The "cloning" effect not only touches the GOA,
evidently it touches the militants and the
intellectuals as well.
Nothing selective about this cloning effect in Assam.
--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If 'cloning' was the problem, how is that we don't
read about stark
>examples from other states?
*** That is because you are selective about what you
want to read or
hear, Ram. In fact this kind of thing is the rule
and not the
exception. But I will be sure to post something
like this for your
info., when I come across one.
At 4:35 PM -0500 6/10/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>C'da,
>
>> *** Incisive, steel trap minded observation Ram.
>
>Thanks for the compliment, though throughly
undeserving.
>
>>Goes to prove, once again, that the Assamese are
unfit to govern themselves.
>
>That is your unique way of gross generalizations.
No, I was only
>referring to the GOA. The Assamese (people) were in
fact the victims.
>
>It is the GOA that is not able to govern. A
situation like this where
>someone is held in Tezpur for 58 years, never
produced for trial - ie
>the individual was basically forgotten by the GOA.
And its not just
>one case, there were 5.
>
>It is no use saying that the GOA has learned this
from the Center,
>because I seriously doubt, if you will find such
cases in other
>states, where prisoners and inmates are forgotten
by the authorities
>to fall between the cracks and ignored for
eternity.
>
>If 'cloning' was the problem, how is that we don't
read about stark
>examples from other states? Wern't they also cloned
in the GOI's
>image.
>
>--Ram
>
>On 6/10/05, 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 have 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 secretary 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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