SUMMARY OF
HEINOUS CRIMES IN MORPALLI, TIMAPURAM AND TaDMETLA ViLLAGES (2007-2011)
MURDERS
2011
1. Madvi
Sula, Morpalli village – killed on 11 March 2011 (shot in tree)
2. Badse
Bhima, Pulanpad village – picked up from Pulanpad on 13th and killed
in Timapuram village on 14th March 2011
3. Manu
Yadav, Pulanpad village – picked up from Pulanpad on 13th and killed
in Chintalnar on 15th March 2011.
2007
1. Sodi
Nanda, Tadmetla – burnt alive in fuelwood stack by SPOs, Judum and security
forces in December 2007
2. Aimla
Suka, Ramanguda para, Pulanpad – tied up and burnt alive inside his house by
Judum/security forces, 2007
3. Aimla
Guddi, Pulanpad – had gone to his in-laws in Lakhapal, was picked up by the
security forces/Judum and finally killed in Chimlipenta, 2007
STARVATION DEATHS DUE TO ARSON
2011
1. Nupe
Rajulu, Morpalli – old man, died on 12th March after his house and
others in village were burnt on 11th March
2. Madkam
Mangdi – old woman, died on 13th March after her house and others in
village were burnt on 11th March
3. Madvi
Joga – old man, died on 13th March after his house and others in village
were burnt on 11th March.
RAPES
2011
1. AM,
Jonapara, Morpalli village – 11th March, in the village, in front of
small daughter
2. ML, Jonapara,
Morpalli village – 11th/12th March – custodial rape, Chintalnar thana
3. MJ,
Chindpara, Tadmetla, 16th March, in the village, badly cut near her
eye
All three had
money/jewelry stolen from them
ARSON
2011
1. 33
houses burnt in Morpalli village – 11 March
2. 59
houses burnt in Timapuram village – 14/15 March
3. 160
households (207 structures) burnt in Tadmetla village – 16 March
2007
1. 6
houses burnt by Judum in Ramanguda para, Pulanpad
2. 57
houses burnt by Judum in Morpalli village
LOOTING
1. Madkam
Deva, Gollaboonda para, Pulanpad – Rs. 4.5 lakh stolen from his house by Koya
commandos. He was saving this to buy a tractor.
2. Chickens,
goats, pigs, jewelry, cash and other goods from all villages
BEATING and SERIOUS INJURIES
1. Madvi
Bhime, 65-70 year old woman, Morpalli village – badly beaten, 11 March
2. Muchaki
Hadma, 25 year old, grenade injury from grenade thrown by Koya
commandos/security forces, while collecting mahua
3. Madkam
Hidme, 50-60 year old, grenade injury from grenade thrown by Koya
commandos/security forces, while collecting mahua
4. Women
of Tadinpara para, Tadmetla – who were rounded up and beaten in beech
para/Gondin para – while the Koya Commandos/security forces set fire to their
houses
Testimonies submitted to CBI and Court
Morpalli village
1. Collective
testimony of Morpalli villagers
2. MB, mother
of Madvi Sula, murder victim
3. ML,
rape victim
4. AM,
rape victim
5. MB, old
woman who was beaten
6. List of
estimated losses in 2011 and 2007 (XL sheet)
Timapuram village
1. Collective
testimony by villagers
2. List of
villagers whose houses were burnt and looted, para wise
3. Estimated
losses of most houses (incomplete list as some villagers were not present) – XL
sheet
Pulanpad village
1. MY,
widow of Manu Yadav
2. BL,
widow of Badse Bhima
3. Madkam
Hidme and Muchaki Hadma, grenade injury victims
4. Madkam
Deva, 4.5 lakh loot victim
Tadmetla village
1. Collective
testimony of women of Tadinpara
2. MJ,
rape victim
3. Sodi
Ganga, brother of Sodi Nanda who was burnt alive in 2007
Timeline of Salwa
Judum/SPO related events in
March-JUly 2011
CRPF and district police plan a two day joint operation
starting Friday March 11 – at about 2 AM in the morning from Chintalnar Base
Camp. About 200 SPOs and Koya Commandos and about 150 CRPF, comprising
primarily of the CoBRA battalion. Information received that there was an arms
factory in Morpalli (which they did not find) (source: Aman Sethi, Hindu 23rd
March).
Actual Incidents as verified by Nandini
Sundar, 20-23 December 2011 (also fits in with story by Aman Sethi,
Hindu, 23 March)
March 11: Koya Commmandos
(SPOs)/Security forces attack Morpalli; a young man Madvi Sula shot at in tree
and killed. Madvi Bime, old woman, was badly beaten up. Rs. 10,000 was stolen from AM and she
was raped in front of her daughter.
Forces arrest MG, his son B and daughter L; and rape L in thana all night.
33 houses burnt.
March 12-13: 3 old people in Morpalli village,
Nupe Rajulu, Madkam Mangdi and Madvi Joga, die of starvation and thirst after
houses were burnt and they were left in the village, when everyone else had
fled.
March 13: Forces attack Pulanpad (Pulam). Two people
(Muchaki Hadma and Madkam Hidme) got grenade injuries; Madkam Deva’s house was
looted and 4.5 lakh stolen. Forces took
away Badse Bheema and Manu Yadav. Police spend 13th night in Timapuram and loot
chickens etc.
March 14: Forces head towards Bodkel. Just outside
Timapuram village, Maoists ambush the forces in which one Maoist and three Koya
commandos are killed. Forces return to Timapuram and burn 17 houses in
Morotpara. They kill Badse Bhima and leave the body in the village.
March 15: Koya Commandos burned 42 houses and granaries
in Gupididpara, Patelpara and Golapara of Timapuram village (59 houses burnt in
all). They take away Manu Yadav who they
had picked up in Pulpanpad village and kill him in Chintalnar.
March 16: Forces come from
Chinatalnar and attack Tadmetla. 207 structures (houses, granaries etc.)
belonging to 160 families burnt in Tadmetla village. MJ assaulted violently, cut
on the face with a knife, and raped. Women beaten up. Madvi Handa and Madvi Aita from Tadinpara
taken away by forces, first to Chintalnar and then Sukma.
AFTERMATH
(based on news
reports and court proceedings)
March 23: The Hindu and
Rajasthan Patrika report on the incidents. (Marawi files FIR after this
claiming naxals burnt houses)
March 24: District
Collector sends relief trucks and orders local enquiry, offers compensation of
Rs. 25,000 for houses. Collector and Commissioner not allowed to go by
police. SPOs call them Maoist
supporters.
March 25: SPOs, led by
Kartam Surya, assault truck driver carrying relief. Journalists stopped from
going and beaten up. Kartam has a non-bailable arrest warrant issued against
him for rape, and is claimed by the police to be absconding, but lives in
police barracks.
March 26: Swami Agnivesh,
Art of Living Representatives, Addl SP Marawi and journalists brutally attacked
by Salwa Judum and SPOs at Dornapal.
March 27: FIR filed by ASP
Marawi names Salwa Judum leaders in the mob
March 28: NHRC seeks
report on police excesses
March 28: Opposition boycotts
Vidhan Sabha demanding a proper enquiry. Chhattisgarh Home Minister blames the
arson on the Maoists.
March 28: Nandini Sundar
and ors file affidavit detailing attacks on 3 villages and Swami Agnivesh
March 29: Supreme Court
orders Commissioners in Right to Food case to visit affected villages to
investigate reports of starvation deaths
March 30: Chhattisgarh
government orders judicial probe
April 2: CM, Governor and DGP visit Tadmetla village,
offer BPL cards to 96 families and jobs as schoolteachers, anganwadi etc to
locals. Distribute a mere 17 quintals of
rice, no relief for Morpalli or Timapuram. Forces steal chickens from village
and prevent villagers from talking to CM freely.
April 5: State Government
announces a judicial probe by District Judge under Commission of Enquiry Act
April 6: Mr. Salve
promises to Court he will persuade state government to appoint a high court
judge, and also look into the case of Kartam Surya, SPO who is wanted for rape
and declared absconding but lives in police barracks, as well as other SPOs
April 6: Harsh Mander, SC
Commissioner in Right to Food case visits Morpalli – not allowed to visit other
villages. Finds starvation-like conditions.
Police take away
Nupo Mutta and Madvi Nanda who translated for Harsh Mander; they are tied up;
Nanda is slapped by SSP Kalluri for telling the truth to Harsh Mander. They are
released only the next day when women go to get them.
April 13: Chhattisgarh
files its affidavit – silent on the promises made by Mr. Salve, no mention of
Kartam Surya, no denial of anything contained in Nandini Sundar affidavit of
March 28, 2011.
25 April: Supreme Court
records statement of CG counsel, Salve that CM Raman Singh will write to High
Court of CG or MP asking for the services of a sitting judge.
10 May: NGO relief mission delivers relief
12 May: Justice TP Sharma
appointed to head commission of enquiry. (has not visited villages)
5 July: SC orders CBI to
enquire into incidents
December 2011: Villagers anxious for CBI visit; send letters to
CBI and SC.
January 2012: CBI visits villages for first time, takes saree of MJ for forensic analysis of rape - one of the two sarees she has which has been washed many times
February 2012: CBI attacked by SPOs at Dornapal
CBI refuses to visit villages any more; calls villagers to Jagdalpur to depose
October 2016: CBI files chargesheets against 7 SPOs and 26 salwa judum leaders
COMPENSATION
1. Morpalli
village – Out of 33 houses which were burnt in 2011, 31 houses have got
compensation of Rs. 25,000 each. They have also got variable compensation for
property losses, which are, however, not commensurate with actual losses in
many cases.
2. Timapuram:
All 59 houses burnt in 2007 have got Rs. 25,000 each for house construction. 56
houses have got Rs. 20,000 each uniformly for property loss. This does not
cover actual losses, and the variations in losses. 3 Households have not got
even this money.
3.
Tadmetla village – Out of 160 houses, 22
are still to be compensated Rs. 25,000 for house burning. The village had made
a list of possessions lost in each house, which tahsildar has taken. Variable
compensation given for each house (don’t know on what basis this was
calculated).
