Semmaram Encounter Killings Fact Finding Report2

Tamil Research Institution (TRI)
arbitrary and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and as also violation of
international covenant on Human rights ratified by Union of India.
3. I submit that I am general secretary of civil sties committee working in the State of
A.P. and Telangana for the last fo.tr decades. The organization has come into existence
against the state violence and repression on its people. The aims and objectives of the
organization is struggle for the civil, democratic and human rights. Our organization has filed
several public interest law petition before this Hon'ble Court and as well as the Hon’ble
Supreme Court challenging the extra judicial killings through writs and Habeas Corpus
Petitions and raised issues pertaining to the atrocities against Daliths and more particularly
state violence. I further submit that there are several noted cases represented by this
organization and important landmark judgments rendered on the issues raised by this
organization and reported in prominent journals. Therefore our organization has no vested
interest except to strive for the protection of the rights which are guarantee by the
constitution of India.
4. I respectfully submit that owing to joint operation of the respondents No. 3 & 4 in
the wee hours of 07-04-2015 about 20 hapless persons all of whom belong to coolie
category were gunned down mercilessly and brutally killed on the spot. Respondents have
now come out to justify the hideous and gruesome killing by putting the killing in the name of
encounter alleging that the deceased were carrying out smuggling to red sander logs. Even
a prima facie ascertainment has revealed that respondents have cooked up a ruse and
trying to cover up the cold blooded killing of innocent people. Under no circumstances the
matter can be left the wisdom of the respondents No: 3 & 4 as they are part of the illegal
operation. There is every likelihood of respondents 3 & 4 influencing the investigation to
detriment of deceased. An impartial investigation by the 5the Respondent - dispensable and
only that establish the truth which his the Endeavour of law.
5. I further respectfully submit that an on spot investigation has revealed that the
deceased were barely dressed and were huddled to a place and killed mercilessly at point
blank range The alleged red sander logs purporting to have been smuggled by the
deceased are evidently and demonstrably are not freshly cut but the logs were seized long
back and painted yellow signify their identity. Curiously none of the police offices belonging
to the anti-smuggling task force was injured muchless even bruised. The entire encounter is
one sided and the plea of self-defense if any is too specious and self-serving to escape the
liability. The brutal killing of the deceased was unprovoked, unwarranted and
unprecedented. About seven months similar killings were carried out by the respondents
herein and about five people were killed who were posthumously accused of smuggling the
red sander logs. The present instance had sunk the respondents to new depths in violating
man rights. The action of the respondents are entirely bereft of any semblance of human
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