What uniform? Beasts in plain clothes would be more apt.
BTW, does anyone know what state these places named are?
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News
Beasts in Uniform
Reetika Khera recounts the police attack on Jean Dr�ze
The Rozgar Adhikar Yatra reached Balrampur
village of Surguja district at around 8.30pm on
June 4. Soon a public meeting began, much like
the other peaceful gatherings that took place on
the yatra's route. Within minutes, two CRPF
personnel in civilian clothes reached the spot on
motorcycles and asked the activists to meet the
tehsildar. When the yatris refused, the CRPF men
left, but returned within 15 minutes with four
other people, also in civilian clothes, armed
with guns and lathis. Without any warning, an
attack was launched on the activists. The CRPF
personnel, who started by kicking chairs and
breaking the lIGhts, started thrashing the yatris
and villagers. The driver was forced into the bus
at gunpoint.
Jean Dr�ze, member of the National Advisory
Council, was surrounded by four men and thrashed
Several women on the bus were injured. As I was
making my way to the bus, I was hit by a lathi.
One of the policemen shouted: "Spare the ladies."
But that did not stop his friend from beating up
women. Jean Dr�ze, an economist and a member of
the National Advisory Council, was surrounded by
four men and thrashed. The yatris were lucky to
escape without any major injury but the fate of
the local residents is still unclear.
On June 5, some of us returned to Ambikapur to
file an fir with the police authorities there. We
were able to meet the IG, AN Upadhyay, after
three trips to his office. While the IG accepted
it was an "unfortunate incident", he did not give
us any assurance that action would be taken
against those behind the attack. The
superintendent of police, BP Kalluri, was also
present for a short while at the meeting and
shockingly, he denied any lathi-charge had taken
place. He also stated that for the police, "every
outsider is a suspected Naxalite, until proved
otherwise".
The police press release on June 5 was even more
shocking. It contained many inaccurate
statements. In any case, how serious is a
statement that says the visitors were suspected
Naxalites and proceeds to claim that they were
"sent off respectfully".
June 18 , 2005
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