In this case like the one in Tezpur, it is as if the GOA just did not
exist, or wasn't aware until someone 'sokut ghuki diye' (poke the
eye).
That essentially is the problem here, where authorities basically were
asleep for 54 + years. This speaks volumes of how inept the GOA has
been thru successive administrations. Those 5 lives in the mental
hospital are lost forever.
They will probably be dead before this thing is over, and they might
as well 'bay at the moon' for any possible compensation from the
State.
**** And where are the institutions of desi demokrasy that the
victims can go to for redress?
It is one thing for NHRC to publicize the cases, but anther to bring
relief. Where is the relief? Where will it be found?
At 7:35 PM -0500 6/10/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
C'da,
This is the same NHRC whose determinations about Narendra Modi's
criminalities post Godhra, were used by the US State Dept. to
deny him that >prized US visa, and which netters roundly condemned.
I don't any netter was trying to kill the messenger (NHRC) in the
Godhra case. They were questioning the motive of the US.
Also, you may find cases of attrocities (like Godhra) or some cases of
muders or what not in other states - I do not doubt that. But if you
find any state (except Bihar) that has a govt. thats NOT aware of
whats going on, do let us know.
In this case like the one in Tezpur, it is as if the GOA just did not
exist, or wasn't aware until someone 'sokut ghuki diye' (poke the
eye).
That essentially is the problem here, where authorities basically were
asleep for 54 + years. This speaks volumes of how inept the GOA has
been thru successive administrations. Those 5 lives in the mental
hospital are lost forever.
They will probably be dead before this thing is over, and they might
as well 'bay at the moon' for any possible compensation from the
State.
--Ram
On 6/10/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is the same NHRC whose determinations about Narendra Modi's
criminalities
post Godhra, were used by the US State Dept. to deny him that prized US
visa, and which netters roundly condemned.
At 9:41 PM +0100 6/10/05, umesh sharma wrote:
Good work ny NHRC -- which is an NGO. Goes to prove the dire need of NGOs in
Assam. Maybe only recently NHRC (a Delhi based body) has shown interest in
Assam --with shockingly positive results.
Umesh
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >And in the end, as usual, it took an outside body (the NHRC) to point
>this out to the GOA.
*** Incisive, steel trap minded observation Ram. Goes to prove, once
again, that the Assamese are unfit to govern themselves.
But of course the system of justice of desi-demokrasy and the Assam
Govt cloned in the likeness of Indian Govt. has nothing to do with
anything.
Hurricane force spinning Ram, that is what is :-)
At 3:27 PM -0500 6/10/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da,
>
>This is indeed shocking and really disturbing. I am little confused by
>the term 'under-trial'. Are these people awaiting a trial, once they
>are held mentally competent to do so?
>
>In any case this is just horrible.
>
>> NHRC has come upon a case of five undertrials who hav! e spent decades
>> in jail
>
>This is a serious blot on successive governments in Assam, the local
>administration of mental institutions etc.
>
>And in the end, as usual, it took an outside body (the NHRC) to point
>this out to the GOA. If they did not, the GOA, would have never have
>on their own to either point this out or take steps to remedy it.
>
>--Ram
>
>On 6/10/05, Chan Mahanta wrote:
>> Torture that goes beyond madness
>>
>> TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2005 09:03:45 PM ]
>> Surf 'N' Earn -Sign innow
>> NEW DELHI: If any proof of the complete failure of criminal justice
> >> system was needed, here are not one but five examples.
>>
>> NHRC has come upon a case of five undertrials who have spent decades
>> in jail. One of them has spent 54 years in jail, while the other four
>> have ! prison experience of more than three decades each.
>>
>> All are now inmates of a mental hospital in Tezpur.
>>
>> An upset commission on Friday asked inspector general (prisons),
>> Assam, and the state's chief seretary to respond within two weeks.
>>
>> The matter was reported to the commission by its rapporteur Chaman
>> Lal who visited the hospital on March 31 and April 1.
>>
>> While all cases are shocking, the worst is the plight of Machang
>> Lalung, now 77, who has been an undertrial for 54 years. The others
>> are Khalilur Rehman, who has spent 35 years there, Anil Kumar Burman,
>> who has been there for 33 years, Sonamani Deb, for 32 years, and
>> Parbati Mallik, who has been in the mental asylum for 32 years.
>>
>> Lalung now works in the hospital garden without communicating with
anybody.
>>
>> The medical superintendent has stated that he is not on any
>> psychotropic medicine for several years and is free of any active
>> signs of mental illness. Despite that, Lalung has not been produced
>> in the trial court after August 9, 1967.
>>
>> Similarly, Rehman has been in the judicial custody since 1963 and
>> continues to be in judicial custody despite being declared fit.
>> Burman also remained at the institute despite being fit to be
>> discharged from April 20, 1974.
>>
>> Deb's case is equally shocking. He was admitted to the hospital in
>> 1972 at the age of 16 years. A destitute, he was found 'not guilty'
>> on account of being insane at the time of crime. NHRC said the
>> information available does not indicate the present status of his
>> mental illness and the steps taken for his rehabilitation in case he
>> is fit for discharge.
>>
>> Mallik was admitted in 1977 when she was 21. According to the
>> information available with NHRC, she was charged with murder of her
>> mother. Her case could have been decided if she was released earlier
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