Tsundur massacre

The Tsundur massacre refers to the killing of several Dalit people in the village of Tsundur, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, in 1991.[1] 13 Dalits were massacred by upper-caste men in the fields. When a young graduate dalit youth was beaten because his feet unintentionally touched a Reddy woman in the cinema hall, the dalits of the village supported him. As a result, Dalits were socially boycotted by the Reddy landowners of the village. Many dalits have lost their livelihood as they depend on the daily wages by working in the paddy fields of the Reddys. The significance of this atrocity was dalits collectively fought to gain legal justice by invoking SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989.

Justice

212 people were charged in a total of 12 separate cases regarding the incident. 33 defendants subsequently died and the Supreme Court of India then dismissed the charges citing lack of evidence.

Bojja Tharakam was senior public prosecutor Tsundur massacre case in the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

References

  1. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh News Briefly". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  • "Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  • IANS (22 April 2014). "Andhra HC strikes down all sentences in Dalit massacre case". business-standard.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

Further reading

  • Police Killings and Rural Violence in Andhra Pradesh
  • Brutal Killings of Harijans in Tsundur Village of Guntur District
  • Caste, Class and Social Articulation in Andhra Pradesh
  • "Post-Chundur_and_Other_Chundurs.pdf" (PDF). balagopal.org.
  • "THE TSUNDURU CARNAGE-APCLC REPORT" (PDF). balagopal.org.
  • "Read Caste, Class and Social Articulation in Andhra Pradesh, India: Mapping Differential Regional Trajectories - ODI Working Papers 179". www.readbag.com.

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