All accused convicted in Vachathi atrocities case

Verdict comes after a 19-year wait

PTI | September 29, 2011



A special court on Thursday convicted all 269 police, forest and revenue department officials accused in the Vachathi case relating to atrocities on tribal people including rape of several women during a search for smuggled sandalwood.

The verdict came after a 19-year-long wait for the victims who were subjected to brutalities by the officials during a raid on Vachathi village in the district.

Amid tight security, special judge-cum-principal district and sessions Judge S Kumaraguru pronounced the verdict, convicting 126 forest personnel, including four IFS officers, 84 men from police and five from the revenue department. Of them, 17 were convicted of rape charges.

Fiftyfour of the accused died during the pendency of the trial in the case investigated by the CBI.

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