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Dalit man lynched to death for open defecation (Code: TN-VLP-2020-0114, Date: 01-Oct-2019 )
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Case primary details
| Case posted by | Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY |
| Case code | TN-VLP-2020-0114 |
| Case year | 01-Oct-2019 |
| Type of atrocity | SC/ST (POA) Act |
| Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | No |
Fact Finding
Fact finding date
| Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case Incident
Case Incident details
| Case incident date | 12-Feb-2020 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Villupuram(DP) State: Tamil Nadu |
| Police station | Peria Thattchur |
| Complaint date | 12-Feb-2020 |
| FIR date | 12-Feb-2020 |
Case brief
Case summary
Dalit man named Sakthivel (26 years) is a resident of Karai village was working in petrol bunk. On 11.2.2020 he went for his work and completed his night shift too and had called his sister by 10 am by 12th morning. He had told her that he need his identity proofs for the checking in the petrol bunk.
Meanwhile around 12:30 pm on the same day he had come to elder sister Deivanai\'s home and took lunch and went for his work. On his way he had stomach ache and got down near the dominant caste fields for open defecation. This led to the gathering of caste Hindus and subsequently brutally murdering him. A case was registered at Sulur PS with the crime number number 13/2020, 147, 148, 294(b), IPC, r/w 3(1)(v) Sc/ST PoA Act 1989.