Ms. Rajeswari of Bhuvanagiri, Cuddalore District has won in the last panchayat election held in December 2019 and belonged to the Scheduled Castes (SC). She has won in the Therkku Thittai Panchayat and presently holding the position of panchayat president. Totally there are 6 panchayat members in Therkku Thittai panchayat and out of six, four of them are non-Dalits. The remaining 2 are Ms Rajeswari and Ms. Sukanya respectively.

The vice-president Mr. Mohanraj is belonged to the most backward castes (MBC – Vanniyar caste) and he had influenced the other non-Dalits and was discriminating the two Dalit women Rajeswari and Sukanya. These non-Dalits did not allow the panchayat president to execute the powers and to perform her duties. The vice-president had also threatened the president and the 2 Dalit women were forced to sit on the floor during the two gram sabha and two panchayat meeting. They were subjected to derogatory forms of verbal abuse and discriminatory practices. Also during the Independence Day the panchayat president Rajeswari was denied to hoist the national flag and the vice-president Mohanraj’s father hoisted the flag.

Presently a case has been registered at Bhuvanagiri PS with the crime no: 1103 u/s sec 3(1) (m), 3(1) (r) SC/ST PoA Act on 10.10.2020. The vice president Mohanraj is absconding and the secretary Sindhujah and 6^th ward member Mr. Sugumar have been arrested by the Bhuvanagiri police.

As Usual Late Arjun Kori was went to Musava Market Chauk for having tea with his youngest son \' bike. 

After some little time his Son came back home but Arjun was there sitting in the shop of the Market. 

The people of the house of Arjun were restless doing their work and They did not know that such a
tragic event would happen .
    After 2-3 hours the people of Arjun were worried and Statrt to search to Arjun and asking to 
everyone about Arjun prasad kori. 
They searching in the Village area and their forms , but Arjun was not be found . The process of 
Searching was till 11.45 pm. After The Family members went to Munshiganj Police Station to Inform to Police regarding
 regarding Arjun prasad kori.  The Police of Munshigarj Police Station also oreoaring to go to Inci-
dent Place . The Victims Inform them and returned to Village. Police also came to Village and reached One of the
 Accused Krishnkant Tripathi house. The Victims also reached incident Place and Seen to the Burning
body of Arjun prasad kori.

 
 

I am permanently residing at Arunthathiyar Colony, Keezhpachavur, Thandrampattu of Tiruvannamalai District. I belong to the Scheduled Caste Arunthathiyar community. I am married and have four children namely Vijaya (40), daughter Akila (26), Thanalakshmi (23), Pavithra (20) and son Vijayakumar (19). I work as a farm laborer.

48 acres of panchami land and there are around 150 families belonging to the dominant Hindu are residing in their village. The members of the above community are cultivating 2 acres or 3 acres and the members of the above community are cultivating and surviving in the Panchamiland. The Dalit families have been living in 10 or 20 sheet boats for three generations in the 5 cents area on the outskirts.

For the past two years, members of the Muslim community have been threatening to evict the Dalits. In this context, on 24.04.2020 at around 10.30 am, Dinakaran, Manivarma, Raveendran, Paunkumar, Prakash, Surya, Devendran, Kumar, Ravi, Arul, Mariappan and Tirupati, who belong to the Merpadilambadicaste (sub caste of most backward castes) resident of the same village, came together to build a barricade.

When Maniyarsauwent and asked them why they were doing such injustice, immediatelyDinakaranabused him in filthy language and brutally attacked him. Later Manivarma pelted stonesManiyarasana on the forehead, simultaneouslyRaveendran hit in the right leg, hip and right arm. Ravi, Kumar and Dinakaranhit Maniyarasan\'s brother on the left elbow and right finger. Paunkumar and Tirupati both slapped Maniyarasan\'s brother on the chest and right finger. Dinakaran, Prakash and Surya were stoned in the back by Maniyarasan\'s nephew.

Together they said they would demolish the house with the JCB machine and would not allow them to reside there. They had also threatened to kill them. The Dalit who had sustained severe and brutal injuries went to the Government hospital and received medical treatment as outpatients. The next day, on 25.04.2020, a complaint was lodged at the Maniyarasuthanipadikaval station with the crime no: 790/2020 u/s 147,148,294(b),323,324,506 (ii) – IPC r/w:3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(Va) – SC/ST POA Act  2015, 3 of PUBLIC PROPERTY (PRVNT OF DAMAGE ACT – 1992. The case was registered and 11 accused persons were arrested and bailed out.

Mr. Natrajan (53) is resident of Rajiv Gandhi, Ammapettai Post, Chidambaram Taluk of Cuddalore District and residing along with his wife Saraswathi and son Raja (37), Daughter-in law Sivasakthi and grandchildren Dharshini, Varshini, Valavan. His son Raja is working as union secretary in VCK party [national party] of the 3^rd ward, Kaddavacheri.

 Natrajan was working as daily wager in agricultural lands and mason at times. And in the night he was working as security in Bala Sarawathi Trade Complex, Ammapettai for the past 9 years. A man named Baskar was holding a tea shop in the trade complex and Baskar’s wife Rajakumari is looking after the tea shop.

 Natrajan was helping Rajakumari in many times in running the tea shop. During times, he used to watch TV in Rajakumari’s house and Rajakumari’s brother in law Sudakar many times verbally abused stating that not to allow Dalit man into the house.

 Meantime on 25.04.2020 around 7:45 pm, as usually he had gone for his work and the next day morning (26.04.2020) he was found dead in the nearby canal. He had brutal and severe head injuries and more than 15 cuts in his head alone. His remaining parts also had brutal injuries.

 A case has been registered at Annamalai PS with the crime no: 263/2020 u/s 302 of IPC and the deceased Natrajan was taken Chidambaram Government Hospital. On 29.04.2020 around 11 am, Natrajan’s body was given after the postmortem and it was cremated in the Kaddavacheri graveyard.

•          25.04.2020 - Around 7:45 pm, as usually he had gone for his work


•          26.04.2020 – Natrajan was found dead in the nearby canal. He had brutal and severe             head injuries and more than 15 cuts in his head alone. His remaining parts also had               brutal injuries.


•          26.04.2020 - A case has been registered at Annamalai PS with the crime no: 263/2020           u/s 302 of IPC and the deceased Natrajan was taken Chidambaram Government                     Hospital.


•          29.04.2020 - Around 11 am, Natrajan’s body was given after the postmortem and it               was cremated in the Kaddavacheri graveyard.

Outside the village, some Dalit children were playing cricket. While they were playing, some Brahmin children started interrupting in the game, and took away their bat and ball. When the Dalit children, asked the Brahmin children to return their bat and ball, they started beating them. Dalit children somehow, could escape from their and reached home, and narrated the incident. On this, the parents of the Dalit children, went to the house of the Brahmin family and complained about it. To, this the Brahmin family reacted violently, and started hitting the Dalit family with sticks, and started abusing castesist remarks like ‘Saale Chamar tum logo ki itni himmat tum mere ghar aa gaye’. In this scuffle, Choteylal, Adarsh, Premchand, and Prabhavati were badly injured.