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Atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes successful Tamil Nadu had been continuously expanding and the caller government, headed by C. Joseph Vijay, should springiness an assurance to the minorities and the downtrodden that instrumentality enforcement would beryllium strict, said A. Kathir, enforcement director, Evidence, an NGO warring for the rights of the downtrodden and the oppressed classes, present connected Thursday.
Addressing a property conference, Mr. Kathir said Evidence had gathered accusation done the Right to Information (RTI) Act for the past 11 years from crossed Tamil Nadu with respect to crimes reported successful constabulary stations and the fig of cases registered, charge-sheets filed and cases pending oregon disposed of by courts.
Compiling of the day began successful February 2026. “The instrumentality says officials should springiness the accusation wrong 30 days” other they had to look punishment, helium said.
He said officials successful Kanniyakumari, Sivaganga, Cuddalore, Ranipet, Tiruchi, Kallakurichi, Kancheepuram, Salem, Karur, Dharmapuri, Tiruvarur, Tiruppur, Perambalur, Erode, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram, Vellore, Ariyalur, Tiruvannamalai, Tirupattur, Pudukottai, The Nilgiris, Mayiladuthurai, Villupuram, Dindigul and Krishnagiri districts, Coimbatore, Salem, Tiruppur and Madurai cities, and Mylapore and Washermenpet successful Chennai had responded.
Those successful Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tiruvallur, Namakkal, Tenkasi and Theni districts, Tiruchi city, and Kilpauk and T. Nagar successful Chennai were yet to respond. In a fewer cases, Evidence had sent appeals and was awaiting response, Mr. Kathir said.
Several incidents
The day showed that 11,117 incidents had been reported successful the past 11 years (2015 — 2025). It was shocking that accused successful lone 406 of these cases — a specified 3.6% — had been convicted.
Madurai territory topped successful the fig the crimes against SC/STs with 1,322 cases reported and the accused successful lone 44 cases (3.32%) had been convicted. While Sivaganga territory stood 2nd with a condemnation complaint of 1.32%, successful Salem the condemnation complaint was a negligible 0.56%. In Villupuram district, accused successful 77 of the 709 cases (11%) had been punished. In Karur, the condemnation complaint was 7.36%.
Shockingly, Mr. Kathir said, determination was not a azygous condemnation successful Mayiladuthurai district. There were implicit 100 cases pending successful constabulary stations. As per Supreme Court directions, the peculiar courts should present judgement wrong 3 months of the day of filing chargesheets, which should person been completed wrong 2 months from the day of registration of cases.
Mr. Kathir said the caller authorities should instrumentality it up with an robust hand, which unsocial would instil assurance among the SC/ST victims. It should springiness capable extortion to them and heighten the alleviation magnitude from ₹12 lakh to ₹25 lakh.
The authorities should state Madurai, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Pudukottai, Thanjavur, Villupuram, Kallakurichi districts “atrocities-prone”. A senior-level IAS serviceman should beryllium entrusted with overseeing the advancement of the cases and constabulary officers successful the fertile of Inspector General should beryllium made liable for monitoring the cases.
There were capable laws and amendments, the past being done successful 2015. However, the crimes against SC/STs accrued by 30-35% successful Tamil Nadu successful the meantime, helium said.
