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Tamil Research Institution (TRI)
I, Lokanayaki, wife of the deceased Pazhani, S/o. Velu who was shot dead by the
Andhra Police, do hereby sincerely state and solemnly affirm as follows:
Lokanayaki (22)
W/o. Pazhani,
Kalasamuthiram,
Polur Taluk,
Tiruvannamalai District
I reside at the above mentioned address with my 30 days old newborn son, my
mother-in-law Sampoornam and father-in-law Velu. My husband was a B.Ed degree holder
and was running a Tailor Shop of his own in Kalasamuthiram. We belong to the Hindu Boyar
community.
On 06.04.2015, Monday, at about 2.00 PM my husband set out alone on his twowheeler
(TN 25 AT 4806 Hero Honda Apache) saying that he was going to Kannamangalam
to buy silk thread and buttons. Since he did not return till 9.00 PM that night, I called up
Balaji, the younger brother of my husband and told him that my husband had not returned
yet and asked him to find out his whereabouts. When he contacted my husband’s number
(90036 32770), replying from the other end my husband said, “I am on my way to Tirupati
now. Ask mother” and hurriedly disconnected the call. When we contacted my husband’s
phone number again at 10.00 P.M., it was switched off. In the belief that he would certainly
return, all of us went to sleep.
The next day, 07.04.2015, my husband Pazhani did not return even after all of us
woke up. He never used to switch off his phone while going out. Also, he would never stay
the night outside anywhere but would return home. Therefore, the fact that he did not return
home that night caused me great anxiety and fear. When we contacted his phone at 9.00
AM too his phone was switched off. My fear began to increase. At about 11.30 AM news was
being telecast on television channels that 20 Tamils who had gone to cut Red Sanders in
Andhra had been shot dead by Andhra Police. They were showing their bodies strewn
around in the forest region.
Then at about 2.00 PM, two policemen from Kannamangalam came to our house and
asked us if it was the residence of Pazhani. When we said yes, they showed me a photo
where only the face of a deceased was taken and asked me if it was my husband. I looked
at the photo intently, in fear and tension and I could not identify clearly. Then they showed
the full picture on the cell phone. In that photo I identified the pants and shirt that my
husband was wearing when he set out from the house. Also, there was a mole on the left
arm of my husband and with that I confirmed that it was my husband. All of us were
distraught and wailing. All night we were crying, not knowing what to do.
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