Animals are probably much better then these so called human beings. People will surely come up with theory of mob mentatlity but no amount of explanation can cover this barbaric act.
the footage clearly shows the culprits (or at least some of them). should there be any delay in nabbing and punishing them? Let there be one unanimous voice from assamnet to punish the culprits. >>I can't believe this. These are not human beings -- they are animals. At 4:43 PM -0500 11/26/07, Ram Dhar wrote: >infact it did happen .. >Please note - you may find this video content very very disturbing. >Really shocked to see this happening in our Gauhati. > > CNN-IBN video- > ><http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/53043/guwahati-residents-strip-beat-up-women-protestors.html>http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/53043/guwahati-residents-strip-beat-up-women-protestors.html<http://www.ibnlive.com/news/guwahati-residents-strip-beat-up-women-protestors/53043-3.h> > > >Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:10:55 -0600 >From: assamrs at gmail.com >To: assam at assamnet.org >Subject: [Assam] Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India > >This news, IF TRUE, is a darn shame, and if it is NOT, then we >should all join hand in vehemently protesting to the TOI, and demand >that the publish clarifications prominently and apologize to Assam & >her people. > > > >--Ram > > > >Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati >27 Nov 2007, 0001 hrs IST , TNN > >SMS NEWS to 58888 for latest updates > >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. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
