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Harassment and Abetment to Suicide - G Sampoorna (Code: DSS-AP-KN-09, Date: 16-Dec-2013 )
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Case primary details
| Case posted by | Dalit Sthree Sakthi (DSS) |
| Case code | DSS-AP-KN-09 |
| Case year | 16-Dec-2013 |
| Type of atrocity | Other Crimes Against SCs |
| Whether the case is being followed in the court or not? | Yes |
Fact Finding
Fact finding date
| Fact finding date | Not recorded |
Case Incident
Case Incident details
| Case incident date | 16-Dec-2013 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: KRISHNA State: Andhra Pradesh |
| Police station | Not recorded |
| Complaint date | 17-Dec-2013 |
| FIR date | 18-Dec-2013 |
Case brief
Case summary
Brief details of the Incident:
Guvvada Sampoorna(35) w/o Lakshmana Rao is SC ‘Mala’ by caste and are the residents of Aluru village, Mudinepalli mandal in Krishna district. Lakshmana Rao can’t do any work due to ill health and Sampoorna goes for agricultural work and is the bread winner of the family. In the recent past, SCs in the village have fought for the tank in the village against the BCs and Sampoorna stood on the fore front of the agitation. This irritated the former sarpanch Satish Babu and he developed grudge against her. Similarly Panthagani Manmada Rao, Kurma Jaya Raju, Undi Bogeswara Rao and Uttepalli Venkataratnam of the same village have developed hatred against Sampoorna as she has not yielded to them and often they used to harass her by all means. Meanwhile Satish Babu has taken the contract of Anganwadi building construction in the village.
Sampoorna has repaired the floor of her house by borrowing cement and bricks from Matta Venkateswara Rao and Arza Veera Dasu. Satish Babu levied false allegation against Sampoorna saying that she has stolen the cement and bricks from the anganwadi building material. Therefore he has sent Panthagani Manmada Rao, Kurma Jaya Raju, Undi Bogeswara Rao and Uttepalli Venkataratnam to forcibly search for cement and bricks in the house of Sampoorna. Though nothing was found in the house they continuously harassed Sampoorna wherever they came across her. In this context Lakshmana Rao husband of Sampoorna was called to Subba Rao’s rice mill in the village, and was warned of dire consequences by Satish Babu and Barla Ram Mohan. Sampoorna was offended over false charge of robbery and the continuous harassment and has committed suicide on 16th December 2013 and passed away on 18th December 2013 while undergoing treatment. A case has been registered bearing Cr No: 241/2013 U/s 306 r/w 34 of IPC and Sec 3(1)(viii) of SC,ST (PoA) Act in Mudinepalli PS.
Interventions:
- Conducted fact finding
- Discussed with the concerned police officials for compensation and rehabilitation
State Actors Approached:
- DSP – Gudiwada
- Deputy Director – SWD, Krishna district
Action to be taken:
- Payment of Compensation and Rehabilitation
- Arrest of the accused
- Charge sheet to be filed