On April 27, 2022, K. Thangamani (47),a tribal belonging to the Kuravar community, died in judicial custody due to alleged police torture in Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu. A resident of Thattaranai village under Perunkolathur village panchayat in Thandarampattu block in Tiruvannamalai district, Thangamani was picked up from his house around 9.30 a.m. on April 26,
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IRAC strongly condemned the brutal killing of two tribal villagers by the Maoists in Maharashtra. On 14 April 2022, two tribal villagers namely Dalsu Hichami and Ashok Naroti were kidnapped and killed by the Maoists in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. According to media reports, the victims, who were in their 20s, were kidnapped from their
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On the intervening night of 23-24 February 2022, a 42-year-old Adivasi farmer named Anil Kumar Singh was brutally tortured by Ranjit Kumar Yadav, in-charge of Garu police station in Latehar district of Jharkhand. The victim is a resident of Kuku village under Garu police station in Latehar district of Jharkhand. According to the victim, Anil
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On 14 February 2022, a 32-year-old tribal man identified as Kapil Majhi was killed by the Maoists on the suspicion of being a police informant at Upargumu village in Bhandrangi panchayat under Belgharpolice station in Kandhamal district of Odisha. On 14 February 2022, a group of armed Maoists reportedly dragged Kapil Majhi out of his
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IRAC expresses deep concern over alleged eviction of 45 Bodo tribal families comprising of around 300 persons by the forest department from Nalpara area in Gorchuk in Guwahati city of Assam on January 31, 2022. The forest staff under the leadership of forest beat officer of Fatasil reportedly vandalized their houses damaging properties and evicted
On January 12, 2022, a tribal woman identified as Jhario Devi (60 years) was assaulted and set on fire on suspicion of practising ‘witchcraft’ at Kudpaani Deepatoli village in Simdega district of Jharkhand. On January 12, Jhario Devi along with her husband Karmu Badaik had gone to attend a sraddha (ritual held after death) ceremony
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On December 5, 2021, a tribal woman identified as MesramGangubai (23 years) allegedly died due to alleged medical negligence of doctors at the Rajiv Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) at Adilabad in Telangana. A native of Suryaguda village in Gudihathnoormandal in Adilabad district, pregnant Gangubai was admitted to the RIMS when she developed labour pains
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On January 4, 2022, a tribal man identified as Sanju Pradhan (30 years) was lynched by a mob for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by cutting a tree at Besrabazar village under Kolebira Police Station in Simdega district of Jharkhand. According to the police, the victim was lynched and set on fire by a mob on
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The Indigenous Rights Advocacy Centre (IRAC) expresses shock and disbelief over media reports that exposed the non-functioning of Anganwadi Centres at Aralikkonam and other tribal hamlets in Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala which has resulted in denial of nutrition to the young children, pregnant women and lactating mothers who are mostly tribals in this
As per media reports, on 12 November 2021, a tribal youth identified as Deepu (22 years) was allegedly tortured at the Sultan Bathery police station in Wayanad district of Kerala. The victim is a resident of Athikadavu Paniya tribal colony of Meenangadi town in Wayanad district of Kerala. He is a daily wage worker.. On
