EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai hereby gravely notes that the killing of Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, who reportedly stood at no. 3 in the CPI(Maoist) hierarchy, along with a freelance journalist Hemchandra Pandey, at Adilabad District in Andhra Pradesh on July 2 2010 – coming on top of a series of killings involving civilians, security personnel and Maoist insurgents – has further vitiated the ambience. If one goes by the statement issued by the CPI(Maoist) on July 3, the prospects of peace talks, which Swami Agnivesh for a while is making serious bid to make happen, has suffered a serious jolt. The EKTA expresses its serious concern over such development and the government’s utter lack of concern In this regard. And, the mainstream media presenting the deaths as some sort of trophy won.
Even more disturbing is the fact that serious and credible allegations have been levelled that those two slain had actually been murdered by the AP Police and was subsequently packages as “encounter death”. It has also been alleged that this has been done deliberately to torpedo the peace efforts. Under the circumstances, the EKTA demands that given the seriousness of the case an open judicial enquiry headed by at least a sitting High Court judge be forthwith instituted to unearth the truth without any further delay. Sukla Sen for EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity) 05 07 2010 -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
