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V. Perumal and five others, Chennai
12 August 2001
V. Police Firing
There was an ongoing confrontation between the governing All India Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam (AIADMK) and opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Parties in Tamil
Nadu.
On 12 August 2001, the DMK Party staged a rally in Chennai. The police opened fire, and
five men were killed. DMK legislator Perumal, elected from Saidapet in the preceding May,
was injured.
On 13 August 2001, Perumal died.
Full story in:
The Hindu, vol. 18, issue 17, 18-31 August 2001, or at
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1817/18171330.htm
Rangan, Karcheri village, Kinathukadavu
14 May 2001
On 14 May 2001 at 8.30pm, at Karacheri village, some Gownder people told Rangan, an
Arunthathiyar, to get down from the bus he was riding towards Chettipalayam. They beat
Rangan brutally before taking him the house of Village Gownder. There, while Rangan was
bleeding and semi-conscious, the Gownder people forced him to sign a blank paper before
releasing him.
Rangan filed a complaint with the police, but they refused to register it.
Full story in:
VI.Police Inaction
http://www.pucl.org/reports/TamilNadu/2001/karacheri.htm
Annual Report on Torture
2007
Dalit persons, Kalappatti
16 May 2004 and subsequently
On 16 May 2004, violent incidents in Kalappatti village left about seventy-five houses in
ashes. The affected Arundhathiyas ran away fearing for their lives; the eight in the worst
condition underwent treatment in the emergency ward of the Government Hospital.
The police, who arrived after the violence, banned entry of any new persons to Kalappatti.
They denied permission to human rights organizations, social organizations, political parties,