Trade union leader, wife arrested for suspected Maoist links
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article412423.ece
A trade union leader and his wife were detained in connection with
investigations into Maoist network in the capital, police sources said here on
Tuesday.
Trade union leaders Gopal Mishra and his wife Anu were detained by a team of
Delhi Police’s Special Cell, the sources said.
However, no official was ready go on record on the detention issue.
On April 4, Sunil Mandiwal, an assistant professor with Delhi University’s
Dayal Singh College, was detained for his suspected links with Maoists,
including arrested leader Khobad Ghandy. He was released after questioning.
During investigations into the Maoist network in the capital, police sources
had earlier said that it came to light that the extremists were infiltrating
into trade unions in the capital.
They had an active trade union in Okhla Industrial area. The Maoists were also
targeting displaced labourers and bringing them under their fold, they said.
An NGO, Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP,) claimed that
Mr. Mishra was taken into custody on April 25 from his residence in Ramnagar in
east Delhi and his wife was picked up on Monday.
The CRPP quoted Ritesh Kumar, the owner of the house in which Mr. Mishra was
staying as a tenant, as saying that police reached the residence along with Mr.
Mishra at 11 AM on Monday and waited till evening for his wife Anu to return.
“The house owner was later told by the police that they were taking him to the
police station. Later it became clear that along with Mr. Mishra another trade
unionist Pradeep was also taken away by the police,” the CRPP said.
The NGO demanded the unconditional release of the two and that they are given
access to lawyers.
The NGO has also sent a letter to National Human Rights Commission seeking its
intervention to get the couple “released”.
Another reporting at
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/4-maoists-picked-up-city-trade-union-under-scanner/612144/0
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