Details of the Case:

Desavat Krishna Naik and Kumari Bhai are couple, residents of Reddy Gudem, Chilakaluripet, Guntur district.  They are ST Sugali Caste.  They work as labourers in a tobacco company.  They have two children, one daughter by name Lakshmi Bhai and son by name Sambasivarao Naik.  This boy is in his 3^rd year of diploma while the daughter wrote her Intermediate 1^st year in open school.  The age of Lakshmi Bhai is 17 years.  After she completed Tenth class, Lakshmi Bhai was joined Intermediate first year in S.R. College.  While in college she was a good kabaddi player and as a kabaddi player she had friendship with kabaddi coach Mr. Battula Sambasivarao.  He belongs to B.C. Vaddera caste.  They were good friends.  One day Sambasivarao approached Lakshmi Bhai and told her that kabaddi tournaments will be conducted at some place and if we have to participate in it one should go and give their names and signature before the commencement of the tournaments.  He asked her to come along with him for signing for the tournaments and took her to Tummala Palem.  There he kept her in a room and told her that he loves her and that she must marry him.  He threatened her that if she refuses, he will kill her father.  He continuously harassed her and tortured her in the room forcing her to marry him.  Meanwhile her parents gave complaint to the police that their daughter was missing.  Police traced her and brought her back to the parents.  But she did not tell anything to the police as samba Siva Rao threatened her that he would kill her father if she tells anything to the police.  Later in July 2019 she went away with samba Siva Rao and stayed with him for 4 months.  After 4 months in December 2019 she told that she was being tortured, beaten up and abused in the name of caste and that she went with him only due to fear as he threatened that he would kill her father if she doesn’t go with him.

On July 9^th he told the parents of Lakshmi Bhai that their daughter had gone away and he doesn’t know where she had gone.  Parents of Lakshmi Bhai searched everywhere with no result.  But actually, Sambasivarao kept her in his control and just duped them that she had gone away, to harass them and create tension in them.  After they traced Lakshmi Bhai somehow, she narrated to them how he tortured her, bet her regularly and how threatened her that he would kill her father and how he abused her in the name of caste.  After learning everything from their daughter, the parents of Lakshmi Bhai gave complaint at Pattipadu police station, as the place of the accused falls under the jurisdiction of Pattipadu police station.

Ayyavari Siddeswar, s/o Narsimlu, Modallaguda village, Nandigama Mandal, Ranga Reddy district.  He belongs to S.C.  Mala caste and ekes out living as agriculturist and grazing cattle. They sell milk out of cattle grazing.  The cattle and grass are kept at nearby land where there is a bore water also.  On 09-03-2020 at about 7.30 p.m. he fed the cattle with grass and water and was proceeding back home.  At that time, he got a call from his sister and he was talking with her on phone.  Suddenly three persons came on a bullet motor cycle and attacked him.  They are: Maheswaram Muralidhar Goud, s/o Sivaramulu Goud, Maheswaram Sivakumar Goud, s/o Pentaiah Goud and another unknown person.  They all belong to Modallaguda village.  While attacking they abused Siddeswar by caste name, saying “mala, madiga Lanja kodakallara” and hit with a stone on his head. While one of them held the hands of Siddeswar, other hit him the stomach with hands while the other unidentified person hit him in the stomach with his shoe.  Sivakumar forcibly took away the mobile phone from Siddeswar.    Siddeswar was having on his person about Rs.20,000/ being the sale proceeds of milk of that month.  They robbed that money also. As Siddeswar was talking to his sister on phone at that time, she sensed that someone attacked him and she rang up to her another brother immediately.  That phone was switched off, so she rang up to the neighbors of Siddeswar and through them passed on the information to Siddeswar’s family about the attack.  The family along with other immediately rushed to the scene and seeing them the attackers fled away.  Siddeswar who got bleeding injuries on the head.  They took him to Nandigama police station who got him admitted at Government Hospital, Shad Nagar where they stitched the injuries on head.  A complaint to the police was also given.  But on 10-03-2020 when the victims approached the police, the police dragged on without registering the complaint and suggested compromise.   The victims insisted that the case must be registered.

Background:

There are events that happened in the previous year which led to the sudden murderous attack on Siddeswar.    Siddeswar has one chunk of five and half acres and another chunk of seven and half acres of land at two survey numbers, which is cultivated by him and his family members.  Adjacent to his five and half acres land one Naveen Reddy has his land.  Naveen Reddy forces the owners of land adjacent to his land to sell their land to him at the prices dictated by him.  The attackers Murali Goud and others belong to the group of Naveen Reddy and they are also part of the land grabbing by threatening and forcing.    Last year, Raghavendra Goud, brother of Murali Goud asked Siddeswar to sell his land which was initially rejected by Siddeswar’s father and brothers.  They refused to sell the land as it was their ancestral land.  But due to pressure and to avoid quarrel Narsimlu, father of Siddeswar and Venkatesh, brother of Siddeswar reluctantly agreed to sell the land and accepted two cheques given by them towards the sale.  But the cheques bounced.  When, Siddeswar’s brother Venkatesh questioned them about the cheque bounce, Raghavendra Goud and his gang attacked him.  Venkatesh gave a complaint to the police at Kottur police station.  But the case was not registered by the police.   Raghavendra Goud and his family, started cultivating the land and dug trenches around it with JCB.  Thus, without payment of sale amount they occupied the land and started enjoying it.   Venkatesh, filed cheque bounce case also.  In the light of these developments, Raghavendra Goud and his gang thought of eliminating one of the family members of Narsimlu and they made the murderous attack on Siddeswar on 9-03-2020.

Siddeswar and his family explained everything to the police on 10-03-2020 and requested for registering the case on the attackers.  Despite all this, the police did not register the complaint given by Siddeswar.  Meanwhile the attacker Raghavendra Goud and his gang approached the police on 10-03-2020 and negotiated with the police.  Finally, as Siddeswar was insistent the police registered the case against Raghavendra Goud and others on 11-03-2020, but they registered a counter case of attempt to murder on Siddeswar also, on the complaint of Raghavendra Goud that Siddeswar attacked him on 10-03-2020.  But actually Raghavendra Goud was in the precincts of  police station negotiating with the police on that day.

Sooriyanthangal village is located in Tiruvannamalai District and more than 15 Arunthathiyar families are residing in the village. Hari of the same village belonged to the Vanniyar caste had dispute with Mani, S/o Thangavel, Arunthathiyar on getting fishing tender in the lake for the past 2 years. Based on the dispute, a complaint was lodged at the Vettavallam PS and the panchayat leaders pacified and compromised the issue.

Sooriyanthangal village is a reserved constituency and in the last December 2019 the villagers forced Mr. Rajamani, S/o Thangavel (brother of Mani) to contest in the election. Moreover, Ramasamy Gounder of the same village ensured that he would take all the expenses for the election and asked Rajamani just to sign in a document. But he did not win in the election and he resigned from his job where he was working as driver to Ramasamy Gounder.

Meantime, Rajamani’s brother’s wife Alamelu and Alamelu’s brother Ravi contested in the election. They both got 31 votes and did not win in the election. Soon after the incident, Hari had verbally abused Alamelu, Ravi, Mani and Rajamani in derogatory and filthy language for contesting in the election and had brutally attacked them.

On 25.03.2020 Dhanasekaran, S/o Chinnapaiyan had gone for withdrawing money from ATM in his two-wheeler and while he was returning home the dominant caste men Chettiyar, S/o Mannu and Rajiv Gandhi had verbally abused him in cruel forms of caste names. Meantime, Dhanasekran’s uncle Kutty, Mani & Alamelu were coming on their way and asked for the verbal abuse against Dhanasekaran. Immediately the two dominant caste men had pulled Alamelu and pushed her down. Rajiv Gandhi damaged Dhanasekaran’s two wheeler. And he along with other dominant caste people brutally attack on the Dalits and rushed to the Colony and damaged the houses and vehicle. The following properties were damaged and destructed by the dominant caste people. 

25.03.2020 – The brutal attack on Dalits in Soorapathangal Village and the dominant caste people caused damaged and property destruction to Dalit Hamlets.

26.03.2020 - FIR has been registered at the Vettavallam PS with the crime no: 78/2020 u/s 147, 148, 294(b),323, 324, 427,506(ii) IPC r/w: 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(ii)(Va)  – SC/ST PoA  Act.

28.03.2020 – Crime No: 101/2020 u/s 147, 148, 294 (b), 324, 506 (2) IPCs  [counter FIR]

Mr. Athi Suresh is resident of above mentioned addressed and belonged to the Hindu Paraiyar Caste (Sub Section of Scheduled Castes). He is residing with his wife Jayalakshmi (40) who is working as writer in police department and has two children Elilan (17), Mukilan (10) respectively.

Athi Suresh is working as Reporter in Velicham TV, Ulundurpet Taluk of Kallakurichi District. He used to record the news across the Ulundurpet for news telecast. Likewise on 13.03.2020 he had recorded the news where the panchayat union middle school head mistress, school teachers had drew the pictures of the national leaders on the school walls. That same night Sathish @ Sathya, S/o Kannayiram had defamed the image of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar with obnoxious substance. Following to this, the VCK district secretary Mr. Lenin had lodged a complaint at the PS and the CSR was filed. Athi Suresh has recorded this news and it was telecasted in Velicham TV as well as in other visual media too.

Following to this, Sathish Kumar @ Sathya developed enmity and hatred towards Athi Suresh for telecasting the news in the Velicham TV Channel. On 17.04.2020 around 1: 30 p.m, Athi Suresh was standing near the PS where Sathish Kumar along with 10 dominant caste men (Vanniyar caste – Most Backward Castes) came with iron rods,  knifes and wooden logs and attempted to murder Athi Suresh. Immediately he lodged a complaint at the Ulundurpet PS.

Subsequently on 19.04.2020 around 8 p.m, Rajapandian and Pushparaj belonged to Vanniyar caste came in two-wheeler to Athi Suresh’s village and halted near Krishnamoorthy’s petty shop. They both verbally abused and discriminated in cruel, derogatory forms of verbal abuse referring to their caste name in public view. In few minutes around 20 dominant caste men reached the spot in two-wheelers and had iron rods, wooden logs, knives with them. They had threatened Athi Suresh to murder him. The next day morning Athi Suresh rushed to Mr.Mayavan’s house (leader of the village) and along with him Athi Suresh lodged a complaint at the PS. A case was registered under SC/ST PoA Act and the accused persons Arun Pandiyan and Siva was arrested and imprisoned in Villupuram Central Prison.

On 23.04.2020 around 8: 30 p.m Athi Suresh was returning home after completing his work where about 20 dominant caste people along with Sathish Kumar came there and stopped Athi Suresh’s vehicle. They had brutally attacked him with sharp edged sword at his head and he sustained severe blood injuries. The caste mob escaped from there and with the help of the villagers he was taken to the Government Hospital, Mundiyambakkam, Villupuram District. He was admitted as in-patient and two days later he was shifted to Tanjore Hospital for further treatment.

Sathish Kumar, Ilavarasan, Shanmugam, Malairajan, Velu, Rajasekar, Rajendran, Gurunathan, Venkatesan were arrested and imprisoned in Cuddalore Prison. Also 4 counter case was filed against 7 Dalit youths  stating that for creating damage to the vehicles of the police department and district collectorate, arsoning the sugarcane fields and houses.

• 7.04.2020 – On 17.04.2020 around 1: 30 p.m, Athi Suresh was standing near the PS where Sathish Kumar along with 10 dominant caste men (Vanniyar caste – Most Backward Castes) came with iron rods,  knifes and wooden logs and attempted to murder Athi Suresh.  


• 19.04.2020 – On 19.04.2020 around 8 p.m, Rajapandian and Pushparaj belonged to Vanniyar caste came in two-wheeler to Athi Suresh’s village and halted near Krishnamoorthy’s petty shop. They both verbally abused and discriminated in cruel, derogatory forms of verbal abuse referring to their caste name in public view


• 23.04.2020 – Around 8: 30 p.m Athi Suresh was returning home after completing his work where about 20 dominant caste people along with Sathish Kumar came there and stopped Athi Suresh’s vehicle. They had brutally attacked him with sharp edged sword at his head and he sustained severe blood injuries

The case case was filed at Ulunthurpet PS with the FIR No:512/2020 U/S 147, 148, 294(b), 323, 324, 506(ii), 307 - IPC, 3(1) (r), 3(2)(va) - SC/ST PoA Act.

           यह घटना जिला ऊना की तहसील हरोली के गांव पंजावर की है. यह गांव ऊना मुख्यालय से 28 कि०मी० की दुरी पर नॉर्थ जाँन की तरफ है. राज्य हिमाचल में जातिय व्यवस्था पर आधारित छुआछूत की घटनाएं थमने का नाम नहीं ले रही है भारत को आज़ाद हुए 70 वर्ष के करीब हो गए है पर ऐसी घटिया मानसिकता रखने वाले लोग आज भी समाज में मौजूद है. घटना सिथित इस गांव में चमार जाति के 50 घर, मुस्लिम जाति के 200 घर, राजपूत जाति के 30 घर, जट जाति के 10 घर, ब्राहमण जाति के 42 घर, बाती (OBC) 300, जुलाहा जाति के 2  खत्री जाति के 5 घर, नाइ जाति के 15 घर है इस गांव में 10th तक प्राइमरी स्कुल है इस गांव में डिस्पेंसरी भी है व् पानी की भी कोई समस्या नहीं है.इसी गांव में चमार जाति में से शमशेर सिंह स्पुत्र ख़ुशी राम रहता है जिसकी उम्र 47 साल की है. शमशेर सिंह घर में रह कर खेती बाड़ी का काम करता है व मौजूदा में गांव के बार्ड नंबर 7 का पंच भी है. शमशेर सिंह शादी शुदा है वे इसके तीन बच्चे है दो बेटीयाँ व् एक बेटा है. बड़ी बेटी की नबम्बर में शादी रखी हुई है छोटी बेटी बीएससी कर रही है व बेटा जोकि बैल्डिंग का काम करता था किसी दूकान मालिक के पास.

           दिनाक 1 जुलाई 2020 को शमशेर सिंह का बेटा करणदीप जिसकी उम्र 21 वर्ष की थी हर रोज़ की तरह करीब 8:30 बैल्डिंग का करने के लिए बडूही अपने दूकान मालिक के पास गया करणदीप को उसका मालिक हर महीने 12 हज़ार महीना देता था. करीब 2 बजे करणदीप का फोन शमशेर सिंह को आया की पिता जी मुझे मेरा बैंक एकाउंट बताना मैंने पैसे निकलवाने है और LIC की किश्त देनी है. तो शमशेर सिंह ने कहा की पुत्र तू घर आ जा घर में पैसे पड़े है तू लेजा पर करणदीप ने अपनी बहन को फोन करके एकाउंट नम्बर ले लिया और PNB बैंक चोकी मनीयार से 6 हज़ार रुपये निकलवा कर LIC बीमा की किश्त दे दी. फिर करीब 6 बजे शाम मुझे मेरी माता जी ने करणदीप को गांव के ही आशीष कुमार स्पुत्र अशोक कुमार जाति बाती (OBC) के साथ मोटरसाइकिल पर जाते हुए देखा आशीष कुमार फ़ौज में भर्ती हुआ है व अपनी टरेनिंग करके छुट्टी आया है. करीब 7:30 बजे शाम गांव के प्रधान विपिन कुमार का फोन आया की आपके बेटे ने नहाते समय चैक डैम में छलांग लगा दी है जल्दी डैम पर आओ जब वहां जाकर मैंने देखा तो बहुत सारे लोग मौजूद है और पुलिस भी आई हुई है इतने में प्रधान ने बताया की शमशेर तेरा बेटा इस दुनिया में नहीं रहा उसकी चैक डैम में डूबने से मौत हो गई है.वहां मौका से आशीष कुमार गायव था उसका छोटा भाई अनमोल मौजूद था उसने बाद में बताया की मैंने ही अपने भाई को भागने को बोला है की तेरी नौकरी का सवाल है. पुलिस ने जब आशीष का ब्यान लिया तो उसने झूठ बताया की करणदीप ने उसके 1800 रूपये के बूट पानी में फेंक दिए थे वो पानी में लाने के लिए गया था पर जो आशीष ने अपने फोन में डैम पर की वीडियो बनाई है उसमे करणदीप को जबरदस्ती पानी में नहाने को बोला जा रहा है. इससे प्रतीत होता है की एक योजना तहत करणदीप की ह्त्या की गई है.

                      करणदीप को उसकी मृत्यु वाले दिन उसके परिवार के लोगों ने आरोपी मुख्य लड़के के साथ देखा है. हैरानी की बात है की जिस चैक डैम में करणदीप की लाश बरामद हुई है उस डैम पर कोई भी नहाने नहीं जाता है और उस डैम का पानी बहुत ही गन्दा व् दिखने में काले रंग का है. इस घटना में एक सोची समझी साजिश के तहत ही करणदीप की ह्त्या करके उसको आत्महत्या घोषित किया जा रहा है. बड़े दुःख की बात है की करणदीप ही अपने बूढ़े माँ बाप का इकलौता सहारा था पर आज दिन तक पुलिस की और से दोषियों प्रति कोई कार्यवाही ना हुई है.       

इसके बाद NDMJ की टीम मौका पर गयी व FIR दर्ज करने वारे SP से मिला गया और पीड़ित  परिवार वालो को सात्वना देते हुए न्याय दिलवाने का भरोसा दिया.