National Human Rights Commission

Manav Adhikar Bhawan Block-C, GPO Complex, INA,, DELHI -110023

Dr. B. Karthik Navayan,

3-6-260/1, First Floor, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad, TELANGANA

Dated: 23/06/2020

Dear Dr. B. Karthik Navayan,

The Commission has received your complaint and it has assigned diary

number as 8386/IN/2020 with the following details:-

Complainant Details

Name: Dr. B. Karthik Navayan

Mobile: 9346677007 Email: navayan@gmail.com

Address: 3-6-260/1, First Floor, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad

District: HYDERABAD State: TELANGANA

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Victim Details

Victim Name: Mettu Shekar Gender: Male

Religion: Hindu Cast: Scheduled Caste

Address: Nallamadugu village503124

District: KAMAREDDY State: TELANGANA

Incident Details

Incident Place: Atrocities on scheduled castes Incident Date:

04/04/2020

Incident Category: ATROCITIES ON SC

Incident District: KAMAREDDY Incident State: TELANGANA

Is it filed before any Court / State HRC No

Incident Details: Scheduled castes were attacked and socially boycotted

because they planned erecting Ambedkar Statue in the village. Police

registered two FIRs but not arrested the accused. The accused threatening to

kill at least 10 Scheduled castes if they don’t withdraw complaints.

Dr. B. Karthik Navayan B.Com. LL.M. M.Phil. PhD

Advocate, Mobile: 09346677007

# 3- 6- 260/1, First Floor Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad

Telangana- 500029, Email - navayan@gmail.com

Legal Advisor – Samatha Sainik Dal - SSD is a social organisation founded by Dr B.

R. Ambedkar on 24 September 1924 with the objective of safeguarding the rights of all oppressed sections of Indian society.

Date: 23/06/2020 Place: Hyderabad

BEFORE THE HON’BLE CHAIRPERSON, NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

COMMISSION - MANAV ADHIKAR BHAWAN BLOCK-C, GPO COMPLEX, INA,

NEW DELHI – 110023 Emails - covdnhrc@nic.in, covdnhrc@hub.nic.in, nhrc.india@nic.in

Case No. Of 2020 BETWEEN

Dr. B. Karthik Navayan, Advocate Human Rights Defender, Legal Advisor, Samata Sainik Dal # 3- 6- 260/1, First Floor, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad

Telangana – 500029, Email – navayan@gmail.com Phone: 09346677007

AND …PETITIONER

1. Inspector of Police/ the Station House Officer Police Station – Lingampet, Telangana -503124 Email – Sukhender.ys@gmail.com , Phone: 09440795464

2. Tahsildar, Lingampet, Kamareddy District

Email - tahsildharlingampet@gmail.com , Phone: 9491036930

3. T.Mallikarjuna Reddy, MPDO Lingampet

Email – co.lingampet@gmail.com , Phone: 08500839309

4. Circle Inspector of Police -YELLAREDDY

Kamareddy District, Telangana, Phone: 09440795463,

5. Deputy Superintendent of Police YELLAREDDY

Kamareddy District, Telangana, Phone: 09440895000

…RESPONDENT

Copied to: 1. N.Swetha Reddy, IPS, Superintendent of Police

Adloor, Kamareddy District, Telangana 503111

Email – spkmrdist@gmail.com

2. Dr. A.Sharath, IAS, District Collector & Magistrate

Yellamma Gutta, Tilak Gardens, Kumar Gali, Nizamabad, Telangana 503003 Email - collector-kmr@telangana.gov.in

3. Hon’ble Director and Inspector General of Police

Telangana state police headquarters

Lakdikapool rd, Hyderabad, Telangana -500004, Email - dgp@tspolice.gov.in

PETITION FILED U/S 12 OF PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993

SUBJECT: PETITION FILED SEEKING DIRECTION TO THE RESPONDENT POLICE TO ARREST THE ACCUSED IN FIR NO 40 OF 2020 U/S 506 IPC R/W 34 IPC U/S 3 (1) (R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) SC & ST POA 1989, AND FIR 47 OF 2020 U/S 324, 506

R/W 34 IPC 3 (1) (R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) OF SC & ST POA ACT 1989 ON THE FILE OF LINGAMPET POLICE STATION

RESPECTED SIR,

I am Dr. B. Karthik Navayan, Advocate and Human Rights Defender also working as a

Legal Advisor, Samata Sainik Dal, the social organisation founded by Dr B. R. Ambedkar

on 24 September 1924 with the objective of safeguarding the rights of all oppressed

sections of Indian society. R/o # 3- 6- 260/1, First Floor, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad

Telangana – 500029, Email – navayan@gmail.com, Phone: 09346677007

I submit that, the scheduled caste persons from Nallamadugu Village, Lingampet

Mandal, Kamareddy District, Telangana approached me through Mettu Shekar and

Konda Sanjeev (SC youth from the village) with very disturbing situation in the village

where the scheduled castes were attacked by non scheduled castes (BC caste people)

two times and abused them touching their caste in filthy language.

I submit that, the non scheduled castes (BC caste people) in the villages attacked the

scheduled castes two occasions when they tried to erect the statue in the village

despite obtaining permission from the Grampanchayat as required by law.

I submit that, the scheduled castes have approached local police station, Lingampet on

both occasions when they were attacked and abused by non scheduled castes (BC caste

people)

I submit that, the police have registered two FIRs, 1) FIR NO 40 OF 2020 U/S 506

IPC R/W 34 IPC U/S 3 (1) (R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) SC & ST POA 1989, AND 2)FIR

47 OF 2020 U/S 324, 506 R/W 34 IPC 3 (1) (R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) OF SC & ST

POA ACT 1989 ON THE FILE OF LINGAMPET POLICE STATION against the

perpetrators but not arrested. The accused are staying in the village and threatening

the Scheduled castes with dire consequences if they don’t withdraw the complaints.

Facts of the case:

That the Nallamadugu village scheduled castes have approached the village

Grampanchayat with a proposal for the erection of Dr B R Ambedkar statue in the

village in the village bus stand area which is closure to the Hanuman Temple. The

village Grampanchayat in its resolution dated 23/12/2019 has unanimously decided to

erect the DR Ambedkar statue. The copy of Grampanchayat resolution dated

23/12/2019 is enclosed as Annexure – I for kind perusal of National Human

Rights Commission.

That the decision of the Grampanchayat is unanimous and it is the decision of all the

villagers at the time of passing the resolution. However the village Non scheduled

castes (Backward classes) not digesting the decision of Grampanchayat to erect the

statue of Dr B R Ambedkar. When the scheduled castes people tried to dig the pit for

erecting DR B R Ambedkar Statue on 20/03/2020 at 11:30AM, the Non scheduled

castes attacked SC abusing them touching their cases as “ Lower caste bastards,

Ambedkar is a lower caste person and his statue not deserve to be erected beside the

Hanuman Temple. Some of the photos of gathering of Scheduled castes are

enclosed with this petition as Annexure - II

The non scheduled castes attacked scheduled castes who gathered at the proposed

place in the village to erect Ambedkar statue. The above accused beaten up the

scheduled caste people and threatened that, they will beat the Ambedkar Statue with

chappals if erected in the village. The village scheduled castes approached Lingampet

police station with a complaint against the accused 1) Jaggari Pandari S/o Papaiah 2)

Aggari Rajendar S/o Gundaiah 3) Jaggari Praveen S/o Raghavulu 4) Jaggari Shekar S/o

Laxminarayana 5) Sangareddipeta Ramesh S/o Venkataiah 6) Muppidi Narayana S/o

Babaiah 7) Jaggari Jagadeeshwar S/o Sathyanarayana 8) Jaggari Bhaskar S/o Pandari.

The police registered FIR NO 40 OF 2020 U/S 506 IPC R/W 34 IPC U/S 3 (1)

(R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) SC & ST POA 1989. But police not arrested accused as such the

accused staying in the village and threatening the scheduled castes to withdraw the

compliant and withdraw the idea of erecting Ambedkar statue in the village. The copy

of FIR No 40/2020 is enclosed with this petition for kind perusal of your

authority as Annexure – III

On 21/3/2020, the Mandal Tahsildar of Lingampet, Circle inspector of police Yellareddy

area, 5 members from Ambedkar Youth 5 members from BC community people

gathered and the MRO advised villagers to be in peace for some time and he will

resolve the issues amicably. Believing the Tahsildar version, the Ambedkar Youth of the

Nallamadugu village kept quiet and depended on local authorities to resolve the issue.

However, the nonscheduled castes of the Nallamadugu villages, all of sudden on

04/04/2020, taking the advantage of lockdown, attacked scheduled castes again. They

gathered at the proposed site for Ambedkar statue and started filling up the pit that

was dug for erecting Ambedkar statue violating the orders of Tahsildar to maintain

peace in the village.

On 04/04/2020, the accused are gathered more than 20 members second time and

attacked Scheduled castes for asking them to stop filling the pits against the orders of

Tahsildar of Lingampet. The BC castes people have violated the orders of Tahsildar and

closed the pits dug for the erection of Ambedkar statue and attacked Scheduled castes,

abused in filthy language as “Mala Madiga lower caste Bastards”, to intentionally

insult in the public view. They also insulted Dr Ambedkar saying that,

“Ambedkar is a dead body and erecting his statue in the village is not

acceptable” they will blast the statue if it is erected.

The scheduled castes again approached Lingampet police station with second

complaint. Based on the second complaint, the police registered FIR 47 OF 2020 U/S

324, 506 R/W 34 IPC 3 (1) (R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) OF SC & ST POA ACT 1989. However, the

police as of now even after two months of registration of FIR not arrested the accused

and the accused staying in the village with impunity and threatening the Scheduled

caste persons to withdraw the complaints otherwise they will kill at least 10 members of

Scheduled castes. The copy of FIR 47/2020 is enclosed as Annexure - IV

It is submitted that, the nonscheduled castes in the village has socially boycotted the

scheduled castes. They were not allowed to work in the farms, Scheduled castes were

not allowed on the public paths, scheduled castes were not allowed to purchase daily

needs.

Therefore in the facts and circumstances explained above, it is prayed that the Hon’ble

National Human Rights Commission may be pleased to direct the police authorities to

arrest the accused in both cases, FIR NO 40 OF 2020 U/S 506 IPC R/W 34 IPC

U/S 3 (1) (R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) SC & ST POA 1989, AND FIR 47 OF 2020 U/S 324,

506 R/W 34 IPC 3 (1) (R) (S) 3 (2) (VA) OF SC & ST POA ACT 1989 ON THE

FILE OF LINGAMPET POLICE STATION and provide protection to the Schedule

castes of Nallamadugu village in the interest of justice and render justice.

Sincerely

Sd/-

Dr. B. Karthik Navayan

Advocate

Note: The copies of all Annexures are enclosed along with complaint for kind

perusal of Hon’ble National Human Rights Commission

Annexure – I

ANNEXURE - II

Annexure – III –First FIR 40/2020 registered on the attack on Scheduled castes but no arrests were made – which resulted the second attack on

Scheduled castes.

Annexure – IV - Second FIR No 47/2020 on the second attack on Scheduled castes – still no arrest of accused.

Aannes

Anne

Annexure – IV – some of the photos of attack on the scheduled castes.