Truly Shame on all of us .
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.
But do these names sound Assamese?
barua25 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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"
To:
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
>>
>>
>>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.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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