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Satishkumar aged 18 belongs to Irular Community (ST) who was mentally retarded from the age of five, was discriminated based on his caste and brutally attacked by Kannan who belongs to Dominant Caste - Vanniyar Community. (Code: TN-VLP-2022- 184, Date: 03-Jan-2023 )
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Case primary details
| Case posted by | Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY |
| Case code | TN-VLP-2022- 184 |
| Case year | 03-Jan-2023 |
| 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 | 03-Jan-2023 |
| Place | Village: Not recorded Taluka:Not recorded District: Villupuram(DP) State: Tamil Nadu |
| Police station | Kandachipuram |
| Complaint date | 04-Jan-2023 |
| FIR date | 04-Jan-2023 |
Case brief
Case summary
Satish Kumar (18) s/o gurunathan belongs to ST Irular Community lives in Seranur Village, Senji Taluk, Villupuram District. His parents Gurunathan and Sarathi was working as Daily Wage laborers. Satish kumar was mentally retarded from the age of five and also has done cardiovascular surgery. On 03.01.2023 at 4pm, Kannan s/o Ramasamy who belongs to vanniyar community lives in same village , saw satish kumar sitting on the entrance of the house of Elumalai (vanniyar community), who is working in Electricy Board and verbally abused him by using his caste name and beaten him brutally by saying that, Sathish was telling everyone that he is loving his daughter. During this, Sathish parents came to hear his crying sound, and ran to the spot and questioned kannan why he is beating, for that he pulled Sathish mother's hair and her blouse and pushed her down and slapped her. And when her husband came to defend her, kannan brutally attacked gurunathan also and tored his shirt. Even after he begged him to leave, kannan continuously hit both husband and wife and spoke abusive vulgar words on them also threatened them that he will kill him.