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From: Shiva Shankar <sshankar@cmi.ac.in> Date: Mon Dec 6, 2004 5:23pm Subject: Tsunduru Massacre of Dalits (fwd) Tsunduru Massacre of Dalits: Trial started at Special court The first witness Mr. Medikonda Subbarao testified on December 1,2004 before the Special court set up at Tsunduru under SC/ST atrocities (prevention) Act, 1989. He identified about 50 culprits and narrated the sequence of events on August 6,1991.On December 2, the second day of the trial, the second witness boldly narrated the brutal massacre of Tsunduru Dalits.The Upper caste Reddy culprits were trying their best to pressurize the Dalit Witnesses to turn hostile. They are offering money and sending messages of threats. Despite all these attempts, Dalits have decided to tell the truth. Dalits of Tsunduru waited more than 13 long years. They waited till their demands are met. They demanded a special court to be set up in Tsunduru under SC/ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act, 1989.They also demanded the appointment of Public prosecutors of their choice to argue their case in the special court. The Govt appointed Mr. Chandrasekhar and Mr. Siva Nageswara Rao, both Human rights activists, as special public prosecutors in the Tsunduru case. Dalits of Tsuduru forced the Govt to implement some of the provisions of the SC/ST Atrocities (prevention) Act 1989 for the first time in the history of the country. The Upper caste culprits tried to delay the trial for several years through legal hurdles. Dalits bravely faced all these hurdles. Finally, the trail started.Unfortunately the press at the state and national level is not giving the attention it deserved. It is our responsibility to extend our moral support to the Dalits of Tsunduru during the trial period. KNPS leaders have been camping in the village and also attending the trial. Except two or three members from NGOs and other organizations, no well-known organization or prominent Dalit leaders attended the trial. I write this mail to request all Dalit, B.C, Women, Minority and People??™s organizations to send their representatives to attend Tsunduru trial and extend your moral support to the Dalit Witnesses and the families of Dalit victims. The trial will be held on all Wednesdays and Thursdays till the end of December 2004. K.Satyanarayana State Secretary, Kula Nirmoolana Porata Samiti (KNPS), ANDHRAPRADESH. |
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