Semmaram Encounter Killings Fact Finding Report2

Tamil Research Institution (TRI)
First we went to the officials there and introduced ourselves. At that time they
showed the photographs that they had with them. When I looked at my father Lakshmanan’s
photo, I saw that his whole body had darkened. They permitted us to see the bodies of my
father and the other deceased from our village at about 1.00 AM. Post-mortem had already
been performed on the bodies.
Four ambulances had come to Tirupati from Tamil Nadu. The bodies of my father
and Balachandran’s father Harikrishnan were placed in the same Ambulance. Likewise each
Ambulance carried two bodies. We set out from there by Ambulance at about 1.00 AM. The
officials and Tamil Nadu police who had come with us to Tirupati followed our Ambulances in
a Jeep.
The following day, 09.04.2015, at about 11.00 AM we brought the bodies to our
village. It was only then that I looked closely at the face of my deceased father. His mouth
was open. Half of his tongue was cut. We saw this condition of our father and cried.
Then when we were about to perform the final rites for the deceased as per the
customs of our community, the policemen prevented us from doing anything and forced us to
cremate the bodies. So we cremated our father’s body on our land at about 1.00 PM in the
afternoon.
My father went for coolie work to alleviate the poverty that befell us because of
drought. We have now lost him. Murder case should be filed against the Andhra Police who
tortured and killed my father and action should be taken also against the Tamil Nadu Police
who forced us to cremate the body of my father hurriedly although as per our custom we
should have buried his body and thereby justice should be done for our family.
7.15 Details of Sivakumar, S/o. Siththan who was shot dead by the Police of the
Andhra Pradesh Government:
Name of the deceased : Sivakumar, S/o. Siththan
Age : 32
Marital Status
: Married
Caste
: Hindu Malaiyali
Educational
: 5 th Standard
Qualification
Occupation
: Agriculture, Coolie work, Masonry work
Address : 3 rd Ward, Arasanatham Village, Kalasappadi Post,
Paappireddipatti Post, Dhamapuri District
Contact No.
: 8940067482 – Jayshankar (Elder brother of the deceased)
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