Case Details of File Number: 1233/22/30/2011
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| Diary Number | 26071 |
| Name of the Complainant | DR. LENIN, GENERAL SECRETARY |
| Address | MANAVADHIKAR JAN NIGRANI SAMITI, S.A. 4/2A, DAULATPUR, |
| VARANASI , UTTAR PRADESH | |
| Name of the Victim | FIVE DALITS DIED & 30 INJURED |
| Address | PARAMAKUDI, |
| RAMANATHAPURAM , TAMIL NADU | |
| Place of Incident | PARAMAKUDI |
| RAMANATHAPURAM , TAMIL NADU | |
| Date of Incident | 9/11/2011 |
| Direction issued by the Commission | These cases relate to the police firing in Paramakudi area of Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, on 11.09.2011, in which 6/7 persons died and several injured. Pursuant to the directions of the Commission to the DGP, Tamil Nadu, the SP, Ramanathapuram District, has sent his report dated 29.02.2012. As per this report, Crime No. 300/11 U/S 147/148/149/427/324/435/332/307 IPC and Section 3/4 of the TNPPDL Act, was registered at Town Police Station of Paramakudi on the incident in question. Vide Government Order dated 29.11.2011 the investigation of the case has since been transferred to the CBI. The report further says that the State Government has appointed a one man Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice Shri Sampath, a retired Judge of the Madras High Court, to conduct an inquiry into the incident. The report is yet to come. The report further says that vide Government Order dated 29.11.2011, the State Government has announced relief of Rs.5 lakhs each to the NOK of the deceased persons. The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, is directed to inform the Commission of the status of the inquiry by the Inquiry Commission within four weeks. He should further forward to the Commission proof of payment of the announced relief to the NOK of the persons who died in the police firing. The Additional Director, CBI, Chennai, is also directed to inform the Commission of the current status in the case within four weeks. |
| Action Taken | Additional Information Called for (Dated 7/5/2012 ) |
| Status on 7/31/2012 | Response from concerned authority is awaited. |
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2447937.ece //ww
n- Uneasy calm in Ramanathapuram district
The Hindu
Bodies
of three persons who were killed in Sunday's police firing in Paramakudi being
taken to their villages from Madurai. Photo: S. James
Death toll
goes up to six; police say situation under control in violence-affected areas
Even as an uneasy calm prevailed in many parts of Ramanathapuram
district on Monday, a day after the police opened fire on Dalit protesters at
Paramakudi near here, the death toll went up to six.
After post-mortem, the bodies of two of the victims were taken
to their respective villages from hospitals in Ramanathapuram and Parmakudi
under tight police security. The last rites were performed in the presence of a
large number of police and revenue personnel.
Five Point Junction, which bore the brunt of the violence, wore
a deserted look. A large number of stones were strewn along the arterial roads
of the town, particularly the Madurai-Rameswaram highway, Mudukulathur and Ilayangudi
roads.
Almost all shops and business establishments in Paramakudi town
remained closed for the second consecutive day. Similarly, fearing a backlash,
most of the shops put up the shutters in Ramanathapuram, Tiruvadanai,
Parthibanur, Abiramam, Kamudhi, Kadaladi, Mudukulathur and other areas. Schools
and colleges remained closed. All TASMAC shops in the district have been closed
indefinitely.
Bus services to various sensitive places were suspended for the
second consecutive day. There was no movement of public transport to
Paramakudi, Mudukulathur, Kamudhi, Parthibanur and other places. Bus
connectivity between Rameswaram and Madurai, via Ramanathapuram and Paramakudi,
also remained suspended. However, services between Rameswaram and Tiruchi were resumed.
Additional reinforcement of police personnel, including Deputy
Inspector Generals and the Superintendents of Police, drawn from various
districts of the State, have been sent to places which had witnessed caste
violence in the past. Mobile parties, with Armed Reserve police, have been
asked to monitor the movement of anti-social elements.
Rajesh Das, Inspector General of Police, South Zone, who held
several rounds of meetings with police personnel at Parmakudi, told The Hindu that the situation was under
control. All experienced officers had been brought to the district for
bandobust. Adequate police strength was drawn from various parts. There would
not be any more incidents.
Asked what prompted the police to open fire, Mr. Das said since
the matter was to be probed by an inquiry commission it was not proper for him
to speak about it.
Collector V. Arun Roy, who visited the injured at the hospitals,
said that normality was restored in the district. The revenue officials, with
magisterial powers, have been posted at many places.
ATTEMPT TO SET BUS ON FIRE
Virudhunagar Staff Reporter writes:
Miscreants attempted to set afire a State-run bus and smashed
the windscreen of another vehicle in the district on Monday.
Timely intervention by the Fire and Rescue Service personnel
saved the bus from being charred.
The police said that the fire was noticed at around 2 p.m. on
the Virudhunagar-Sankaralingapuram town bus parked in the Old Bus Stand. Local
people alerted Fire and Rescue Service personnel who rushed to the spot.
Earlier, a mob of around 20 persons destroyed the windscreens of
a town bus near Sivakasi. After intercepting the Sivakasi-Sattur town bus at
Mayiladumparai, the mob broke the windshield with clubs and by throwing stones.
No passenger was injured.
On Sunday, incidents of damaging two buses, one at Amathur and
another at Soolakarai, were reported in the district.
Over 500 persons blocked the Virudhunagar-Srivilliputtur road at
Senkundrapuram on Monday morning demanding Rs.10 lakh compensation for the
families of those killed in police firing on Sunday at Paramakudi. They also
sought release of all those arrested.
THREE BODIES SENT AMID TIGHT SECURITY
Staff Reporter from Madurai writes:
Post-mortem was conducted on the bodies of three Dalits hailing
from Ramanathapuram district, who were killed in Sunday's police firing, here
on Monday even as scores of Dalits gathered at Government Rajaji Hospital
(GRH).
The bodies were later sent to the victims' villages amid tight
security. While Vellaichami (65) of Chatrakudi succumbed to bullet injuries in
hospital, Theerpukani (27) of Melakodumanur and Muthukumar of Kaattuparamakudi
were brought dead to GRH.
Balakrishnan (19) and Jayaprakash (19), who suffered bullet injuries
in the police firing at Chinthamani in Madurai were shifted to a private
hospital after their relatives complained that the treatment was
unsatisfactory.
Eleven persons who were injured in police lathi charge at
Paramakudi and 13 others who sustained injuries during police action at
Chinthamani were also treated at the GRH.
Members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), led by former
MLA N. Nanmaran, and members of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front
visited the hospital.
P. Sampath, president, TNUEF, said that the injured were not
being treated properly. “One of the injured, Chaturagiri (22), told us that the
bullet which had pierced his left leg was yet to be removed.”
Both CPI (M) and TNUEF condemned the police firing saying it
could have been avoided. “It was not at all wise on the part of the police to
arrest Dalit leader John Pandian on the guru puja day, when so many Dalits had
gathered at a single spot,” said Mr. Sampath.
“POLICE SHOWED RESTRAINT”
S. George, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order,
visited two private hospitals in the city and met three police personnel
injured in the rioting. He said that the situation was under control in
Paramakudi and adequate police personnel have been deployed.
Asked what actually happened in Paramakudi, he said that the
police had shown much restraint while facing the violent mob. “The situation
went out of control and we had to open fire.”
As many as 99 persons have been arrested in connection with
Sunday's violence at Chinthamani.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/6-dead-in-police-firing-jayalalithaa-fights-criticism-132861 /201 6 dead in police firing,
Jayalalithaa fights criticism
Sam
Daniel | Updated:
September 13, 2011 00:32 IST
Madurai: A bus parked on an empty road with its scorched insides. Slippers
lying near a rubble that's still smoking. Streets full of shops that have not
opened for business on a Monday.
This is Paramakudi today, a small town in Ramanathapuram district (a ten hour drive from Chennai in Tamil Nadu.) Six people have died since last afternoon when the police opened fire on a violent mob.
They were upset that a Dalit leader - John Pandian had been arrested to prevent him from attending the death anniversary of the late Immanuel Sekaran, a dalit leader. The police claims it was worried that his speech would provoke communal tension.
This is Paramakudi today, a small town in Ramanathapuram district (a ten hour drive from Chennai in Tamil Nadu.) Six people have died since last afternoon when the police opened fire on a violent mob.
They were upset that a Dalit leader - John Pandian had been arrested to prevent him from attending the death anniversary of the late Immanuel Sekaran, a dalit leader. The police claims it was worried that his speech would provoke communal tension.
30 buses and 15
police vehicles were damaged by a large crowd that also hurled stones at the
police after news of Mr Pandian's arrest spread. The police used tear gas and
lathi-charged the crowd of nearly 700.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said in the Tamil Nadu assembly that a retired High Court judge will determine the chain of events that led to the firing. Yesterday, she had said the police had no option but to shoot at the crowd for self defence and to protect public property. She also suggested some parties had instigated the violence "for their political gain."
"The police were very responsible," said Arun Roy, the Collector of the Ramanthapuram district where the tragedy unfolded.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said in the Tamil Nadu assembly that a retired High Court judge will determine the chain of events that led to the firing. Yesterday, she had said the police had no option but to shoot at the crowd for self defence and to protect public property. She also suggested some parties had instigated the violence "for their political gain."
"The police were very responsible," said Arun Roy, the Collector of the Ramanthapuram district where the tragedy unfolded.
The main opposition party -the DMK - has led the criticism of the police. Its president, M Karunanidhi, who was voted out as Chief Minister in May, said that the police should have anticipated the public reaction to Mr Pandian's arrest and planned accordingly. Other parties like the Left and the PMK have asked that the policemen involved be suspended.
