[chhattisgarh-net] Digest Number 2159

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chhattisgarh-net Messages In This Digest (8 Messages) 1. Green Hunt : Ekta Parishad activist detained from a week but police From: CGnet Swara 2. Witnesses allege biggest anti-naxal operation of 2009 was fake From: Shubhranshu Choudhary 3. English version of Govt is making fool  on Right to Education From: Dr.V.N. Sharma 4. Missing Naxal leader in illegal custody? From: CGNet 5. Chhattisgarh short of over 1,700 doctors From: CGNet 6. Walking With The Comrades by Arundhati Roy From: CGNet 7. Peace Now : Bulletin of Nuclear Disarmament and Peace From: Sukla Sen 8. Anti displacement rally in Raigarh From: CGnet Swara View All Topics | Create New Topic Messages 1. Green Hunt : Ekta Parishad activist detained from a week but police Posted by: "CGnet Swara" cgnetsw...@gmail.com Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:25 am (PDT) Dear friends According to Agnuram Sahu of Ekta Parishad in Kanker, Prakash Korram an adivasi activist of Ekta Parishad was picked up by CRPF on 14th March but police denies his arrest. Please listen to his report in Hindi http://audiowiki.no-ip.org/sounds/632.mp3 Agnu Ji has also sent this letter Dear friends, Jai Jagat, It is very sad to inform you that Mr Prakash Korram, one of our social activists has been arrested by the police during operation ‘Green Hunt’. As you know, operation ‘Green Hunt’ is launched by both the state and central government. Prakash Korram was picked up at Damkasa, Kanker on 12th march 2010. He is missing since the evening of 12th March 2010. He has been staying at Damkasa since the last five years making his own field office there. Damkasa is in Durgukondal Block of Kanker Dist. Prakash is one of tribal activist working since 1st September, 2003 at Damkasa. His new field office is at Amapara since the last one year. Amapara is only one kilometer from Damkasa. A villager, who is also our volunteer, informed us of Prakash’s arrest. According to him, Prakash went to village Goodfel for field visit and was back at Amapara by 12.10 pm. On the way to Amapara, he met Mr Dayaram Kallo and some women belong to Goodfel at Dongiripara. Women left for their village. In the mean time some CRPF commandoes came and beat both Prakash and Dayaram and broke the Bi-cycle. Dayaram could manage to sleep away and reached the village. Prakash’s broken cycle was deposited at a cycle store in Damkasa. Being afraid of police, Dayaram kept silent for two days and phoned us on 14th March 2010. Mr Agnuram Sahu, Secretary, Ekta Parisad informed Prakash’s wife and other members of Ekta Parisad on the same day. Mrs Ganga Bai Korram, wife of Prakash Korram reached Amapara office by 15th March, 2010. She found the bi-cycle at the store and luggage inside the office head quarter, Amapara but did not find her husband. To know the truth, our senior activist Mrs Shivrani Goswami and wife of Prakash Korram, Mrs Ganga Bai Korram reached the Damkasa police station and asked about Prakash Korram to the police present there. Police told that no body is arrested here in the name of Prakash Korram. Mrs Goswami and Mrs Korram saw Prakash Korram inside the police camp from the gate of police station. Also they were told by the villagers of Damkasa about Prakash preparing food for the police and collecting Mahua inside the police camp. We and Prakash Korram’s family are severely worried for this tragic incident, especially the denial by the police of his being in their custody. Being harassed, we have informed the superintendent of police, Kanker. You know, we are struggling for the tribes, SCs, Dalits, women and all other marginalized communities in democratic and Gandhian way. Therefore we request you to co-operate with us in demanding punishment for the unjust police officers and releasing the innocent tribal social activist from the claws of police. Dictatorial misbehavior with the social activists, voluntary organizations, people’s organizations will cause a greater distance between people, state administration and police. Waiting for your quick action, comments and help. Yours sincerely Agnuram Sahu Gen. Secretary Ekta Parisad,Bastar Mob: 094060-01517 You can also listen to these messages by dialing 08066932500. If you have any message please dial the same number and record your message regards CGnet Swara moderators Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 2. Witnesses allege biggest anti-naxal operation of 2009 was fake Posted by: "Shubhranshu Choudhary" s...@cgnet.in Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:38 pm (PDT) Witnesses allege biggest anti-naxal operation of 2009 was fake Aman Sethi Villagers say that at least 12 of the 30 killed had no links to the Maoists Gachanpalli: Aftershocks of the “Operation” still reverberate along the 35-km stretch of broken track, bombed-out schools and graves that leads from the Andhra Pradesh border to Gachanpalli, a village deep in the forests of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. On 19 September, 2009, security forces claimed a major victory in which 30 Maoists and six police personnel were killed in the very same area. But villagers from Gachanpalli and the neighbouring hamlets of Gattapad and Palachalam told The Hindu that at least 12 of the 30 killed were innocents with no links to the Maoists. Gachanpalli, Gattapad and Palachalam lie along the same axis on the border between A.P. and Chhattisgarh, bookended by two police camps at Kishtraram and Bhejji. In the two-day operation, the ‘Commando Battalion for Resolute Action' (CoBRA) set out from Bhejji, a day's march northwest of Gachanpalli, while the Chhattisgarh police came from Kishtaram, 15 km south east of the village. “None of those killed in the operation was a naxal,” said an eyewitness from Gattapad, “The villagers were killed in cold blood.” The witness said that while six villagers — three of them over the age of 65 — were killed in Gachanpalli and their bodies left where they fell, security forces picked up three men each from Gattapad and Palachalam and subsequently killed them, passing them off as naxals. “The Gachanpalli force came from Bhejji, we were attacked by policemen from Kistaram Thana and [salwa] judum members from Maraigudam Camp,” said a witness from Palachalam. “They asked us to prepare food.” The men-folk were also ordered to destroy a massive minar the Maoists had built on the remains of the village school. Earlier, the Maoists had blasted the school claiming the security forces would use it for shelter. While villagers chipped away at the base of the structure, the force moved further towards Gattapad. There, security forces picked up Padam Deva, 25, Dudhi Pojja, 25, and Sodi Massa, 20. “Deva, my son, was herding cattle on the outskirts of the village when the force picked him up,” said Padam Chumri, her eyes filling with tears as she recounted the incident, “They dragged him to Palachalam at gun point.” The minar was still standing when the force returned to Palachalam. “By now it was afternoon,” said an eyewitness, “The forces apprehended three more men — Sodi Sanyasi, 35, Dudhi Hadma, 35, and Tunki Sinna, 25. They told us they were going to Kistharam Thana from where they would head to Konta.” En route, the force stopped at a shallow gully near Velkanguda where, villagers allege, the six men were stripped and shot in cold blood. The bodies were loaded onto a tractor and taken to the Andhra Border from where they were transferred to a van and driven to Konta. “We found their shirts and lungis in the gully,” said a Palachalam villager. In Dharmapenta, a village en route, villagers said they saw the tractor but couldn't say if they saw the bodies. The Hindu was unable to independently verify these claims. However, circumstantial evidence suggests the September 2009 killings merit further investigation. The six Gachanpalli victims were buried in the village graveyard. A petition filed in the Supreme Court holds the security forces responsible for their deaths and has asked for a Special Investigative Team to examine the matter. But questions are now being raised about the six victims from Gattapad and Palachalam. Director-General of Police Chhattisgarh Viswarajan told The Hindu that the case had been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department of Chhattsigarh and an investigation was under way. The police claimed at the time that “seven of the bodies of the slain naxalites were traced and six of them brought from Kistaram to Konta for identification and post mortem.” The September 19, 2009 edition of The Hindu quoted Konta subdivisional police officer Ravi Kumar Khure as saying that six Maoists were killed when they ambushed the Koya Commando unit of the Chhattsigarh armed police force. The police said four of the alleged ‘Maoists' were wearing olive green uniforms. Villagers and even some security officials dispute that claim. “Maoists do not wear green camouflage patterns,” said a senior security officer well versed in counter-insurgency operations, “They usually operate in civilian clothes or in an all black uniforms.” The clothes recovered by the villagers also suggest the bodies were stripped and put in uniform as an afterthought. Speaking on background, sources have confirmed that “there have been instances when uniforms have been put on bodies after an encounter,” but insisted that such incidents were rare and difficult to prove. http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/20/stories/2010032056911400.htm Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 3. English version of Govt is making fool  on Right to Education Posted by: "Dr.V.N. Sharma" vns...@gmail.com   vns44 Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:43 pm (PDT) Dear friends, Please go through the attached file in English. This is the final write up on the subject of why 1st April is being celebrated by AIF-RTE Members, Members - Organisations and our Associates and individual sympathizers as Black Day.You are requested to use it for giving publicity to the '1st April as Black Day'. Dr.V.N.Sharma Cell No.9431102680, http://tinyurl.com/drvnsharma Member, Secretariat, All India Forum for Right to Education (AIF-RTE) *** *शिक्षा नहीं कोई कारोबार, यह है जनता का अधिकार* *सबको शिक्षा एक सामान, मांग रहा है हिंदुस्तान* *** "Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act." Albert Einstein "The only thing necessary for Evil to Flourish is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 4. Missing Naxal leader in illegal custody? Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:44 am (PDT) Missing Naxal leader in illegal custody? Mohua Chatterjee, TNN, Mar 20, 2010, 03.52am IST NEW DELHI: The CPI (Maoist) has claimed that the party's politburo member and spokesperson, Comrade Cherkuri Rajkumar aka Azad, has been "untraceable" since March 12. The party suspects he has been arrested by Andhra police and is being held in "illegal custody". http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Missing-Naxal-leader-in-illegal-custody-/articleshow/5703488.cms Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 5. Chhattisgarh short of over 1,700 doctors Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:44 am (PDT) Chhattisgarh short of over 1,700 doctors Raipur, March 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's state-run hospitals are short of over 1,700 doctors, Health Minister Amar Agarwal said Thursday. "Some 1,733 medical officers' posts are vacant in government hospitals in all the 18 districts of the state. The government is doing its best to fill up the posts," Agarwal told IANS. "In several districts, mainly in the rural areas, government hospitals are the lone option for the people and we intend to improve rural health facilities. Filling up medical officers' posts is the government's top priority." he said. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 6. Walking With The Comrades by Arundhati Roy Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Sat Mar 20, 2010 12:45 am (PDT) Walking With The Comrades Gandhians with a Gun? Arundhati Roy plunges into the sea of Gondi people to find some answers... Arundhati Roy The terse, typewritten note slipped under my door in a sealed envelope confirmed my appointment with India’s Gravest Internal Security Threat. I’d been waiting for months to hear from them. I had to be at the Ma Danteshwari mandir in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, at any of four given times on two given days. That was to take care of bad weather, punctures, blockades, transport strikes and sheer bad luck. The note said: “Writer should have camera, tika and coconut. Meeter will have cap, Hindi Outlook magazine and bananas. Password: Namashkar Guruji.” http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264738 Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 7. Peace Now : Bulletin of Nuclear Disarmament and Peace Posted by: "Sukla Sen" sukla....@gmail.com   suklasen Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:22 am (PDT) Dear friends, When the debates on Nuclear Liability bill 2010 is on you can read the latest issue of Peace Now : Bulletin of Nuclear Disarmament and Peace http://www.cndpindia.org/download.php?view.31 http://www.cndpindia.org/download.php?view.36 Sukla Peace Is Doable Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 8. Anti displacement rally in Raigarh Posted by: "CGnet Swara" cgnetsw...@gmail.com Sat Mar 20, 2010 2:39 am (PDT) Dear friends Please listen to an on the spot reporting from an Anti displacement rally in Raigarh. The Citizen reporter also talks about death of a farmer's wife by heart attack whose land was taken away by Jindals http://audiowiki.no-ip.org/sounds/634.mp3 You can also listen to these messages by dialing 08066932500. If you have any message please dial the same number and record your message regards CGnet Swara moderators Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity  4 New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Y! Messenger Want a quick chat? Chat over IM with group members. Find helpful tips for Moderators on the Yahoo! Groups team blog. Need to Reply? Click one of the "Reply" links to respond to a specific message in the Daily Digest. Create New Topic | Visit Your Group on the Web Messages Visit our website: http://www.cgnet.in Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! 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