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Rape on a Dalit Girl Kalol
- Posted by: Navsarjan Trust
- Date of incident: 18-09-2011
- Create date: 10-03-2014
- State:: Gujarat
- District:: MAHESANA
- Police station:: Kalol Taluka Police Station
- Chargesheet:: I.Cr.Reg.No. 191/11 dated 18/09/11 under section 376, 506(2) of IPC and section 3(1) (10) and 3(2) (5)
- Summary::
The village named Thod falls under the taluka of Kadi of district Mahesana. It consists of population around 10,000. Patles and Thakors are in majority as there are about 300 families of patels and equal to that of Thakors, hence they are said to be dominant class in the village. Sarpanch belongs to Thakor community. There are approximately 50 families of Raval community, 50 families of Vaghari. There are about 75 families of Dalit community which includes Valmiki, Rohit and Vanik Brahmin. The village is situated at the distance of around 15 K.M. from the Taluka place. Dalits are mainly dependent on a hard labour work in the land of patels and Thakors. Very few are having government jobs. Some of the youths of the dalit community are working in a factory nearby places. Patels are well to do in the village.
Gitaben Laxmanbhai Senghal, resident of village Thod, Ta- Kadi, District Mahesana belongs to scheduled caste. Victim of the incident was working in a tube factory at Adhana, where the accused also was a worker. The accused Babubhai Raval made friendship with the victim and slowly made her to fall her in love with him. Thereafter, the accused gave a false promise to the victim that he would marry her, in spite the fact that he was married already. After taking her into confidence, that he would marry her, the accused took her away and rape her time and again against her will at different places like Dabhva Panjara Pol, Patan Gusest, House, Rajasthan Gusest House, Surat, Anand and other places, Name of other places not known to victim When she became pregnant he refused to marry her and threaten her that he would kill her if she complaints to anybody. He also forced her to take medicine to abort a child, to which she resisted. After some days she was left by accused. Finally the victim filed FIR against the accused and police registered the offence under section 376 and 506(2) of the IPC and section 3(1) (x) and 3(2) (v) of the SCST Prevention of Atrocities Act.
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Social Boycott of Dalits at sadharnpur
- Posted by: Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan
- Date of incident: 14-09-2011
- Create date: 03-03-2014
- State:: Punjab
- District:: PATIALA
- Police station:: Nabha
- Chargesheet:: No F.I.R.
- Summary:: The root cause of the social boycott in Village- Sadharpur, Seun Kath and Badshahpur is related to the landlords employing the local Scheduled castes as bonded labourers. It would be clear from the following complaints filed by the boned labourers to the Deputy Commissioner of Patiala District:- That Amarjit Singh S/o Gujjar Singh aged 55 years R/o Village- Sadharanpur, tehsil and District- Patiala had submitted following facts through affidavit for the release of his sons and brother. 1. That his brother Baldev S/o Gujjar Singh and sons Jassa Singh ald Lakha Singh were working as “Siri” with landlords Jarnail Singh S/o Bakshish Singh R/o Village- Seuna Kath, Post office-Badshahpur, tehsil-Samana, District- Patiala for last 29 years. 2. That landlord has agreed to give Rs.11,000 to the labourers which has been given by landlord to their previous landlord Amarjit Singh S/o Chanan Singh R/o Village- Seun Kath District- Patiala. 3. That the landlord has fixed salary of these three labourers @ of Rs.7000 per annum but were not paid any regular wages instead of that they were given just Rs.100/- or Rs.200/- per month. 4. That they were not allowed any leave, they had to pay a fine of Rs.100 per day and night for their absence. Therefore they left the job of above landlord for last two months. 5. That the landlords demand Rs,1,28,700/- from all these three labourers as the outstaying debt and forces them to work if they could not repay the amount. 6. That because of the compulsion of the landlord and nonpayment of their due wages they did not want to works with this landlord. The names of the other bonded labourers in the village are given below: 1. Rimna Singh S/o Malu Singh 2. Mamu Singh S/o Surti Singh 3. Prem Singh S/o Saroop Singh 4. Jassa Singh S/o Nikka Singh 5. Kala Singh S/o Nek Singh 6. Pappu Ram S/o Jagir Singh 7. Balvir Singh S/o Amarjit Singh 8. Lakha Singh S/o Amarjit Singh 9. Jassa Singh S/o Amarjit Singh 10. Amarjit Singh S/o Gujjar Singh Dalits of village Sadharnpur alleged that some families of farmers of the adjacent village Seonakath have socially boycotted them. The names of the landlords who took leading role in imposing the social boycott are given below: 1. Amarjit Singh S/o Chanan Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 2. Sadha Singh S/o Deva Singh from village Sadharnpur 3. Avtar Singh S/o Banta Singh from village Sadharnpur 4. Narinder Singh S/o Harvail Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 5. Satnam Singh Fateh Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 6. Jai Singh S/o Mohan Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 7. Harnam Singh S/o Mehar Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 8. Mangal Singh S/o Deva Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 9. Joginder Singh S/o Natha Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 10. Jagir Singh S/o Bakshish Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 11. Dalvir Singh S/o Bakshish Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 12. Partap Singh S/o Hardeep Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala 13. Gurbachan Singh S/o Gujjar Singh, Village- Seun Kath, District- Patiala The announcement of their social boycott was made from village Gurudwara. Following these they were harassed and were not being allowed to go to the fields even to answer the call of nature. The social boycott call was extended to fifteen adjacent villages. The dalits had made series of three complaints to the District Administration during September 2002. The Deputy Commissioner Mr. Tejbir Singh also said that DDVA activist Kesar Singh of village Jhambo met him and complained to him about such a boycott. He ordered SDM Samana to go to the village along with the Deputy Superintendent of Police to find the facts. (Times of India, September 11, 2002).The dalits also had filed a case in the Labour Court for payment of their wages. In lieu of this the SDM, Samana had stated that since the matter is in court, he can not intervene
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Dalit family brutally assaulted- Loharbada
- Posted by: Centre for Dalit Rights
- Date of incident: 15-08-2011
- Create date: 28-11-2013
- State:: Rajasthan
- District:: AJMER
- Police station:: Nasirabad
- Summary:: This incident is of Loharbada village; dalits in the village are unprivileged and have less land so they go out for work. The village is mostly Jat populated. The victim Prem Devi w/o Lt.Hardev Regar is belongs to dalit community. She lives with the second wife of her husband and her two children. On 15th August 2012, Prem Devi was going to her field, on the way she had to pass Raisa Khan w/o Rasid Khan. Raisa saw Prem Devi going to field she started abusing her in the name of caste, and tie her with her duppata and pulled her to her house and injured her on the head also beaten her severely. Two of the neighbor Ramdev s/o- Sohon and Prabhu s/o- Ugma saw the incident and came to save Prem Devi and helped her to file FIR. Reason behind the act of violence is that acused Raisa’s children studies in the same school where Prem Devi’s children are studying. On that day the children had fight in the school, which prem devi had no idea but Rasia was very on the victims family and took revenge. According to the victim, in May 2011, Raisa had beaten Manbhar Devi, the second wife of Prem Devi’s husband. The injury was so severe that she was taken by ambulance and was admitted in hospital. FIR was filed regarding that but because of pressure the victim agreed for compromise with Rs.10000/- and five kg ghee. But till today the accused has given only Rs.5000/- to the victim. Now it’s the second time that the accused troubling the victims, witness of the incident are Ramdev and Prabhu, but now Prabhu is afraid to give his witness in the court. Legal Standard Breached: 1. Whoever is guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both (sec. 148 IPC).
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Rape and attempt to murder of a Dalit woman in premises of Veerapagoundanur Primary School
- Posted by: Social Awareness Society for Youths-SASY
- Date of incident: 07-08-2011
- Create date: 27-11-2013
- State:: Tamil Nadu
- District:: COIMBATORE
- Police station:: Kinathukadavu
- Chargesheet:: filed
- Summary:: Thulasiammal Aged 35 years W/o. Late Kanagaraj Resident in Annanagar colony, Veerappagoundanur of Coimbatore District. She was a dailt wage labour and belong to Arunthathiyar Community. On 07.08.2011 around 10pm Senthilkumar of Kuppangoundanur village, called me through telephone and asked her to come near the school for providing work the next day. He belongs to Ambalakaran Community. Since he was known to her, she went near the school. Senthil along with five others were standing near the school. When she went near them Senthil and his friends took her behind the school and raped her. shewas raped by all the six persons forcibly. In this cruel process she fainted. Believing that she was dead they made her nude and hanged her in a branch of tree with her saree. After they had gone the branch broke and she fell done on ground. This further injured her head. Only in the next day morning on 08.08.2011 she was found by village people. Hearing the information her brother Ramasamy and his wife Masilamani along with her relatives admitted her in the Coimbatore Government hospital. she was taken in the 108 ambulance service. Since she was unconscious and unable to talk no statement was given by her. Only after a week on 16.08.2011 she regained consciousness, told about the incident to police and others and was discharged.
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Rape on a Dalit woman Kheralu
- Posted by: Navsarjan Trust
- Date of incident: 05-08-2011
- Create date: 10-03-2014
- State:: Gujarat
- District:: MAHESANA
- Police station:: Kheralu Police Station
- Chargesheet:: I.Cr.Reg.No. 68/2011 dated 8/8/2011 under section 363, 366, 376, 504, 506(2) and 114 of IPC.
- Summary::
Motihirvani village is seachuated in Kheralu Taluka of Mehsana District. The total population of village is around 1800. There are 100 families of Chaudhary community; there are 70 families of Thakor community, there 25 and 15 houss of Rabari and Darbar community respectively. Prajapati families are 20 in number. There are 40 houses of Dalit community. The village has got school up to 12. There are 2 temples in the village in which Dalits are not allowed, untouchability is being practice in the village. Dalits have to go for labour works in the field of Chaudhary community.
On 5-8-2011 the D/o the complinant namely Dharmishtaben age 15 years, who is a member of schedule caste. At around 8 o’clock in the morning she told her family that she is going to cut grass and would be return by 12 o’clock. Since she did not return home the family member of victim inquired. The family came to know by her paternal uncle namely Jethabhai that the accuse namely Thakor Mukeshji Amaji, Thakor Amaratji Vikaji, Thakor Amaji Kacharaji and Thakor Givinji Talaji kidnep the victim. There after the accused persons raped her and threaten the victim. When the victim came home she narrated the incident and then the father of the victim made a complaint. The Police registered FIR under section 363, 366, 376, 504, 506(2), 114 of IPC and section 3(1) 10, 3(1) 12, 3(2) 5 of SC ST Act.