Dismiss and Convict Police Who executed Paramakkudi Massacre

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Why this is Important

On September 11th the Tamil Nadu (INDIA) police killed 7 oppressed community people who had assembled in Paramakudi town to observe the 54th death anniversary of their leader Immanuel Sekaran. Another 30 were seriously injured and are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.

Among those killed were 1) R. Ganesan (65), 2) T. Panneerselvam (50) and S. Vellaichamy (65). It is the argument of the police and the revenue officials that these three old people had attacked the police and burnt public vehicle and were hence shot at and killed! Three youngsters called P. Jayapal (20), Theerthakani (25) and Muthukumar (26) were also killed. Among the older persons, 65 year old Vellaichamy was not killed by any bullets but died from the severe lathi blows the policemen had inflicted on him. Therefore around forty policemen accompanied his body to his village and threatened his family that his last rites should be completed within fifteen minutes and left the village only after the rites were completed, as ordered. R. Ganesan, also 65, who had gone to Paramakudi on that particular day with the intention of distributing his son's wedding invitation cards as he thought he would get to meet a lot of relatives and acquaintances on Immanuel Sekaran's death anniversary, was shot dead before he even realized that trouble was brewing in Paramakudi.

They'd all gone to Paramakudi to pay homage to their leader Immanuel Sekaran, and not with any plans to create trouble or clash with the police. On the other hand, it is the police who are now busy conducting raids on several villages and are arresting many innocent people. The victims are being harassed and implicated in false cases! This can't happen without any political motives—it seems like the police firing and the subsequent repression let loose on the villages are all part of a deliberate strategy to further marginalize the Oppressed community of this region economically, politically.

The following three incidents make it very plain that the police and revenue officials had acted in a very partisan manner since the beginning of September.

The first incident was the stabbing to death of sixteen year old,Palani Kumar, in Pallapacheri. The second was the removal of the banners erected by the organizers. The third was John Pandian's arrest. The last one, the police firing, was the logical culmination of the first three incidents. The above violence was fully police engineered one.

This was further followed by the police picking up people who had run away from the scene – for what the police firing is about – if it had been truly used for that purpose – and then bringing them to the 5 roads junction and beating them — each person being beaten by over 20 police with their lathis and rifle butts. This was simply police torture as defined under Art 1 of the UN Convention on Torture. It is this brutal attack that has left several hundreds of youths injured and many of them have not resorted to any formal medical treatment at hospitals because all of them know the consequences of the same – they will be falsely implicated in criminal cases if they are found taking treatment in hospitals.

Henry Tiphagne, executive director of People's Watch, referring to the preliminary report of its fact-finding team, said there were “clear cases of brutal police torture of some selected activists.... Most of the [bullet] injuries have been above the waist.” He called for a re-post-mortem of all the bodies of the victims in the presence of family members, their authorized representatives or human rights defenders.

There were no negotiations or persuasion that took place as required under their code of conduct by the police or revenue officials – as now being claimed in the media through reports – asking the protestors to disburse. The revenue officials were on one side of the road while the police, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police Adyar, Chennai, KA. SenthilVelan IPS [who had been deputed for the special bandabust at this occasion for his expertise in handling such situations!!! ] immediately started the lathi charge on this crowd that was so small compared to the police force that was available a short while thereafter.

Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMkulE2cT-g&feature=player_embedded

People watch report : http://idsn.org/fileadmin/user_folder/pdf/New_files/India/2011/Press_release_-_Paramakudi_police_firing_12.09.2011_-_English.pdf

Demands:

1. CBI inquiry on this police executed massacre because Justice Sampath Commission is not reliable since It was commissioned by Tamilnadu Govt.

2. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Jayalalitha should take up the moral responsibility for the loss of 7 lives and apologize to the victims.

3. State Government should dismiss the Police personals killed 7 people and File FIR for their human rights violations.

4. Cancel all the false Cases filed on the innocent people on and after September 11,2011.

5. 20 Lakh rupees Compensation to the families of the victims.10 lakh rupees compensation to the families who suffered by Police lathi charge.

Please sign this petition and support us by raise your voice against the barbaric attitude of Tamil Nadu police and Tamil Nadu Government and Let us Condemn the brutal human rights violations happened at Paramakkudi, Tamilnadu, India.

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