Sirs, In continuation with my earlier mail sent last evening, may find the following for your careful perusal, as it further underscores why Sodhi Shambo's life, and illegal detention, is so important.
This is reportedly the text of Sodhi Shambo's complaint to the police and is incorporated in the Supreme Court petition which Sh. Himanshu Kumar has filed and she is a co-petitioner. Petitioner No. 13, Sodhi Shambo: "On Thursday, 01.10.2009, at about 6-7 am in the morning, S.P.O.s, police and other security forces who had come from the Injaram, Konta Camp - among whom I recognize Madvi Buccha s/o Madvi Subba, S.P.O, presently residing in Konta - surrounded my house and took me, along with my two children 1. Sodi Raju, aged about 3 years 2. Kumari Sodi Nago, aged about 5 years to my neighbour Soyam Sensa"s house, where Soyam Sensa"s wife Soyam Bali was there with her infant baby. The security forces had trained their rifles against her to shoot her, but they did not kill her because some other security forces, seeing the small children, stopped them from firing. I had also been made to stand nearby with both my children. I was shot in the foot, after which I fell to the ground. Immediately both my children threw themselves on me and began to cry, after which, on being stopped by the other security forces, they left me." And the Supreme Court hearing for the case is reportedly scheduled for today. That perhaps provides the clue. Yours Sukla Sen for EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai On 03/01/2010, Sukla Sen <[email protected]> wrote: > Sirs, > > It has been brought to our attention that an adivasi woman Sodi Sambo of > Gompa village, who is understandably the lone surviving witness of a > massacre carnied out by the state forces together with a Salwa Judum > brigade > in a Dantewada village on October 1 last, and herself a victim being shot > in > her leg, has been detained earlier today while travelling in the company of > noted Gandhian from the region, Shri Himanshu Kumar, on her way to Delhi > for > medical treatment. > Reportedly she is still in police custody at the Kanker Police Station at > the instance of the Dantewada SP, Sh. Amaresh Mishra. > > May we, in this context, draw your attention to the fact that as per the > current provisions of the Cr. PC no women shall be arrested after sunset > and > before sunrise except in exceptional circumstances. And the police will > also > be required to give information about the arrest of a person as well as > place of detention to anyone who may be nominated by the accused. A > provision for compensating a person who has been detained by the police > without any valid ground has also been made. > > Given the circumstances of the case and the blood-stained track records of > the Chhattisgarh state administration, we do request you to immediately > look > into the illegal detention of Sodi Sambo and ensure her immedaite release > and her safe transport to Delhi for further medical treatment of her wound > in the leg and malaria she is now suffering from. > > This appeal for understandable reason is also being released to the press > and wider public. > > Hope you will kindly appreciate the gravity of the situation and act with > appropriate promptness. > > Thanking you in anticipation. > > Yours > > Sukla Sen > for EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai > 03 01 2010 > > > -- > Peace Is Doable > -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
