Bhawari Devi (35) w/o Tajaram, Sri Tajaram, 39, s/o Beraram having three children belong to Sansi (SC), following Hindu ethnicity, live in a hamlet Bhaniyana under Police station Pokran in the District of Jaisalmer. The village which is 147 km away from the district town constitutes of 1 sansi family, 20 Gavariya, 3 Harijans, 3 Lohars, 10 Chaudhary, 3 Paliwal, Bhaniya 12, Sad 1, Sonar 1, Vishnoy 1, Nai 2 and Meghwal 7 families. Rajputs dominate the village. They own the hundred acres of land. The politics is their children’s game. Conversely, the Dalits have no piece of land except their little dwellings. Dalits take the responsibility to clean the village, bury and throw the dead animals. They are not at all respected by the Rajputs and other dominant caste people. Adversely Tajaram was out on his work and the victimized family is only one in the village are allotted a piece of Panchayat land in the vicinity of a private school. Taking that into consideration Bhairaram and others attacked the family. In fact the school owner Bhairaram s/o Shivadan Ram wanted to grab the land to extend the school campus. On 7.12.2006 Bhawari Devi (wife) was alone with two of her children (Padmaram, 14 and Mangilal, 9). At night around 2 a.m. the accused entered her house, molested her, ransacked and destroyed the households. Meanwhile they attempted raping her. When she opposed them, they beat her with sticks and pelted stones at her. She was injured and had to undergo medical treatment. In course of time the neighbours rang up to Tajaram who rushed to his house and informed police over a phone in the night. On the next day, when Tajaram and Bhawari Devi were on the way to the Pokaran police station to register the FIR, they first requested the Bhaniyana police out post to protect them. By the time the Bhaniyana police reached the spot, the accused had put up an old hut of theirs in the land of Tajaram. The police has registered FIR No.215/06, u/s 143, 323, 354, 379 IPC and 3(1)(x)(v) under SC/ST PoA 1989. After a few days, the Circle Officer Suresh Saini of Pokaran visited the spot. No action has been taken by the administration. No aid is provided to the family. The SP is yet to visit the spot. The accused are left scot-free and they are always threat to the family. The case is now charge sheeted. The investigating officer is the Circle Officer Suresh Saini from Pokaran police station. The survivors stay in the house of Smt. Bhawari Devi’s father in the village itself. Till today the police administration has taken no measures to protect the family. The Charge sheet is being submitted in the district court in March 2007. The accused still are left scot-free. The victims are pressurized to compromise with the case. The households are not regained still from the accused

Case in Brief:

Mutyala Anitha age 34 yrs, SC Mala by Caste, W/o Simhachalam, have been staying along with her Husband at D.No.12-11-95, PlotNo.S2, Akula Apartments, Aryapuram, Rajahmundry, East Godavari.

One day Mr.Veera Venkata Sathya Surya Bhaskar came to her house and enquired about her husband. When she said that he has gone to Vijayawada and will be returning tomorrow, he caught her hand and pulled her sari. When she denied he used filthy language saying “you Mala Munda and your idiot husband both are shameless fellows”. He manhandled her to outrage her modesty. The accused took photos of the victim in his mobile phone.

When she screamed out, their neighbor Mr.Rayudu and Watch man Mr.Raju and his family members came and witnessed the scene. Then he went away by scolding her in filthy language. Due to the insult and humiliation and out of stigma she was unable to come out of her house and mingle with others.

On 05-12-06 when her husband came back from Vijayawada, she gave a complaint to the III Town Police Station placing copies to Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rajahmundry and Superintendent of Police, Kakinada. They said that the accused is working as a typist in Principle Junior Civil Judge Court; he was already arrested in a similar case filed by his women colleague. Immediately after his release they are going to arrest him. 

When they learnt that he was on bail, they went to the III Town Police Station and enquired about him. SI took them to CI and he asked the SI to enquire the case and register the FIR. 

In spite of regular reminders the victim the police did not take any action. But the Accused have been threatening the Victim and her husband over phone and by sending men to them to withdraw the case. He is also saying that he know many officials hence, he can manage not to register the case.

Again on 28-12-06 Ms. Anitha gave another complaint to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rajahmundry. Along with the copy of previous complaint dated 05-12-06 and taken its acknowledgements. Now the case is pending in the court.

DSS Intervention

• FIR registered
• Accused not arrested
• Pressurized to arrest the accused
• Presented the case before commissions