Semmaram Encounter Killings Fact Finding Report2

Tamil Research Institution (TRI)
Police. When we too attempted to take Mahendran’s body there, the policemen prevented us
and forced us to cremate the body. We said that we would not cremate it and did not take it
down from the Ambulance.
Later my son’s body, along with the bodies of 5 other persons, was taken to
Tiruvannamalai Govt. Hospital because Mr. Balu, the Pattali Makkal Katchi Lawyer, had filed
a case in the Chennai High Court, asking for re-postmortem.
They did not seek any permission before doing the postmortem on my son. They did
not show us the body too. Also, from what Sekar who had accompanied my son told us, the
Andhra Police had made my son and the others get down from the bus and beaten and
tortured them to death and then staged a drama to make it appear as if they had shot them
to death.
Therefore I request that legal action should be taken against the Andhra Police who
took my son, beat and tortured him and then shot him to death and they should punished
and also that protection should be given so that no danger befalls my other two sons or my
family.
7.2 Details of Pazhani, S/o. Velu who was shot dead by the Police of the Andhra
Pradesh Government:
Name of the deceased : Pazhani
Father
: Velu
Age : 36
Caste
: Boyar
Educational
: B.Ed
Qualification
Occupation
: Tailor
Address
: Kalasamuthiram, Polur Taluk, Tiruvannamalai District
Contact No.
: 96008 70576 (Belongs to Balaji, the deceased’s
brother)
Details of the family of the deceased:
S.No. Name Age Caste
60
www.tamilri.com
Educational
Qualification
1. Sampoornam 58 Boyar - Mother
2. Velu 65 Boyar - Father
Relationship
3. Balaji 32 Boyar 10 th standard Younger brother
4. Lokanayaki 22 Boyar - Wife
5. Pazhani’s 30 day old son