So bad news .Sorry .In this century this event was accured .
--- In [email protected], "Jharkhand News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *Gory assault leaves Assam burning, Monday, November 26, 2007 (Guwahati)* > > As Guwahati burned with protests by Adivasis on Saturday, the police simply > watched. > > Shocking pictures of assault on an Adivasi woman, during a violent clash > between Adivasi protesters and local residents on the streets of Guwahati on > Saturday left the country in awe. > > The irony was, that local residents in the presence of the police did all > this. > > The telling pictures reflect the deep-seated social divide between the > mainstream middle class Assamese and the Adivasis, most of whom are tea > garden labourers, brought as slaves by the British, nearly 200 years ago. > > The protesters were marching towards the Assembly, demanding scheduled tribe > status. The Adivasis damaged vehicles and destroyed some roadside shops > after which they were taunted and heckled by the locals. > > In the violence that followed, two Adivasis were killed and over 200 > injured. The police, who're normally present in the area in large numbers, > simply watched on. > > Local residents started beating up the Adivasis and it's during this clash > when a woman was stripped on the road and assaulted. She desperately ran for > cover but to no avail. Later, some passers-by took her to a nearby locality, > where she was given clothes. > > The Chief Minister admits the administration didn't anticipate such a > flare-up > > ''No, there's no social divide. We've been living together for hundreds of > years. But yes, we didn't expect trouble as demonstrations in Guwahati are a > day to day affair,'' said Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister, Assam. > > But not everyone is convinced with the Chief Minister's claims of social > harmony between the Adivasis and the average Assamese. The Assamese have > always looked down upon the Adivasis as tea leaf pluckers, even calling them > ''coolies'' as they were called by the British. > > Saturdays' wasn't a communal clash rather it was just another incident of > suppressing those, who're already suppressed. While one man assaulted, the > other helped. > > And the clash has driven a wedge into the already fragile Assamese- Adivasi > relationship. The Speaker of Assam Assembly, who comes from the tea > community, had some strong words on the situation. > > ''This incident, particularly the attack on the woman is heinous, it has to > be condemned. It was horrendous,'' said Prithvi Majhi, Speaker, Assam > Assembly. > > Assam has an Adivasi population of nearly 70 lakh who have been a Congress > vote bank for years. But protests against Saturday's violence are already > gaining pitch, even though 3 people have been arrested and 15 others are > being questioned. > > The issue now threatens to have an impact in Jharkhand that has a sizeable > Adivasi population. > > ''The ghastly incident has sparked violence. We will have eco blockade in > Jharkhand, block coal, and iron ore. Jharkhand will burn. We will take it > seriously. They have to be given ST status, like they get ST status in the > rest of the country,'' said Salkhan Murmu, Secretary General, All India > Adivasi Coordination Committee. > > Adivasis have called a 36-hour Assam bandh and threatened to intensify their > agitation, which could add to the problems of the administration that is > struggling to deal with militants. > > ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx? id=NEWEN20070034047&ch=11/26/2007%209:43:00%20PM > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- > > > *Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati* > 27 Nov 2007, 0001 hrs IST,TNN > > GUWAHATI: Like in most bandhs and protests, poor adivasi workers from the > once lush tea gardens of Assam did dent business and damage some property as > they marched through Guwahati to demand inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes > list which will help them get easier access to education and jobs. > > But it was one adivasi woman who bore the brunt of the anger of local > residents. She was attacked, her clothes were ripped off and a mob chased > the naked woman along the streets. Ducking from prying eyes and TV cameras > and terrified by screams of a mob chasing her, the woman ran until some > other residents rescued her on Saturday and gave her clothes and cover both > from the lathi-wielding police and the assailants. > > Two days later, after the protests spiralled as news of the attack on the > woman got out, Assam's CM Tarun Gogoi said he was enraged by the crowd > behaviour and police said three of the assailants had been arrested. He > announced a Rs 1 lakh compensation for the woman, whose identity was not > disclosed. "I am horrified by the incident. I cannot believe how people can > be so inhuman and barbaric. Everybody seems to have lost their sense," said > Gogoi on Monday. The CM also announced a judicial inquiry into Saturday's > violence. > > Police said three men were picked up from their houses early Monday. They > were identified as Prasenjit Chakravorty (28), owner of a fast food joint, > Ratul Barman (18), a hotel waiter, and Sudip Chakdar (20), a pan shop owner. > > > Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Sibu Soren, who has pitched in for Assam's > adivasi migrants, said the incident demonstrated the racial hatred for > tribals. "I have also led many agitations, but never had we targeted women. > Adivasis across the country are always looked down upon and do not get the > respect they deserve from people and the government as a whole," Soren said > on Monday after visiting injured protesters. > > Former Jharkhand CM Babulal Marandi also waded in as the bandh took a tribal > vs non-tribal hue. He flew into Guwahati Monday afternoon and went straight > for a press conference with the main opposition party Assam Gana Parishad > (AGP). "This is a conspiracy hatched by Congress government," he charged. > Although Guwahati remained largely peaceful in the last phase of the 36-hour > protest that began on Saturday, the stripping incident gave it a new impetus > in many areas where the sponsors, the All Adivasi Students' Association of > Assam, had clout. > > Sporadic violence was reported and bandh supporters attacked one vehicle at > Karigaon in Kokrajhar district, killing one person and injuring two others. > So far, at least six people have been killed in clashes between adivasi > activists and local people. About 250 people have been injured in police > action or clashes. > > timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mob_strips_woman_protester_in_Guwah ati/articleshow/2573606.cms >
