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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. Madhammal 45 Malaiyali 5 th Standard Agriculture Mother<br />
Relationship<br />
2. Kanakarani 20 Malaiyali 12 th Standard Agriculture Wife (Married just<br />
6 months earlier)<br />
3. Sekar 20 Malaiyali 3 rd Standard Agriculture Younger Brother<br />
I, Kanakarani, wife of the deceased Venkatesan who was shot dead by the Andhra<br />
Police, do hereby sincerely state and solemnly affirm as follows:<br />
Mrs. Kanakarani<br />
W/o. Venkatesan (Late),<br />
3 rd Ward, Arasanatham Village,<br />
Kalasappadi Post,<br />
Pappireddipatti Taluk,<br />
Dharmapuri District<br />
I was residing in the above said address with my late husband Venkatesan, motherin-law<br />
Madhammal and brother-in-law Sekar. Only six months ago we got married. We<br />
belong to the Hindu Malaiyali community. We own six acres of agricultural land. We ran our<br />
household by doing agricultural work. Since rains have failed for the past one year, we were<br />
unable to do agriculture. Therefore my husband used to go for painting work to neighbouring<br />
districts like Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode and Salem. From that work he used to earn<br />
Rs.200 to 300 per day. If he went for such work, he would stay there and work for 10 days<br />
and return after that.<br />
In these circumstances, our relative Balachandran came home and said that there<br />
was Food Supplier (Server) work in Pondicherry and for that one would get Rs.400-500 per<br />
day. Then on 05.04.2015, my husband Venkatesan, Balachandran’s father Harikrishnan,<br />
Balachandran’s brother-in-law Sivakumar, our relative Lakshmanan, another person named<br />
also named Lakshmanan and Velayudham and Sivalingam of Alamarathuvalavu left our<br />
village saying that they were going to Pondicherry for work.<br />
On 07.04.2015, at about 10.00 AM, Prabhakaran, the younger brother of<br />
Balachandran who had taken my husband for work came to our house and said that the<br />
Andhra Police had caught my husband and the 6 others. He then left saying that he would<br />
arrange for a lawyer to get our people released.<br />
Then the next day, i.e. 08.04.2015, at about 08.00 AM, Prabhakaran,<br />
Balachandran’s younger brother came to our house and said that Anburaj, a policeman from<br />
our village, had told him that the Andhra Police had shot dead the persons who had gone<br />
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