Semmaram Encounter Killings Fact Finding Report2
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Tamil Research Institution (TRI)<br />
Details of the family of the deceased:<br />
S.No. Name Age Caste<br />
Educational<br />
Qualification<br />
Occupation<br />
1. Vijaya 27 Malaiyali 5 th Standard Agriculture Wife<br />
2. Jeeva 10 Malaiyali 5 th Standard -- Son<br />
3. Shanmitha 2 Malaiyali -- -- Daughter<br />
4. Saroja 50 Malaiyali -- Agriculture Mother<br />
5. Siththan 60 Malaiyali -- Agriculture Father<br />
Siblings<br />
Relationship<br />
6. Chithra 36 Malaiyali -- Agriculture Elder Sister (Married)<br />
7. Jayshankar 35 -- Malaiyali Agriculture Elder brother<br />
(Married)<br />
I, Vijaya, wife of the deceased Sivakumar, S/o. Siththan who was shot dead by the<br />
Andhra Police, do hereby sincerely state and solemnly affirm as follows:<br />
Mrs. Vijaya<br />
W/o. Sivakumar<br />
3 rd Ward,<br />
Arasanatham Village,<br />
Kalasappadi Post,<br />
Pappireddipatti Taluk,<br />
Dharmapuri District<br />
I used to reside in the above said address with my late husband Sivakumar, children<br />
Jeeva and Shanmitha, my mother-in-law Saroja and father-in-law Siththan. We belong to the<br />
Hindu Malaiyali community. We have half an acre of agricultural land. We ran our household<br />
by doing agricultural work on it. Since rains have failed for the past one year we did not<br />
cultivate any crops. So, to run the household my husband used to go for any work like<br />
masonry work, painting and all other coolie work in places like Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode<br />
and any place where he was called for work. On days that he got work he earned Rs.200 to<br />
300. He would go for painting work, taking contract of a building. When he went for such<br />
work, he would stay at the place of work itself for 10 to 15 days and work there. Lastly he<br />
had gone to Coimbatore for painting work and returned only for his younger sister’s<br />
marriage.<br />
In these circumstances, Balachandran, who is also from our village, told my husband<br />
that there was supplier work available in Pondicherry and one could earn Rs.400-500 per<br />
day and that my husband could come if he was interested. Then on 05.04.2015 along with<br />
my husband Sivakumar, Balachandran’s father Harikrishnan, his relative Lakshmanan,<br />
93<br />
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