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Rape and attempt to murder of a Dalit woman in premises of Veerapagoundanur Primary School
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 07-08-2011
- Create date: 27-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: COIMBATORE
- Police station:: Kinathukadavu
- Chargesheet:: filed
- Summary:: Thulasiammal Aged 35 years W/o. Late Kanagaraj Resident in Annanagar colony, Veerappagoundanur of Coimbatore District. She was a dailt wage labour and belong to Arunthathiyar Community. On 07.08.2011 around 10pm Senthilkumar of Kuppangoundanur village, called me through telephone and asked her to come near the school for providing work the next day. He belongs to Ambalakaran Community. Since he was known to her, she went near the school. Senthil along with five others were standing near the school. When she went near them Senthil and his friends took her behind the school and raped her. shewas raped by all the six persons forcibly. In this cruel process she fainted. Believing that she was dead they made her nude and hanged her in a branch of tree with her saree. After they had gone the branch broke and she fell done on ground. This further injured her head. Only in the next day morning on 08.08.2011 she was found by village people. Hearing the information her brother Ramasamy and his wife Masilamani along with her relatives admitted her in the Coimbatore Government hospital. she was taken in the 108 ambulance service. Since she was unconscious and unable to talk no statement was given by her. Only after a week on 16.08.2011 she regained consciousness, told about the incident to police and others and was discharged.
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Rape on a Dalit woman Kheralu
- Posted by: Navsarjan Trust
- Date of incident: 05-08-2011
- Create date: 10-03-2014
- State:: Gujarat
- District:: MAHESANA
- Police station:: Kheralu Police Station
- Chargesheet:: I.Cr.Reg.No. 68/2011 dated 8/8/2011 under section 363, 366, 376, 504, 506(2) and 114 of IPC.
- Summary::
Motihirvani village is seachuated in Kheralu Taluka of Mehsana District. The total population of village is around 1800. There are 100 families of Chaudhary community; there are 70 families of Thakor community, there 25 and 15 houss of Rabari and Darbar community respectively. Prajapati families are 20 in number. There are 40 houses of Dalit community. The village has got school up to 12. There are 2 temples in the village in which Dalits are not allowed, untouchability is being practice in the village. Dalits have to go for labour works in the field of Chaudhary community.
On 5-8-2011 the D/o the complinant namely Dharmishtaben age 15 years, who is a member of schedule caste. At around 8 o’clock in the morning she told her family that she is going to cut grass and would be return by 12 o’clock. Since she did not return home the family member of victim inquired. The family came to know by her paternal uncle namely Jethabhai that the accuse namely Thakor Mukeshji Amaji, Thakor Amaratji Vikaji, Thakor Amaji Kacharaji and Thakor Givinji Talaji kidnep the victim. There after the accused persons raped her and threaten the victim. When the victim came home she narrated the incident and then the father of the victim made a complaint. The Police registered FIR under section 363, 366, 376, 504, 506(2), 114 of IPC and section 3(1) 10, 3(1) 12, 3(2) 5 of SC ST Act.
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IDUGULLAPALLI - ATTACK
- Posted by: NDMJ - DELHI
- Date of incident: 28-07-2011
- Create date: 16-10-2014
- State:: Andhra Pradesh
- District:: KRISHNA
- Police station:: Kuchipudi
- Chargesheet:: U/s 323, 506 r/w 34 of IPC and Sec 3(1)(x)of SC/ST (PoA) Act
- Summary::
M.Naga Raju S/o.Veraswamy, Bethi Nagaraju S/o.Sanjeeva Rao and Puli Anil Kumar S/o.Venkateswara Rao,. They all belong to SC (Mala) by caste and residents of Idugullapalli village of Gudur mandal in Krishna District. The villagers of Idugullapalli go to other villages for daily work. M.Nagaraju is the overseer of the labour. On 27-07-2011 they went to Racharlapalem as usual for agricultural work of Movva mandal in the same district. They have worked in the field of K.Jangala Rao(50) belonging to dominant community (Kapu) of Racharlapalem village. M.Nagaraju and Jangal Rao after discussing has fixed six people to work in one acre. After the completion of work on 28th July, Naga Raju asked for the payment of wages and Jangala Rao agreed to pay only for five and denied for the sixth one. As they demanded for labour, Jangala Rao abused in the name of caste saying “ENTIRA MALANA KODUKULLARA EKKUVA MATLADUTUNNARU ASALU DABBULU EVVANU EMCHESUKUNTARO CHESUKONDI”(You malas, I will not pay the labour, you do whatever you can) and attacked Naga Raju, later send them away forcibly without paying the wages and threatened them of dire consequences. They again requested him for the wages and in the meanwhile his sons came and abused them saying ‘KULAMTHAKKUVA NA KODUKULLARA MEM THALUCHUKUNTE ME MALAPALLE NE LEKUNDA CHESTAM ANDARI NE NARIKI ASTHI AMMI AYINA BAYATAKI VASTAM”(You low caste bastards we can ruin your colony and come out of jail easily, by any possible way). When Jangal Rao’s sons started to attack with sticks, Naga raju and others escaped, mustered courage, they went to Kuchipudi PS along with the caste elders and lodged a complaint on the same night. The police detained the dalits in the police station until the early hours of the next day and send them away without registering the case. Having come to know that the dalits have lodged a complaint, the Kapus have planned to mass attack the colony.
The incident was brought to the notice of DSS by the local Ambedkar Youth Associations. DSS swung into action immediately and has come to know that the local police were making best efforts in compromising both the parties and were insisting the dalits to withdraw their complaint. DSS brought pressure on the SI of Kuchipudi and DSP of Avanigadda, made it clear to them that there is no scope for compromise and asked them to register the case immediately. But still as the DSP failed to get the case registered, DSS took up the incident to the notice of the Superintendent of Police and Collector of Krishna District. With the continuous persuading of DSS, at last the case was registered on 1st August ’11 and the accused was remanded on 2nd August.
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No downloads availableDalit student died in hostel in Chidambaram Nandhanar School Hostel
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 26-07-2011
- Create date: 26-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: CUDDALORE
- Police station:: Chidambaram Town
- Chargesheet:: not filed
- Summary:: Vignesh aged 18 years S/o. Arasan was a resident of Kizakku Maruthur of Ulundurpet Taluk, Cuddalore District. He was studying twelth standard in Nandanar School in Chidambaram. He was also staying in the hostel. Vignesh had obtained 495 Marks in his tenth standard. During his elevelth standard he was obtaining first rank in the class. On 26.07.2011 Vigenesh was found hanging in the window of the hostel. The noose was tied to a window of very low height from the floor, so that no one can suicide by that Vignesh’s body was taken to the hospital. The hostel is being maintained by Adhidravida Welfare Department. Similar deaths of students have been reported in the near past. The hostel is bereft of basic facilities like pure drinking water, quality toilets etc. The students have been agitating continuously. Complaints have been sent to SHRC, SC/ST Commission, CEO, DGP, District Collector and District Sessions Judge. A case of suspicions death has been filed by the police. But no further investigation has been done. SHRC conducted on enquiry and the statements of parents have been recorded. Poster demanding the arrest of police was pasted throughout Cuddalore by Human Rights Organizations.
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Dalit families attacked- Dabrela village
- Posted by: Centre for Dalit Rights
- Date of incident: 23-07-2011
- Create date: 29-11-2013
- State:: Rajasthan
- District:: AJMER
- Police station:: Sarbada
- Chargesheet:: not filed
- Summary:: The incident is of village Dabrela, which situated 20km far from the Sarbada police station. Dalit situation in the village is very vulnerable, their literacy rate is very low, due to poverty and unawareness they drop out from school and get involve in daily wedge earning. The community is oppressed by the non dalit people of the village. They are deprived of good road, electricity and water. They always have to face discrimination from the non dalit. Victim Laxminarayan s/o- Ghisa is a dalit and resident of Dabrela village. They are living in the village since 35 years. They earn their living by brick making but the non dalit in the village are not happy about it because the dalit are not serving them. On 23.07.2011 Bhiru Singh s/o Narayan Singh Rajput along with the people from Gujjar community came to the dalit community and abused them in the name of caste and destroyed the kachha house of the dalits while announcing you dalits we will throw you out of the village. They burnt down a huge amount of wood, took away some money and silver Jewelry from the women. When the resident of the village Nanda Jat s/o Hansraj Jat objected to it, they even broke down Nanda’s house. Many houses were damaged by the accused, and dalit people had to suffer for 10-15 days in the rain without roof on their houses. On 27.07.11, the dalit community went to district police station and Sarbada police station to complain about the incident but no action was taken place. So the victim registered the complaint through court.