Kaliyammal (65) W/o Late Raman, is a widow, resident of Neelankalivalasu village, Moolanur, Tarapuram Taluk, Tirupur district, belongs to  Dalit Community. She is living in her own house, built on a two cent poromboke land given by the Government to her husband. Her son Mahalingam is in outstation. In 1969, when Raman was alive, Karuppasamy, belongs to dominant caste hindu kounder community, fraudulently got the ownership right over the land in writing form Raman. He never disclosed this matter to Kaliyammal. In 1986, with the motive to evict from her house and to grab the land, he transferred the ownership right over the land to Sivakumar, belongs to Dailt community. Until 2010, Karuppasamy never disclosed this matter to Kaliyammal. Palanisamy and Rajendran were in support of Karuppasamy in his fraudulent grab. On 01/07/2010, we brought some men and ordered them to demolish the house and he verbally abused her, referring derogatory regarding caste.

Thiruvengadam is a town panchayat, in Thirunelveli District. dominant caste Hindu Nayakkar community and Dalits are found to be majority in this town panchayat. Amudha, belongs to Dalit community, is doing tailoring course in Star Women Tailoring Centre. Police Inspector Jeyachandran aged 42 was indulged in eve teasing Amudha very often. Hence Amudha complained about the misdeeds of the Inspector to Mr. Mani, who also belongs to Dalit Community. Mani questioned the Inspector regarding eve teasing Amudha and objected him regarding this. Inspector Jeyachandran who felt humiliated by this episode decided to avenge him. On 01/07/2010, Jeyachandran called Mani to come to the Thiruvengadam Police Station under the pre text of an enquiry. Inspector brutally assaulted Mani. Mani was assaulted deafening his left ear, and he sustained severe injury all over his body. Advocate Mr. Senthamarai, bailed him out and Mani was admitted in the Government Hospital for medical treatment.

Inspector Jeyachandran involved in similar criminal activity even in the past. Thiruvengadam PS Sub-Inspector and other police men justified this brutal assault and refused to register the  complaint given on behalf of Mani. Police men purposefully invoked section 75 and forced him to pay the fine. Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1998 have to be invoked against the erred inspector and need to be implicated for sexual harassment. Mani was not given proper medical treatment and not provided monetary relief regarding this. Police department is negligent to take action against the perpetrator.

Kallakuli, Veruvadasalaigal, is in Coimbatore Southern Taluk, Coimbatore District. Kallakuli is home to around 250 famililies with 900 people, belonging to Dalit Arunthathiyar community and some Muslim families. They have been living in this locality since 1947. Most of the people of Kallakuli are working as Scavengers in the Municpal Corporation, Scavengers in the nearby streets, and also as Masons and daliy wage labourers. They have been denied Housing patta for a long time. Their petitions seeking housing patta, street lights, drinking water facilities were largely ignored by the district administration. Pakshiraja Studio belongs to Veruvada Chettiyar is located near to Kallakuli. Now the descendants of Veruvada Chettiyar are claiming ownership over this land. They are forcing and intimidating the residents of Kallakuli to vacate the land. Thiruganam son of Veruvada Chettiyar is threatening this people to vacate and migrate to other places.  Palanisamy MLA asked this people to vacate this locality, with a promise for provision of housing land in Chettipalayam. But Chettipalayam located 30 km from the city limit, will jeopardize their livelihood. Kallakuli residents fear that Chettipalayam being a village, they may subject to caste based discrimination and atrocity. Hence they refused to vacate the land and to relocate to Chettipalayam.

Thiruganam, Palanisamy and other influential people of the dominant caste hindu community are compelling the people to vacate the land. Resident of Kallakuli formed a association under the name of Subash Chandra Bose Residents Welfare Association , to raise a collective voice to protect their rights.  Thayanithi Maran, called up the leader of the Subash Chandra Bose Residents Welfare Association and asked them to vacate the land and to move to Chettipalayam. Police and District Administration are negligent to take action against the perpetrators who threatens the dalit residents to vacate the land. Till date the Dalit residents of Kallkuli are not provided Housing Patta and other basic facilities for their decent standard of living.

T. Prabhakaran (32), resident of Nitchampalayam, Perundurai Taluk, Erode district, belongs to Dalit Paraiyar community. He is working as a District Distributor of Auromax Couriers Intl Ltd. On 26/06/2010, evening, as his Maruti Esteem got punctured, he was repairing it at a puncture shop near Velusamy Private Hospital. At that time one Vellaisamy belongs to Pandaram community, who came in TVLS motor bike, hit his car causing damages all over the front portion of his car and the damages to the tune of Rs.10000. Vellaisamy who caused this accident, sustained minor injury due to this accident and his TVLS bike front tier got damaged. When Prabhakaran asked Vellaisamy to pay for the damages, Vellaisamy called Selvam, District president of Kongu Vellalar Kounder Peravai to come to the place of incident. Prabhakaran called Vijayabalan, the District President of VCK Party to the place of incident. On bebalf of Vellaisamy around 50 Kounders gathered and argued in favour of Vellaisamy. Vijayabalan and other VCK cadres spoke in support of Prabhakaran. The heated conversation led a scuffle and both the groups started attacking the opposite. During this scuffle, one Selvan belongs to dominant Kounder community, snatched away the Cell phone and 3.5 pound gold chain of Prabhakaran. The mob also snatched away Rs. 10000 from Vijayabalan in the midst of the scuffle. Prabhakaran and Vijayabalan were man handled and sustained injuries. The caste hindu mob verbally abused the dalits referring derogatory regarding caste name.

Injured dalits informed the Perundurai Police station about this mass atrocity commissioned by the caste hindu mob. But SI Valarmathi and other police men who arrived to the place remained a mere spectators. Again another 150 caste hindus joined the mob and attacked the Dalits and VCK Cadres who gathered in support of Prabhakaran. Later the victimized dalits filed a complaint with the Perundurai Police station. A case was registered against the perpetrators. But the negligent police officials failed to arrest the perpetrators regarding this atrocity.

Later this case was CLOSED by the DISTRICT VIGILANCE AND MONITORING COMMITTEE as MISTAKE OF FACTS.

Legal Standard Breached:

1.       Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. [Sec. 148 of IPC].
2.       Causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapons is an offence punishable under section 324 IPC, and any person who commits any offence under the section 324 IPC shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with fine. (sec. 3(2)(v) SC/ ST (PoA) Act).
3.       Voluntarily causing hurt to and assault or another person is an offence Sec.323, 326, 342,355, 34 of IPC
4.       Whoever  commits,  the  offence  of  criminal  intimidation  shall  be  punished  with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both. (Sec. 506 of IPC).
5.       A person, who is not a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, who intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste in any place of public view, is guilty of an offence under the Act ( sec. 3(1)(x) SC/ST (PoA) Act).
6.       Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. [Sec. 379 of IPC].
7.       Whoever, being a public servant but not being a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, willfully neglects his/her duties required to be performed by him/her under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to one year [sec. 4 SC/ST (PoA) Act].
8.       No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to - the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public. (Art. 15(2)(b) IC-FR).
9.       No one shall be deprived of his/her right to life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary detention or imprisonment [Art. 21 IC-FR, Art. 9 UDHR, & Art. 9(1) ICCPR].
10.   Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person [Arts. 3 UDHR, Art. 6(1) ICCPR & Art. 5(b) CERD].
11.   No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment [Art. 5 UDHR and Art. 7 ICCPR].

C. Rajkumar, (23) resident of Alaguneri Village, Trinelveli Corporation, Trinelveli District, belongs to Dalit Pallan community. He is working as a farm labourer. His relative Mani of Chattirampudukulam, was arrested for the murder of one Madan and three others belonging to dominant caste hindu Devar community. Hence Rajkumar visited the jail to meet him. Police of Thatchanallur Police station, remanded Rajkumar in the pretext of enquiry, tortured him for two days under police custody. He was also implicated in the Madan Murder case and kept beind the bar. When he came out on bail, Police again arrested him and implicated him under many cases. The police department charged him under GOONDAS Act and again put him behind bars.

Alaguneri and other nearby villages are prone to caste violence. In the last 5 months, the police department who were bias infavour of Devar community, implicated many Dalit youths under false cases and arrested them. Thatchanallur Police are allegedly filing false cases against Dalits to counter their assertion. Rajkumar was brutally tortured by the police department and no action was taken against the erred police men of the Thatchanallur Police Station.