Thanx A.
At 10:43 AM -0500 6/14/05, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
Hi C'da:
>BTW, does anyone know what state these places named are?
They are in Chhattisgarh. I wasn't aware of this state until I did a google search looking for them. http://chhattisgarh.nic.in/.
>From: Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Assam] Beasts in Uniform/ from Tehelka
>Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:21:23 -0500
>
>What uniform? Beasts in plain clothes would be more apt.
>
>BTW, does anyone know what state these places named are?
>
>cm
>
>
>
>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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