registered. The accused are the relatives of the Vendors. Therefore they committed the offence to support the vendors. The victim made a complaint, which was registered as criminal case by the police Tangutur. The accused arrested and released on Bail. Compensation paid Rs. 6250/-. Charge sheet filed. Refer as false case.
The village Saroda falls under Ahmedabad district. On 3 March 2007, the victim Rekhaben comes from a family of schedule caste. Since, she was missing, and did not return home the previous day. Very next day the family of the victim started searching and they found her dead body close to home of one of the suspects, Laljibhai Vaghari. When the family brought the body home, they examined it and found many burn marks on her body, scars on her head and neck, and acid that had been thrown onto her chest. It appeared to the family that she had been raped and subsequently murdered.
The family of the victim approached the police station complaint about the death of their daughter. They told the police that she was raped before they kill her. Since there was no eye witness and the family was not able to give names of the accused, police did not registered FIR. Thereafter, the parent of the diseased raised suspect against one Pintu Patel, Lalji Vaghari, Kalu Thakor and wife of Kalu Thakor. Finally FIR against the accused was registered after almost ten days. police registered the offence under section 376, 302 and 114 of the IPC and section 3(1) (x) of the SCST Prevention of Atrocities Act.