Brief Details of the Incident:

Kavita (name changed) (12yrs), SC Budagajangam by caste, is the daughter of Kappari Venkateswara Rao.  They are the residents of Hamali colony, of Mekavanipallem gram panchyat of Machilipatnam rural mandal in Krishna district.  Venkateswara Rao and his wife are street vendors of steel utensils in exchange of old clothes.   Divya takes their goat for grazing daily. As usual she took the goat for grazing on 12/04/2011 around 9.00 am in the morning to the nearby bushes.  But she did not return to the house before dusk.  As it was late in the night and since Divya has not returned, her parents searched for her, but in vain. On the next day i.e. on 13/04/2011 they went   to the Machilipatnam Rural PS and lodged a complaint. While they were in the police station, received information that the goat was traced out and it was with a broker.   Divya’s father went to the broker and enquired about the goat and has come to know that it was sold by Parnam Pandu Ranga Rao (35), OC Kapu by caste, of Chilakalpudi an adjacent area to Hamali colony.  Divya’s parents informed the matter to the police. The police took Pandu Ranga Rao into custody and brought him to the police station.  In interrogation, he confessed that he raped Divya and strangulated her to death with her towel and buried her.   The body was exhumed from the place showed by Pandu Ranga Rao and was sent for post mortem. Based on the complaint lodged by Divya’s father, a case was registered bearing Cr No 64/2011 U/s 302, 201, 376 r/w 511 of IPC on 13/04/2011 in Machilipatnam Rural PS of Krishna district.

Demands:

• Sections under SC/ ST (POA) Act to be included


• Immediate payment of Compensation and rehabilitation


• Speedy trial

Interventions:

• Conducted fact finding


• Ensured the registration of the case


• Got the postmortem done


• Representations submitted to state actors and commissions


• Met the Collector and SP of Krishna District


• Met the Collector of Rangareddy district for caste certificate

State Actors Approached:

• Collectors  – Krishna and Rangareddy Districts


• Superintendent of Police – Krishna District


• Special Chief Secretary – Women & Child Welfare Department


• Project Director – Women & Child Welfare, Krishna District


• State Human Rights Commission


• IGP – PCR Cell


• Secretary – State SC,ST Commission


• Commissioner – Social Welfare Department 

Present Status of the Case:

• Pending in the court


• Unable to come out of the trauma deceased’s father passed away

Documents:

• Fact finding report


• FIR Copy


• Copy of the compliant


• Remand report


• Inquest report


• Post mortem report


• Charge sheet


• Summons copies


• Caste Certificate


• Copy of representations submitted to various state actors and commissions

• Responses from various state actors and commissions

Brief Details of the Incident:

Renuka (14) d/o Ponnakanti Hanumanthu, Budagajangam by caste and is the resident of Miyapur. She was studying 5^th standard in A.P. Social Welfare Society Residential School at Shivareddypet, Vikarabad mandal in Ranga Reddy District.

On 21^st February 2010 night, Renuka’s classmate Ujjwala screamed as she had a bad dream due to which other students were also scared and started screaming. Lavanya and Nirmala the teachers sleeping in the next room got disturbed and beat all the students. As the teacher Lavanya pushed Renuka against a wall, she had head injury and fell unconscious. Renuka was admitted to Govt. hospital at Vikarabad by the school staff and the same was informed to her parents. Having come to know, Renuka’s brothers Dastagiri and Prakasam went to the school and questioned the staff. They took Renuka to their house as instructed by the staff. This incident was given much visibility through print media.

Renuka was brought back to school by her parents after recovery. The principal Dhana Lakshmi and the staff refused to allow her and warned them to take her back. Though they repeatedly brought Renuka to the school and pleaded, the principal and the staff rejected to allow her to continue her studies and warned of dire consequences, stating that due to her, the reputation of their school was lost and the marriage proposals for Lavanya were also cancelled. They also threaten saying that they will lodge a complaint in the police station against her and write that her conduct is bad in the Transfer Certificate. Due to this situation the parents of Renuka approached Mr. Muthyala Raju, the Sub-Collector of Vikarabad, on 20/03/2010, but in vain.

Renuka was very much interested to pursue higher education and that is the reason she joined the residential school in 5^th standard since she got the seat through entrance test, though she was pursuing 7^th standard in the government school. Dejected over the behavior of school management Renuka attempted for suicide by drenching herself with kerosene on 07/04/2010. She was admitted in Gandhi hospital Hyderabad by her parents. The doctors have confirmed that there are 75% of burns and situation is critical. A case has been registered in Miyapur P.S of Cyberabad, bearing Crime No. 160/2010 dated 07/04/2010 and on the same day dying declaration was recorded by Sri Venkateswara Prasad, the XIII Addl Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Nampally. Renuka succumbed to the burn injuries on 22/04/2010. 

Chronological Order of Steps Taken by the concerned Authorities:

• On 06/05/2010 the A1 approached Hon’ble High Court and obtained anticipatory bail.


• On 24/05/2010 the A2 approached Hon’ble Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Cyberabad, Ranga Reddy District and obtained anticipatory bail.


• Charge sheet was filed by Sub Inspector of Miyapur on 21/06/2010 U/s 306 & 323 of IPC. 


• Summons issued to the witnesses bearing SC No 229/2011 of II ASJ Court, Cyberabad, LB Nagar.


• Trial commenced on 1^st September 2014 and adjourned to 15^th September.


• Adjourned to 29^th September 2014.


• Adjourned to 10^th November 2014

Interventions of Dalit Sthree Sakthi:

•       Conducted fact finding on the incident on 8^th April 2010


•       Video recorded the dying declaration of deceased on 8^th April 2010


•       Represented the incident on 13^th April 2010 to Collector-Ranga Reddy, Commissioner         of Police-Cyberabad, IGP-PCR Cell, Commissioner-SWD, Director-National SC                     Commission, Chairperson-NHRC, Chairperson-NCW, Chairperson-SHRC, Secretary-             State SC/ST Commission, Director General of Police


•       Represented the incident on 24^th April 2010 to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of High Court,         Chief Minister & Home Minister of erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh


•       Presented the case before the jury consisting of district and state level officials in the           state and district level Public Hearings(PH) and Round Table Conferences(RTC) held on:

Ranga Reddy District RTC held 10/12/2010

State Public Hearing held at Hyderabad on 04/03/2011

Ranga Reddy Public Hearing held on 30/11/2011

State RTC held at Hyderabad on 01/03/2012

Ranga Reddy held on RTC on 07/12/2012

State RTC held at Hyderabad on 27/02/2013

Legal Clinic held at Hyderabad on 3^rd & 4^th February 2014

•       Raised the case repeatedly in District Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting of           Ranga Reddy district


•       Memo issued by the Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad to the Inspector of Police of           Miyapur PS for inclusion of SC, ST (PoA) Act


•       Memo filed on 15^th September 2014 for Cancellation of Trial in II ASJ Court of Ranga           Reddy District


•       Filed Crl MP in Hon’ble High Court for inclusion of SC, ST (PoA) Act and procured orders      directing the trial court to consider the requisition of the complainant.


•       Memo filed in II ASJ Court, on 29^th September informing about the High Court                     directions.   

Brief details of the Incident:

Guvvada Sampoorna(35) w/o Lakshmana Rao is SC ‘Mala’ by caste and are the residents of Aluru village, Mudinepalli mandal in Krishna district. Lakshmana Rao can’t do any work due to ill health and Sampoorna goes for agricultural work and is the bread winner of the family. In the recent past, SCs in the village have fought for the tank in the village against the BCs and Sampoorna stood on the fore front of the agitation. This irritated the former sarpanch Satish Babu and he developed grudge against her. Similarly Panthagani Manmada Rao, Kurma Jaya Raju, Undi Bogeswara Rao and Uttepalli Venkataratnam of the same village have developed hatred against Sampoorna as she has not yielded to them and often they used to harass her by all means. Meanwhile Satish Babu has taken the contract of Anganwadi building construction in the village.  

 Sampoorna has repaired the floor of her house by borrowing cement and bricks from Matta Venkateswara Rao and Arza Veera Dasu. Satish Babu levied false allegation against Sampoorna saying that she has stolen the cement and bricks from the anganwadi building material. Therefore he has sent Panthagani Manmada Rao, Kurma Jaya Raju, Undi Bogeswara Rao and Uttepalli Venkataratnam to forcibly search for cement and bricks in the house of Sampoorna. Though nothing was found in the house they continuously harassed Sampoorna wherever they came across her. In this context Lakshmana Rao husband of Sampoorna was called to Subba Rao’s rice mill in the village, and was warned of dire consequences by Satish Babu and Barla Ram Mohan. Sampoorna was offended over false charge of robbery and the continuous harassment and has committed suicide on 16^th December 2013 and passed away on 18^th December 2013 while undergoing treatment. A case has been registered bearing Cr No: 241/2013 U/s 306 r/w 34 of IPC and Sec 3(1)(viii) of SC,ST (PoA) Act in Mudinepalli PS.

Interventions:

• Conducted fact finding


• Discussed with the concerned police officials for compensation and rehabilitation

State Actors Approached:

• DSP – Gudiwada


• Deputy Director – SWD, Krishna district

Action to be taken:

• Payment of Compensation and Rehabilitation


• Arrest of the accused


• Charge sheet to be filed

Brief Details of the Incident:

Bogina Manchali(35) ST Chenchu by caste is the wife of Bogina Oblesu (late). They are daily laborers and are the residents of Janikirampuram, Hamlet of Nageswararaopet, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District. Manchali has 5 daughters and 3 sons. Two daughters are married and the remaining are Veeraiah(15), Veeramma(13), Chinna Veeramma(11), NagaRaju(9), Nageswara Rao(4) and Papa(one and half years) namely. She lost her husband Oblesu 2 years ago while she was pregnant. Deceased Veeramma(13) is the third daughter of Manchali. After the death of her husband, Manchali migrated to Valulanka Thumu, Kruthivennu mandal, Krishna district.

Veeramma stayed back at Janakirampuram, Hamlet of Nageswararaopet, Bantumilli Mandal, Krishna District and used to stay with her maternal uncle. Veeramma got into touch with one Mr Kalyanam Subrahmanyam(28), BC Jangala by caste and is the resident of the same area. Kalyanam Subrahmanyam is mason by profession. He eliminated his first wife and later married other women and had two children with her. Subrahmanyam lured Veeramma on the pretext of marriage and sexually exploited her. Veeramma became pregnant and insisted him for marriage. Subrahmanyam tied the knot (thali) and said that they both are married. Ramanamma elder sister of Veeramma got suspicious over the behavior of her sister and questioned her. Veeramma revealed the whole story. The relatives of Veeramma took the issue to the notice of the caste elders on 27^th March 2013 morning. They said that they will look into the matter in the evening. They again approached the caste elders in the evening. As they all were drunk, they asked them to come on the next day. On the same late night, i.e., on 27^th March 2014, having come to know about the incident, Subrahmanyam came along with his brother and brother-in-law to the house of Veeramma, took her to the fields nearby, raped her, beat her up, broke her leg and squeezed her neck to death. On the next day morning i.e., on 28^th March morning, Ramanamma went to attend the nature call, noticed the dead body of Veeramma and informed to her family members and later lodged a complaint.                      

A case has been registered bearing Cr No: 32/2013, U/s 302 of IPC in Bantumilli PS, Krishna District and only one of the 3 accused has been arrested and remanded.          

Interventions:

• Conducted fact finding


• Discussed with the concerned police officials on the status of the case

State Actors Approached:

• DSP of Machilipatnam Sub Division, Krishna District


• SP Krishna District 

Present Status of the Case:

• Charge sheet filed


• Accused arrested


• Compensation yet to be paid

Action to be taken:

•  Include sections under SC,ST (PoA) Act and 376(D) of IPC and 5(G) r/w 6 of Juvenile Act                                                        


• Payment of compensation and rehabilitation to the family members of the deceased.   

Brief Detailsof the Incident:

Maddi Narasimha Murthy (32) S/o Rajarao and Kancharla Chinna Apparao S/o Veera Swamy (36) SC Mala by caste are the native of Rowthulapudi village & Mandal, East Godavari District. The both are friends. Maddi Narasimha Murthy lorry driver by profession and his wife Ratna kumari is house wife. He has three daughters eldest daughter is studying 6^th, second daughter is studying 3^rd in the Rowthulapudi Govt High School and the youngest daughter is of 3 years. Kancharla Apparao (36) and his wife Parvathi are agricultural workers. His son is studying 4^th standard and daughter is studying 2^nd standard in Rowthulapudi Government School.

On 27/04/2015 afternoon around 2’o  clock after filling  petrol in the bike on their way back to home stopped at a  Brandy shop and asked  the people at the counter for water packet. One Mr. Koruprolu Narasimha Murthy BC Koppula Velama by caste and of the same village having liquor in the same shop abused in the name of caste saying “ Malalanjakoduka  should I give water to you?” Are you rowdies!  He uttered many abusive words and went away quickly in the direction of Panchayat office. M. Narasimha Murthy and K. Chinna Apparao were on their way back to home on their bike. K. Narasimha Murthy informed the matter to one Mr. Bandaru Sattibabu owner of a Pan shop, they both came back with iron rods. They stopped the bike of Narasimha Murthy, took out the iron rod abused in the name of caste saying “Ee Mala Na Koduku Pani Ee Debbatho Aipothundi” ( This Mala fellow will be finished with this slash) and attacked with rods.  Both Maddi Narasimha Rao and Kancharla Chinnapparao were grievously injured and had multiple injuries on shoulders, head and legs.  Having come to known about the attack Mala Caste elders Barre Rajeswara Rao (50), Yadagiri Satya Prakash (49) and Kancharla Raju (54) reached the spot immediately, moved to the hospital and got a case registered in the Annavaram PS with the help of DSS.    

Rowthulapudi is the mandal headquarters. There about 200 SC & ST families and 500 families of BCs & OCs consisting of Setti Balija and Kapu. SCs mostly depends on BCs & OCs to earn their livelihood and go as agricultural laborers in their fields. The SCs face continuous humiliation, harassment and discrimination in the hands of BC & OC communities.

Interventions:

•          Conducted Fact Finding


•          Got the case registered


•          Ensured the arrest of the accused

List of Documents:

•          Fact finding Report


•          FIR

Present Status:

•          Accused arrested and sent to remand


•          Charge Sheet yet to be filed