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*Peoples Union for Democratic Rights* * * When the Accused Protect the Victim and Complainant Latest developments in the Sodi Shambho case in Chattisgarh After and despite the SC court order on 7th January 2010, in response to a petition filed by PUCL and PUDR, that the State of Chhattisgarh is directed not to prevent or create any obstacles to Sodi Shambo travelling to Delhi for medical treatment at St. Stephens Hospital, the following is the sequence of events till now: 1. The NAPM team which had been promised by the SP that they would be permitted to meet Shambo were not permitted 2. Kavita Srivastava, National Secretary, of the organisation that was petitioner No. 1 in the Supreme Court applied that she be permitted to take Shambo to Delhi. 3. The district administration declared that Shambo was being shifted to Raipur hospital for treatment. The Current hospital in which she is being detained is not equipped to carry out the required medical procedures. 4. A Tehelka journalist was also denied access to Shambo at Jagdalpur. On her complaint to the IG Bastar, she was informed that the police could not allow a witness to be influenced in any manner by people meeting her. It should be noted that she is being forcibly detained in the custody of the same police that she alleges are responsible for her injuries. All this is being maintained despite the police declaration that there are no charges against her. 5. The NAPM team met the SP Dantewada in order to escort Shambo to Delhi. They were brusquely told not to interfere. That the family of Shambo would decide about her further treatment. That PUCL or others shall not be permitted to have any role in this connection. 6. The team left for Raipur at night to hold a press conference there and to demand implementation of the court order. They were escorted by 3 armed guards inside the bus and a vehicle with policemen following the bus. 7. In the morning at Raipur, at the house of Rajendra Sail, President PUCL Chattisgarh where the team housed itself, 30 armed policemen are stationed, following anybody who leaves for any errand. 8. Kavita Srivastava of PUCL is applying to the Chief Secretary to ensure implementation of the Supreme Court order, that she, as the representative of the petitioner organisation, shall escort and assist Sodi Shambo to reach her hospital at Delhi, and that the police be restrained from creating any obstacles and to permit smooth passage to Delhi. We fear that pressure will be brought to bear by the Dantewada police on Sodi Shambho and her relatives to make her refuse to come to Delhi. This kind of intimidation is expected given the Chattisgarh police’s record and the complete breakdown of Constitutional freedoms in Chhattisgarh. It is indeed ironic that those claiming to “protect” her are those who are in the first place responsible for her injuries and whom she has complained against. In the interests both of justice and Sodi Shambho’s health it is imperative that she be allowed to come to Delhi and the police and SPOs restrained from regulating her movements or intimidating her in any manner.--
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