K. Sampath (43), resident of Arunthathiyar Colony, Koundanpalayam, Bhavani Taluk, Erode District, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar Community. He is working in a loom industry. On 01/01/2010, around 12.30 am, Kodiswaran and his friends were celebrating new year eve with cake near the Maduraiveeran Kovil. They shared new year wishes to Muthuvel, Ramachandiran, Periyasamy, Pushparaj, Yuvaraj, Moorthy all belongs to Kounder commumity, who came along the way in their bike. But the caste hindus, abused them saying, how dare you sakkili mother fuckers celebrate new year and asked them why you sakkilis are celebrating new year. When the Dalits youths objected to this, they again verbally abused them referring derogatory regarding caste. Sampath, who was returning home from work, witnessed this and asked Arunthathiyar youths to return to home. In the midst, suddenly the Kounder community youths started attacking the dalits with deadly weapons like knife, lathis, Cement slabs and blades. When Sampath asked them to stop the onslaught, the attacked Sampath. The perpetrators slit Sampath’s neck. Sampath sustained severe injury in his neck, nose, cheek and he fell uncouncious. All others sustained minor injury. Sampath was hospitalized at the Erode Government hospital for medical treatment. As the people gathered hearing the cry of the victims, all the perpetrators ran away from the scene.

People of the Arunthathiyar Colony went to the Andiyur Police Station to file the complaint. But the Head Constable Shivaji refused to register the complaint. Then the Dalits approached the SI Suresh and asked to file the complaint, even he refused to file the complaint. Hence all the Dalits of the village staged a demonstration protesting the Police negligence. Then the Police registered the FIR and arrested two of the perpetrators. After another protest demonstration, police arrested 6 others accused regarding this atrocity.

Auro Food (p) Ltd is in Pulichampalayam village, Villupuram District. In this flour mill nearly 300 labourers were employed. On 10 people out of this 300 were given as full time employees and the rest were contract labourers. Almost all the contract labourers were brought from other north and north-eastern states. The management of the Auro Food is apprehensive about labour organization and all the labour organization were dissolved by the company management. All the contract were provided poor accomadation facilities and deprived of proper sanitation facilities.

On 31/12/2009, while Sushil Das, native of Sudhabarimulla village, Puri District, Orissa, working in Auro Food as Migrant Contract, was operating the government banned Shifter Machine, the machine hit him accidently causing severe injury on his head. He was admitted in the JIPMER Hospital, Pondicherry. On 04/01/2010, he succumbed to the injury and died. On 05/01/2010, after the post mortem, company administration plotted to burn the body inside the company. But the Sushil Das was taken to his Native village in Odisha.  

A. Cheran, Secretary of Auro Food Employees Association, and other employees asked the management to provide monetary compensation to the family of the deceased Sushil Das. Due to the negligence of the company management, the meeting ends in a failure. Soon after this meeting, Police from the Vanur Police station and striking force arrested Cheran and others alleging that they destroyed the company properties. Cheran was kept under custody Cuddalore Jail.

K. Selvakumar (28), resident of Eraiyanur village, Tindivanam Taluk, Villupuram District, belongs to Dalit Paraiyar community. He is a B.Sc graduate and working as daily wage labour. His brother Murugadoss is working as a mason. On 29/12/2009, around 12 pm while Selvakumar was watching TV, Murugadoss on returning home from home, scolded Selvakumar for watching TV without bothering to go for work. This led to a scuffle between them. Murugan (their uncle) separated and pacified them. On seeing this, their mother Savithri scolded them. After this scuffle, both told that they are going to work and left the house. Selvakumar who left the house, went to his sister Tamilarasi’s house and had lunch. After 30 minutes Selvakumar was found dead near the water pool in the village. There were beat marks over his back side and there wound marks on his forehead. He was taken to the hospital and the doctors said that he was brought dead. Relatives and villagers staged a protest seeking filing the case under suspicious death u/s 174 of IPC. Sathyaraj, Ayyanarappan and Murugan were arrested in this regard.

Thadaham Road, Sundapalayam, F.C. Godown Street, Kumarasamy Colony of 57^th ward is home to nearly 2000 Dalit Valluvar and Arunthathiyar community. They are residing in these locations for the last 40 years. Till date they have been denied housing patta by the government. They have sent many petitions to the District Administration seeking provision of Housing patta. But the district Administration and the Municipal corporation are negligent to provide housing patta. District Administration, which is denying housing patta to these Dalit families, with the excuse that this land belongs to Government Poromboke land, has given approval to build Apartments for the dominant caste hindus within this Poromboke land premises. On 29/12/2009 considering this negligence of the government, dalits of these locality staged a Fast unto death protest demonstration, in front of Tamil Nadu Hotel, in Coimbatore. S. Thangavel, resident of Kumarasamy colony, Sundapalayam, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community, tried to self immolate himself in protest to the negligence of the Government. He was prevented from doing and arrested for this attempt.