Social boycott victims approach Telangana Human Rights Commission
Hanamkonda: The victims of a social boycott in Kothapally village of Bheemadevarapally mandal in the district have submitted a petition to the Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC) urging it to direct the authorities concerned to take necessary action against those who subjected them to social boycott. Speaking to Telangana Today, one of the victims, […]
Hanamkonda: The victims of a social boycott in Kothapally village of Bheemadevarapally mandal in the district have submitted a petition to the Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC) urging it to direct the authorities concerned to take necessary action against those who subjected them to social boycott.
Speaking to Telangana Today, one of the victims, Satla Phunender, said he had filed a petition with the TSHRC on January 3 and requested the Commission to do justice.
He said he and several other members of the Toddy Tappers Credit Society (TTCS), Kothapally village, who had differences with the management of the society with regard to misappropriation of funds, were being subjected to social boycotted along with their families.
“Since my family was boycotted by our caste (Goud-Toddy tapper), I was forced to perform the last rites of my father in the absence of relatives,” he lamented, and added that he had gone from pillar to post seeking justice, but no avail.
“I lodged a complaint with the Mulkanoor police as well as with the Police Commissioner, but of no avail,” he claimed.
He requested the SHRC to take action against Kashagoni Ravinder, president of the TTCS, Kothapally, and 11 others for imposing social boycott against them.
A total of five families of toddy tappers from Goud community were expelled from a dominant group of the same community in July last year at Kothapally.
Since then, the relatives of the aggrieved families have not been allowed to attend marriage functions or other ceremonies of fellow caste people. And the ‘dominant group’ had also asked others not to attend the marriages and ceremonies held by the ‘expelled families’.
Other victims including Kashagani Mogili said that Kashagani Ravinder and others, who are also members TTCS, had imposed a ban on their families and four other families as they questioned some decisions taken by the society for selling a piece of land owned by the TTCS. They said were distressed by the ‘expulsion’ from the caste.
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