Semmaram Encounter Killings Fact Finding Report2

Tamil Research Institution (TRI)
Contact No.
Munusamy’s cellphone No. : 9688509790
: 9994470434 (Belongs to Murali)
8608631974 (Belongs to Raja, the younger brother of the
deceased)
Details of the family of the deceased:
S.No. Name Age Caste Educational
Qualification
Occupation Relationship
1. Thanjaiammal 25 Vanniyar - Coolie Wife
2. Janakiraman 3 Vanniyar - - Son
3. Ezhilarasi 2 Vanniyar - - Daughter
4. Padmavathy 70 Vanniyar - Coolie Mother
I, Thanjaiammal, wife of the deceased Munusamy, S/o. Gopala Goundar who was shot
dead by the Andhra Police, do hereby sincerely state and solemnly affirm as follows:
Mrs. Thanjaiammal
W/o. Munusamy (Late),
546, Arjunapuram Post,
Murugapadi, Anandhapuram Panchayat
Polur Taluk,
Tiruvannamalai District
I was residing in the above said address with my late husband Munusamy, my
children Janakiraman and Ezhilarasi and mother-in-law Padmavathy. We have a small
agricultural land in which my mother-in-law and I did farming. My husband used to go for
masonry work wherever he got work and we ran the household with the income that we
earned thus.
Since rains failed we were unable to raise crops on our land. Due to the drought my
mother-in-law and I would go for agricultural coolie work. My husband used to go for food
supplying (catering) work in marriage halls in Vellore.
On 06.04.2015, Monday, my husband went to the Ration Shop, bought groceries and
left them at home and at about 12.00 in the noon left saying that he was going for supply
work. My mother-in-law and I were not at home. We had gone for Coolie work. Since he had
gone for work, we did not speak to him over phone.
On Tuesday, 07.04.2015, since the children insisted on speaking to their father I
called his number (9688509790) from the cell phone of my husband’s younger brother Raja
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