i live in survey, between beltola and dispur where the incident occured. narrowly escaped when i was returning home from my chamber at around 1 PM. adivasis started the attack without any provocation from the general public. in beltola area when the procession was stopped by a magistrate, they beat him up and threw him near a drain. they hacked a motorcycle rider with a dao. they snatched a baby from its mother and threw him against the road (present condition of the baby not known). they then started stonning and beating innocent passerby's, broke shops and cars. only after that the public started retaliating.
but one thing must be said here. most of the adivashis who were injured/beaten up are innocent. the culprits were in the front of the procession. they atarted the rampage and fled. but the ones who were behind had to bear the onslought from the general public. On 11/26/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is just unbelievable! > > > However not everything in this report makes ordinary sense. Something is > missing. I don't believe Adivasis would have started an attack without some > provocation from some quarter. Their numbers were not that great for them to > start such a war deliberately, knowing that they were far from home. > > > Question is if we will learn the full story and when? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 5:32 PM -0800 11/25/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: > > I scoured through several newspapers to get a little more detail on the > battle in Beltola. The English dailies from Guwahati did not have enough > English to describe it and the national dailies did not have the room to > cover it. I found the following website to be of some help. So I am sharing > it with my NRA netters. > > I request the netters from Guwahati to tell us if this Assamese newspaper > is stating the facts. I'd also like to know who the local residents of > Beltola (who took part in the battle) are - the non-Assamese traders who > occupy the streets, the original inhabitants of Beltola, or the Assamese > middle class who migrated to Guwahati and bought land in the area. > > > > http://www.dainikagradoot.com/mainnews1.htm > > > > Dilip Deka > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > -- Nayanjyoti Medhi Advocate Chamber: Satya Bora Lane, Dighalipukhuri East Guwahati-781001, Assam Phone: +91 361 2416960 +91 94350 43007 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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