Dear All, I am very keen to read some "reliable articles" with factitious statistics to support the corrupt police who arrested Mr David. I am sure it is being cooked up/ brewed up as we speak.
I am happy in a way that there are few non tribals who keep stirring up the hornet's nest with divisive anti communal articles. I am sure the forum consists of people of intellect who can see through the muck and take what they think is good. Let's live and let live. Meanwhile let's continue to fight injustice by voicing and bringing up issues in the forum discussion. Jai Hind, Jai Jharkhand William Kisku --- tribal welfare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Mr. S. Kumar > > > > True it is that many tourists from across the world > come to our country on > tourist visas. There is nothing secret of Mr. > David's visit to Kalinga Nagar > and Posco site areas where he wanted to see and > learn the effects of > industrilisation and threat of being forcible > displacement of farmers. As a > tourist, Mr. David has his own choice where he is > not required to seek any > permission what he wants to see and where he wants > to go till he is not > breaking the law of the land. BBC correspondents > have visited Naxalites in > the jungles and released a documentary. Are they > Maoists? > > > > Millions of Bangladeshis are illegally staying in > our country. Many of them > are in Orissa. How many of them have been nabbed and > deported? If persons > are caught and are released by judiciary, it is only > because of exit doors > that are provided by police by making a loose case > for the benefit of the > offenders. What is happening to the case of killer > of Biranchi Das where > there are serious allegations on the police to help > the criminal to escapte > from the jaws of justice. There are more examples on > which strict remarks > have been passed against the police by several high > courts and also by the > apex court of India. > > > > If our police and intelligence services are very > clever and efficient, why > there are a number of terror attacks at many towns > and cities that has > killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Take the case > of USA. After 9/11, > not a single incident of terror has taken place. > > > > We may not agree on certain points but what is the > logic to allow a public > platform for narrow thinking, hatred for other's > religion and jump in > without any logic just to prove what comes in ones > mind as right! > > This is not the way to use the right of freedom of > speech. > > > > I must say, Moderators have an effective role to > play. It is the duty of the > moderators to ensure that quality of discussion and > postings are healthy. If > garbage is thrown on a public platform, it is time > to thing to unsubscribe. > > > > Pravin Patel > > Human Rights Activist > > Director, Tribal Welfare Society > > Public Eye Swiss Award 2008 nominee > > > > > On 8/15/08, S kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1*. Many tourists from US and EU coming to > India on a tourist visa, > > misuse their presence for nefarious activities and > stay for months together > > beyond permitted period.* > > > > *2. The Govt. in its tourism promotion mindset > does not take action > > against them and at best deport them when caught > of the wrong doings.* > > > > *3. See the cases of Western paedophiles caught in > Goa with drugs, but as > > usual our judiciary releases them on the excuse of > "insufficient evidence". > > * > > > > *4.Several intelligence operatives too come on > tourist visa-s and travel > > to sensitive locations. The exchange programmes > too are not free of such > > undesirable "guests"* > > > > *5. A fifth group is the Eavangelists from U.S. > coming on tour. Such an > > evangelist was detained in Trivandrum with his > host Benson, and both of them > > were main criminals in holding a woman for months > and raping her. She > > was kept under locked doors and taken to different > places in Kerala. ons > > were arrested.* > > > > 4. > > > > --- On *Thu, 8/14/08, deba nayak > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > > > > > From: deba nayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [ =>> Jharkhand <<= ] Detention of > David Pugh: Hats off to > > Odisha Police. > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 10:48 PM > > > > > > > > > > Jharkhand Forum | Jharkhand Blog | Jharkhand Video > | Jharkhand Network<http://www.jharkhand.org.in/> > > <http://egroups.com/list/Jharkhand> > > * * > > > > > > Orissa Police did the prefect and right job of > arresting David suspecting > > security violation. Any foreign national can be > arrested in US provided > > he/she is a suspect of national security or > suspected to be involved in any > > kind of suspicious activities. Hats off to Odisha > Police. ------------ > > --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- > --------- --------- > > --------- --------- --------- ----- David Pugh, > a school teacher, > > initially posed himself as a reporter when asked > about his profession in the > > US, police said, adding there was no point in > misleading them. ------------ > > --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- > --------- ----- The > > US national, who has been detained near Kalinga > Nagar on suspicion of being > > an anti-government activist, said he was studying > problems of people in > > industrial areas. David Pugh, who came to India on > a tourist visa in July, > > was detained by Orissa police near the steel hub > of Kalinga Nagar along with > > a woman Maoist cadre on Tuesday night. Pugh, who > left here for Delhi this > > morning, told interrogators that he was not > interested in sight seeing but > > was studying problems of people in industrial > areas. Police said Pugh > > visited Singur, Navi Mumbai, Paradip before > entering the Kalinga Nagar. Suspecting > > his intentions, the state police have urged the > Ministry of External Affairs > > to cancel Pugh's visa and ensure that the San > Francisco native never comes > > to India again, Jajpur district Superintendent of > Police D S Kuttey said. Pugh, > > however, argued that he had not made any mistake > by visiting the industrial > > areas of the country. But, police said, had Pugh > been interested in study > > and research, he would have secured a student visa > instead of a tourist visa > > before visiting India. "He first went to Navi > Mumbai and then Singur > > before coming to Orissa.... His intention was not > exactly that of a > > tourist," Kuttey said. Pratima Das, the woman > Maoist accompanying him, was > > later arrested. Pugh claimed he was not aware that > she was a hardcore Maoist > > cadre, he had attended a peoples' tribunal here on > August 10 before going to > > Posco area in Paradip and Kalinga Nagar, the > sources said. They also > === message truncated === William Kisku
