I am sure you have everybody's voice here. We should follow it up to the end and not forget the issue after some time. Rajen Barua
----- Original Message ----- From: "Krishnendu Chakraborty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <assam@assamnet.org> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 4:44 PM Subject: [Assam] Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India > Animals are probably much better then these so called > human beings. > People will surely come up with theory of mob > mentatlity but no amount of explanation can cover this > barbaric act. > > the footage clearly shows the culprits (or at least > some of them). should there be any delay in nabbing > and punishing them? > > Let there be one unanimous voice from assamnet to > punish the culprits. > > >>>I can't believe this. These are not human beings -- > they are animals. > > > At 4:43 PM -0500 11/26/07, Ram Dhar wrote: >>infact it did happen .. >>Please note - you may find this video content very > very disturbing. >>Really shocked to see this happening in our Gauhati. >> >> CNN-IBN video- >> >><http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/53043/guwahati-residents-strip-beat-up-women-protestors.html>http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/53043/guwahati-residents-strip-beat-up-women-protestors.html<http://www.ibnlive.com/news/guwahati-residents-strip-beat-up-women-protestors/53043-3.h> >> >> >>Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:55 -0600 >>From: assamrs at gmail.com >>To: assam at assamnet.org >>Subject: [Assam] Mob strips woman protester in > Guwahati - Times of India >> >>This news, IF TRUE, is a darn shame, and if it is > NOT, then we >>should all join hand in vehemently protesting to the > TOI, and demand >>that the publish clarifications prominently and > apologize to Assam & >>her people. >> >> >> >>--Ram >> >> >> >>Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati >>27 Nov 2007, 0001 hrs IST , TNN >> >>SMS NEWS to 58888 for latest updates >> >>GUWAHATI: Like in most bandhs and protests, poor > adivasi workers >>from the once lush tea gardens of Assam did dent > business and damage >>some property as they marched through Guwahati to > demand inclusion >>in the Scheduled Tribes list which will help them get > easier access >>to education and jobs. >> >>But it was one adivasi woman who bore the brunt of > the anger of >>local residents. She was attacked, her clothes were > ripped off and a >>mob chased the naked woman along the streets. Ducking > from prying >>eyes and TV cameras and terrified by screams of a mob > chasing her, >>the woman ran until some other residents rescued her > on Saturday and >>gave her clothes and cover both from the > lathi-wielding police and >>the assailants. >> >>Two days later, after the protests spiralled as news > of the attack >>on the woman got out, Assam's CM Tarun Gogoi said he > was enraged by >>the crowd behaviour and police said three of the > assailants had been >>arrested. He announced a Rs 1 lakh compensation for > the woman, whose >>identity was not disclosed. "I am horrified by the > incident. I >>cannot believe how people can be so inhuman and > barbaric. Everybody >>seems to have lost their sense," said Gogoi on > Monday. The CM also >>announced a judicial inquiry into Saturday's > violence. >> >>Police said three men were picked up from their > houses early Monday. >>They were identified as Prasenjit Chakravorty (28), > owner of a fast >>food joint, Ratul Barman (18), a hotel waiter, and > Sudip Chakdar >>(20), a pan shop owner. >> >>Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Sibu Soren, who has > pitched in for >>Assam's adivasi migrants, said the incident > demonstrated the racial >>hatred for tribals. "I have also led many agitations, > but never had >>we targeted women. Adivasis across the country are > always looked >>down upon and do not get the respect they deserve > from people and >>the government as a whole," Soren said on Monday > after visiting >>injured protesters. >> >>Former Jharkhand CM Babulal Marandi also waded in as > the bandh took >>a tribal vs non-tribal hue. He flew into Guwahati > Monday afternoon >>and went straight for a press conference with the > main opposition >>party Assam Gana Parishad (AGP). "This is a > conspiracy hatched by >>Congress government," he charged. Although Guwahati > remained largely >>peaceful in the last phase of the 36-hour protest > that began on >>Saturday, the stripping incident gave it a new > impetus in many areas >>where the sponsors, the All Adivasi Students' > Association of Assam, >>had clout. >> >>Sporadic violence was reported and bandh supporters > attacked one >>vehicle at Karigaon in Kokrajhar district, killing > one person and >>injuring two others. So far, at least six people have > been killed in >>clashes between adivasi activists and local people. > About 250 people >>have been injured in police action or clashes. >> >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better pen pal. > Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. 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