What the records say
- When
- 20 Jun 1992
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 11.97° N, 78.47° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Vachathi case.
Vachathi case
1992 atrocity by police against the villagers of Vachathi, Tamil Nadu, India
The Vachathi case involved a mass crime that occurred on 20 June 1992 in the village of Vachathi, in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu. A team of 155 forest personnel, 108 policemen and six revenue officials entered the Tribal-dominated Vachathi village, searching for smuggled sandalwood and to gather information about Veerappan.
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