The story so far: Vachathi is a tribal village situated 17 km away from Taluk headquarters Harur in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. In 1992, the total population of the hamlet was 655 of whom 643 ...

In many ways, the Vachathi rape case was a test case: not so much for the judiciary as for India’s social conscience. In June 1992, Vachathi, a tribal hamlet in northern Tamil Nadu, was witness to ...

The Madras High Court on Friday, September 29, upheld the convictions of over 200 government officials from the forest, police and revenue departments of Tamil Nadu for the atrocities committed on the ...

The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed all appeals filed by 215 convicts, including several officals of the police and forest departments, in cases related to atrocities against tribals of the ...

The high court in India's Tamil Nadu state has upheld the convictions of hundreds of government officials for atrocities against tribals, including rapes of 18 women, three decades ago. The convicts ...

For K Raju, life has never been the same since that unfortunate day in 1992 when he received information about an ongoing raid at Vachathi village near Harur. DHARMAPURI: For K Raju, life has never ...

There are few parallels for the Vachathi case, whichever way the Dharmapuri sessions court's judgment goes on Monday. CHENNAI: There are few parallels for the Vachathi case, whichever way the ...

CHENNAI: The conviction and sentence of three years RI in respect of two main accused in the Vachathi riot and rape case have been stayed by the Madras High Court on Tuesday. Justice Aruna Jagadeesan, ...

COIMBATORE: Clearly distinguishing between duty and excesses, the Dharmapuri Principal Sessions Judge S Kumaraguru has, in his judgment in the sensational Vachathi rioting and mass rape case, held ...