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Rape of a Dalit woman in Mahesh Nagar
- Posted by: NDMJ-Bihar
- Date of incident: 01-01-2005
- Create date: 27-11-2013
- State:: Rajasthan
- District:: TONK
- Police station:: Mahesh Nagar
- Summary:: Victim Santosh Devi (23) w/o- Giriraj Bairba is a dalit women, on the day of incident she was at home in 81 Tagore Nagar, Near Kartar Railway gate. Her brother in law Yadram(8) was in the house with her. The accused Rajaram Jat, is a police constable, is the friend of her husband Giriraj. Rajaram used to come to their house, that day also he had come to give Rayfal oil for her mother in law and went out with her mother in law and sister in law. They had gone to collect fire wood from the fruit market. But at 12.30pm Rajaram entered the house by jumping a wall and send Yadram to get candy from the shop and took shontosh devi and raped her. When her husband came for lunch she informed him about the incident and they filed FIR against Rajaram.Police arrested Rajaram and put him jail. Santosh Devi is getting constant pressure to compromise in the case now. She has fear and doubts that if they will compromise; her husband will get money and divorce her.
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Atrocity on a Dalit widow in Harmada Village
- Posted by: NDMJ-Bihar
- Date of incident: 01-01-2005
- Create date: 27-11-2013
- State:: Rajasthan
- District:: AJMER
- Police station:: Bandra Sindri
- Chargesheet:: not filed
- Summary:: Sita Devi (55)’s Late husband Rameswar had a land before 40years which include a well. Half of the land was occupied by Thakur Nanond Singh, and he wanted to occupy the full land and used to quarrel with the victims family. Around 34 year before, Nanond Thakur wrongfully occupied the land and the well. Case was filed in the police station but the accused did not release the land and also injured Rameswar and was in judicial custody. But after Nanond Singh’s death his sons Raghubir singh(35), Rajendra Singh(27) and Umrab Singh(29) troubled the victim more, because of this Sita Devi’s son were forced to leave the village. On 30.07.2010, When Sita Devi and her son Sonu(23) went to the accused to talk about the land, they beaten and abused the victim in the name of caste.
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Denial of Access to Ground Water
- Posted by: Dalit Sthree Sakthi (DSS)
- Date of incident: 20-12-2004
- Create date: 21-03-2014
- State:: Andhra Pradesh
- District:: KADAPA
- Police station:: Kadapa
- Chargesheet:: F.I.R registered, Chargesheet Filed
- Summary::
In 2002 the APSRIC Authorities dug a well in Survey No. 409 of Nandipalli in order to provide drinking water to the residents of Kotha Chervuvu Village. The well was dug near the land of Pitchi Reddy, who belonged to the upper caste in the village. On the night of October 8, 2004 Pitchi removed the handle and pipes of the well, damaged the platform and fixed a submersible electrical motor in order to cultivate his land and thus stop water flow to the dalits.
On December 20, 2004 Ptichi along with 70 other men from the villages of Mallampeta and Konasamudram brought agricultural implements and acted to remove the well. The victim brought his camera to take pictures of their actions, but was confronted by the accused. The victim was verbally abused and was then struck on his head with an axe, which resulted in head injuries. The women accompanying the accused were also verbally abused and beaten. The women fled fearing further attacks but the accused pursued them and chased them with sticks, axes and shovels in hand. The women sought shelter at G. Chary’s home in the village.
The victim attempted to go to the hospital but was again threatened by the accused and the 70 other men from seeking medical attention. They also threatened him if he sought help from the police. Thus, he had no other option but to return to the village. Upon his return he phoned the police, who came and recorded the statements of the victim and the women. They also took him to the hospital for the necessary medical treatment. The case is pending trial before the Special Court at Kadapa.
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Rape and Murder of a Minor Dalit Girl
- Posted by: NDMJ-Bihar
- Date of incident: 15-12-2004
- Create date: 22-03-2014
- State:: Bihar
- District:: GAYA
- Police station:: Dobhi
- Chargesheet:: F.I.R- 15.12.04, No. 202/04, Chargesheet filed
- Summary::
The deceased 13 year old Rekha Kumari d/o Rambhaju Manjhi belonging to Musahar community, at Karmauni village, Dobhi Ps and Taluk, Gaya district in Bihar was raped and killed brutally on 15/12/2004 at 9.00am. She was a decent girl in the village and she believed to have respect for her family. She was living with her father. Her father worked as a wage labourer. On 12/12/2004 the perpetrator Surendra Kumar Yadav had once tried to molest her but she boldly opposed him. On that basis he had threatened her.
On 15/12/2004 in the morning at 9 she had gone for the collection of the cow dung. The perpetrators Surendra Kumar Yadav s/o Shivalal Yadav, Uday Yadav s/o Jhaman Yadav, Mahendra Yadav s/o Mahadev Yadav and Arun Yadav s/o Hiravan Yadav went after her and caught hold of her, raped her and fearing their actions to be brought to the notice by her, they killed her attacking with bricks on various parts of her body. Her cheeks and breasts were cruelly crashed. Her head was badly injured. The flesh of her face was chopped. People found very difficult to identify her body but the father of the girl recognized her with her clothing. An evidence of the perpetrators was found in the place of the incidence i.e. a shawl.
On the same day on December 15, 2004 the father of the deceased filed the FIR no. 202/04 and the body was taken to Anugraha Narayan Medical College and Hospital for the postmortem report. But in FIR the police had written no names of the perpetrators. Charge sheet has been presented in the court. No compensation has been given to the family. The case is under trial. The police had taken Rs. 10,000 to subside the case. The Charge Sheet has been submitted in the court.
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Musclemen Demolished Houses of Dalits to Encroach upon Land
- Posted by: NDMJ-UP
- Date of incident: 08-12-2004
- Create date: 29-11-2013
- State:: Uttar Pradesh
- District:: VARANASI
- Police station:: Manhuaroh
- Summary:: Ramesh Gupta with his brothers Santosh and Ashok, 25 labours and a few musclemen indulged in demolishing the houses of the Dalits without any prior information. This act was opposed by the land holders and other Dalits. They did not want their houses to be demolished and so they started fight against the work. There was a total commotion in the place. The labourers of Ramesh ran away from the place. Learning the fight in the place the perpetrator Ramesh Gupta came with the police again. The police too joined hands with Ramesh and illtreated the plot holders. They pulled the hair of the women and assaulted them. Ramesh pointed his gun at the children of the Dalits. Looking at this act Shashikala and Sobhavati fell unconscious. People thought that they were dead and the victims jammed the road. After a great difficulty the SHO of Manduadih could clear the jam giving some assurance. It was learnt through the neighbours that on 1.6.1967 the grandmother of Ramesh Gupta, late Parwati Devi, had asked Ramadhar s/o Mangru to declare the plot no. 21/1 measuring 13 dismal as public property and plot no. 21/2 measuring 3 dismal of her own. It so happen that on 17.12.1986 Lekhpal, Tahsildar, Medical officials and a few First Aid officials organized a camp for Family Planning program in Vidyapeeth bloc. Five of the Dalit women (Rajkiran, Sobhavati, Shashikala, Chandravati and Kamla) got operated under Family Planning and they were allotted 3 dismal plot of land each to five of them from plot no. 21/1 with the help of the then SDM on 12.12.1986 and gave to the ownership of the land. That happened to be the reason for the demolition of the houses own by the Dalits. No FIR was registered in the police station.