> Does it matter anyway ? Criminals do not have> language/religion/caste Good answer, Krishnendu. I tried to answer that yesterday by mentioning one of the typical Assamese last name from the newspaper. But I think it was taken as an Indian trying to do something anti-Assamese :). I thought to push the blame and act like an ostrich is not only non-Assamese but is also described in Assamese as lacking 'xot-xaah'. It was good to see that from that crowd only some one stopped that inhuman behavior and saved the girl from those savages.
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass” - Lakshmana > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:10:44 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: [Assam] Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - > Times of India> > >> But do these names sound Assamese? > > Does it matter > anyway ? Criminals do not have> language/religion/caste> > And BTW, some > members seem to be outraged at Media> (some blaming Indian Media) ..... > > > 1) It was CNN (not Indian Media) which published the> footage.> 2) The > footage blurred the face of the woman to hide> identity> 3) Media always > exposes such incidents be it Assam or> Abu Ghraib. I thought it is duty of > Media.> > > >>Truly Shame on all of us .> > >> 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. > > >> But do these names > sound Assamese? > > >>barua25 <barua25 at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> I am sure > you have everybody's voice here.> >>We should follow it up to the end and not > forget the> issue after some time.> >>Rajen Barua> > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: "Krishnendu Chakraborty" > To: > Sent: Monday, November 26, > 2007 4:44 PM> Subject: [Assam] Mob strips woman protester in> Guwahati - > Times of India> > > > 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> > >>> >>> >>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.> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> > Never miss a thing. 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