V. Stalin (17), resident of Veeramanickapuram, Thirunelveli District, belongs to Dalit Pallan community. He is pursuing AC Mechanic in the Grimmson Institute, Murugankuritchi. Ramachandiran relative’s marriage is organized in JVR Marriage Hall. Hence Ramachandiran asked Stalin, to go the Hall along with other handpicked students, to work as a supplier in return for Rs. 75. Excluding Stalin every other students have been paid the wage the service. On 05/10/09, after knowing this from other students, he sought permission from his class teacher Ravikumar, to meet Ramachandiran to ask for the money. Since Ravikumar and Ramachandiran who are having acrimonious relationship, denied the request of Stalin and ordered him not to speak to Ramakrishnan. Stalin met Ramachandiran during the lunch time and asked for the money. Ramachandiran agreed to pay him later. Ravikumar noticed this conversation between Ramachandiran and Stalin. During the class hours after the lunch break, Ravikumar called Stalin and slapped him on his ear for not obeying his order, saying how dare you speak to him even after I ordered you not to speak to him? Stalin who had a severe  pain, after a while realized that blood is leaking out of his ear. On reaching home, he reported this to his father. After filing a complaint with the Police station, Stalin was admitted in the Palayamkottai Government Hospital. He was asked to take treatment for 15 days to get this cured. Ramachandiran who visited Stalin in the hospital, threatened him saying that If you want to continue your education, you need to withdraw the complaint given to the police station. Ramachandiran tried to win over Stalin, by paying money for medical expenses. But Stalin’s father Victor rejected the offer.

R. Anthonimuthu (50), resident of Mullai Nagar, Keelmunneerpallam, Palayangkottai Taluk, Thirunelveli District, belongs to Dalit Pallan community. In Keelmunneerpallam village, Dalits and domiant caste hindu Devar community people have acrimonious relationship. During a recent such conflict, A. Stephen Arul Doss, s/o Anthonimuthu, intervened and brokered compromise between the dalits and devars. Hence peace prevailed for a while. Devar community people who felt compromise as a shame to their caste superiority, planned to attack the person who brokered the peace. On 30/09/09, 08.30 pm, Anthonimuthu went to the township in his M-80 bike to buy food for the dinner. On his return, near the Pillaiyar Temple, he saw a bike parked at the middle of the road blocking the way. He shouted asking who kept the bike the middle. As no one responded to the call, he getting off from his M-80 to park the vehicle on the road side. As soon as he get off the bike, Allakaathaan, Sudalaimuthu, Kalyanasundaram, Subbiah Pandiyan and Maharajan, all belongs to dominant caste hindu devar community, who were hiding in the bush, came towards him. Allakaathaan hit him in his face with a iron rod and pushed him down. Then all the perpetrators brutally assaulted him and as the victim fell unconscious, they threw him in to the nearby drain.

Dalits belongs to Mullai Nagar, who were passing by the street, on hearing his murmuring sound, took him  to his house. Then Anthonimuthu and his family members went to the Munneerpallam police station to give a complaint in this regard. Later he was rushed to the Thirunelveli Medical college Hospital. He was admitted in the hospital for 12 days. Due to this attack, his lips torn apart and he was given 30 stitches in his lips. Police visited him in the hospital and got an statement about the incident. But they got a signature in two papers by threatening him. Soon after this they took his bike. Later it was known that the police department fabricated this assault as a accident. Police department is negligent to arrest the perpetrators and to take action against them. 

Devanaam Pudur village is in Udumalai Taluk, Tiruppur District. In this village dominant caste hindu Kounders are in majority. In this Kounders and other caste hindus practices Untouchability against the Dalit Arunthathiyar community. Dalits are prohibited to walk through the streets of caste hindus. They are not suppose to touch the caste hindus. Most of the dalits work in the agricultural land of caste hindus as daily wage labours and others work as scavengers. The Dalits livelihood is dependent on the caste hindus.

Kitaan resident of Devanaam pudur, belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. On 26/09/09, around 7pm Aautha Puja was celebrated and almost all the shops were providing beans for free. Kitaan went to Arul Agencies and along with others in the crowd, he was waited to get free beans. As the crowd become uncontrollable, he was pushed into the front of the shop. As he was driven from  pillar to post, he expressed his disappointment. Arul Agency Owner Rangasamy, who belongs to caste hindu community, who was intolerant towards this and being infuriated he and his employees assaulted him, as he entered close to the place where the deity was kept. On returning back to home, he reported this assault to his family members and one Shanmugam, who belongs to Dalit Arunthathiyar community. Hence Shanmugam and Kitaan, went back to Arul Agency to enquire about this. Rangasamy who could not tolerate the assertion of the Dalits verbally abused Kitaana and Shanmugam, and he asked his workers to beat them out. Hence his labourers, along with Andiyur Kumar, Auto Murugan and Rasu, brutally assaulted them with iron rods and wooden logs. Escaping from the assault, both kitaan and Shanmugam took refuge in a Tea shop, the mob followed them and again assaulted them. On knowing this assault, Kitaan’s sister Selvi begged the mob to stop the assault. Kitaan sustained severe injury in his head after seeing them in pool of blood, the mob fled from the scene.

Kitaan and Shanmugam were taken to the hospital around 10pm. In the hospital Kumar who brutally assaulted the Dalits, was given bed having sustained no injury. But Kitaan was asked to lay on the floor. They got medical treatment for about 10 days. Police have arrested only three of the perpetrators namely Rangasamy, Murugan and Kumar. After a week, even the three were released.

Kounders who could not tolerate the arrest, announced a bandh for two days. Dalit Solidarity groups staged a protest demonstration requesting stringent action against all the perpetrators. But the police all the members of Dalit Solidarity groups implicating them for disturbing the public tranquility .