S. Udayan (22), resident of Kannahi Street, Tiruchi, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. M. Sakthivel (25), resident of Sathiciapuram, Sivakasi Taluk, Virudhunagar District, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. Both are engaged in Septic Tank Cleaning Service with a Tank Lorry. Mr. V. Radhakrishnan, belongs to dominant caste hindu Nayakkar community, is the owner of Sri Karthick Hotel located in Ettayapuram Taluk, Thoothukudi district.. He also owns a  public toilet near to his hotel. On 07/10/09, Udayan and Sakthivel, approached Radhakrishnan to clean the Septic Tank of the Public toilet in return for payment. As Radhakrisnan agreed to the deal, both started to exchaust the septic tank with a pipe. After sucking the drain with the pipe, Sakthivel entered into the tank to clean manually. But due to gas leakage, Sakthivel got suffocated and fell unconscious inside the tank. Udayan who entered in to the tank to rescue Sakthivel was also succumbed to the gas leakage and fell conscious. Both died inside the tank. Both the bodies were lifted out with the help of Fire Service department and sent for post mortem. Victims’ families were not provided with any monetary compensation by the Hotel Owner in this regard.

V. Stalin (17), resident of Veeramanickapuram, Thirunelveli District, belongs to Dalit Pallan community. He is pursuing AC Mechanic in the Grimmson Institute, Murugankuritchi. Ramachandiran relative’s marriage is organized in JVR Marriage Hall. Hence Ramachandiran asked Stalin, to go the Hall along with other handpicked students, to work as a supplier in return for Rs. 75. Excluding Stalin every other students have been paid the wage the service. On 05/10/09, after knowing this from other students, he sought permission from his class teacher Ravikumar, to meet Ramachandiran to ask for the money. Since Ravikumar and Ramachandiran who are having acrimonious relationship, denied the request of Stalin and ordered him not to speak to Ramakrishnan. Stalin met Ramachandiran during the lunch time and asked for the money. Ramachandiran agreed to pay him later. Ravikumar noticed this conversation between Ramachandiran and Stalin. During the class hours after the lunch break, Ravikumar called Stalin and slapped him on his ear for not obeying his order, saying how dare you speak to him even after I ordered you not to speak to him? Stalin who had a severe  pain, after a while realized that blood is leaking out of his ear. On reaching home, he reported this to his father. After filing a complaint with the Police station, Stalin was admitted in the Palayamkottai Government Hospital. He was asked to take treatment for 15 days to get this cured. Ramachandiran who visited Stalin in the hospital, threatened him saying that If you want to continue your education, you need to withdraw the complaint given to the police station. Ramachandiran tried to win over Stalin, by paying money for medical expenses. But Stalin’s father Victor rejected the offer.

R. Anthonimuthu (50), resident of Mullai Nagar, Keelmunneerpallam, Palayangkottai Taluk, Thirunelveli District, belongs to Dalit Pallan community. In Keelmunneerpallam village, Dalits and domiant caste hindu Devar community people have acrimonious relationship. During a recent such conflict, A. Stephen Arul Doss, s/o Anthonimuthu, intervened and brokered compromise between the dalits and devars. Hence peace prevailed for a while. Devar community people who felt compromise as a shame to their caste superiority, planned to attack the person who brokered the peace. On 30/09/09, 08.30 pm, Anthonimuthu went to the township in his M-80 bike to buy food for the dinner. On his return, near the Pillaiyar Temple, he saw a bike parked at the middle of the road blocking the way. He shouted asking who kept the bike the middle. As no one responded to the call, he getting off from his M-80 to park the vehicle on the road side. As soon as he get off the bike, Allakaathaan, Sudalaimuthu, Kalyanasundaram, Subbiah Pandiyan and Maharajan, all belongs to dominant caste hindu devar community, who were hiding in the bush, came towards him. Allakaathaan hit him in his face with a iron rod and pushed him down. Then all the perpetrators brutally assaulted him and as the victim fell unconscious, they threw him in to the nearby drain.

Dalits belongs to Mullai Nagar, who were passing by the street, on hearing his murmuring sound, took him  to his house. Then Anthonimuthu and his family members went to the Munneerpallam police station to give a complaint in this regard. Later he was rushed to the Thirunelveli Medical college Hospital. He was admitted in the hospital for 12 days. Due to this attack, his lips torn apart and he was given 30 stitches in his lips. Police visited him in the hospital and got an statement about the incident. But they got a signature in two papers by threatening him. Soon after this they took his bike. Later it was known that the police department fabricated this assault as a accident. Police department is negligent to arrest the perpetrators and to take action against them.