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ALL INDIA UNION OF FOREST WORKING PEOPLE
The Fact Finding team led by Kavita Krishan CPI(ML), Priya Pillai – Green peace and activist Mahan Sangarsh Samiti, Singrauli, Abhishek Srivastava – Journalist, Purnima – Women activist from Delhi, Debadityo Sinha environmentalist and Rajnish Gambhir were detained by Sonbhdra Police yesterday night and were harassed. But released after intervention of various eminent activist like Union president Jarjum Ete, Arundhati Dhuru of NAPM and others.
Union’s important tribal leader Rajkumari was arrested yesterday, beaten taken to Mirzapur Jail
No one allowed in villages Sundari, Bhisur,Korchi neither people are allowed to come out. Any one coming out of the village is arrested.
The injured in Duddhi hospital and Robertsganj hospital are not allowed to meet anyone. Neither the family members are allowed, Media is not allowed to go and meet the injured.
Many have been missing, arrested but there whereabouts are not known. No list has been released till now by the district administration.
As women reported after the police violence just after the firing there have been some deaths but administration is covering up the the matter by stopping everyone from entering the area. There is complete anarchy in the area by the administration and totally arbitratory and UP govt is not intervening to end the spate violence unleashed on the tribal and other forest dwellers in the villages Sundari, Korchi, Bhisur etc.
Administration forcing people to leave their houses immediately and take the compensation and go. No proper survey for land acquisition has been done. There is no notice given to people. The administrative activities are not carried on rules of law. Activists have been barred from entering the district. Administration using local vested interest, dabangs and upper caste people to repress and pressurize people to leave the village immediately. They also used these forces to attack the tribal and dalits on 18th april who were instrumental in beating people by wearing police dress. There names have been noted down by the leaders of the movement.
This is blatant violation of people’s democratic, constitutional rights to protest. This is a matter of brutal illegal land acquisition by state and needs to be protested by all means. People need to be protected from violence, intimidation and oppression. In 1991 also U.P. police opened fire at agitating Dalla cement workers and many were killed, their bodies were thrown in Son river. In this case 9 bodies were recovered but in the matter of kanhar, the people were pushed to the villages and the area was completely evacuated. A dangerous game is planned by the land grabbers, mafia, contractors, dabangs of the area who are in hand and glove with the administration. Police and administration are behaving like dictators.
Ms. Roma ( Adv)
Dy. Gen Sec, All India Union of Forest Working People(AIUFWP) /
Secretary, New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI)
Coordinator, Human Rights Law Center
c/o Sh. Vinod Kesari, Near Sarita Printing Press,
Tagore Nagar
Robertsganj,
District Sonbhadra 231216
Uttar Pradesh
Tel : 91-9415233583,
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