Polic Terror: Trafail Slum, Gulbarga
Police terror in the Tarfail slum, Gulbarga
Uncovering institutionalized caste prejudices and biases
A report by PUCL Karnataka
View/Download the complete report HERE [.PDF format]
Background Note and Need for the Report
On 8th April 2010, the People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka (PUCL-K) received a representation from Shri. Allama Prabhu Nimbaragi, Convenor of the Zilla Kolageri Nivasigala Okkuta, Gulbarga and a respected young social activist.
The representation drew the attention PUCL-K to an incident that is said of have occurred on 29th March 2010, where, allegedly, the police lathi charged residents of Tarfail slum located near the Gulbarga Railway Station. The representation also stated that several innocent persons, including women, children and old persons were harassed and traumatized by the police.
Further, it was stated that male members of almost all the houses had been arrested on false and frivolous charges. Given the grave allegations made against the police and alleged human rights violations and atrocities, it was necessary that the PUCL-K conduct a detailed fact-finding into the incident.
Accordingly, a fact finding team was constituted comprising of the following members:
- Prof. Y J Rajendra, Vice-president, People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka
- Dr. Ramdas Rao, Secretary, People’s Union for Civil Liberties – Karnataka
- Dr. Chandrakant Yatanoor, Professor of Political Science, Gulbarga University,
- Raghupathy S, Advocate
- Maitreyi Krishnan, Advocate, Alternative Law Forum
The Report of the fact finding team is available here