* This statement was the immediate and shocked reaction of J. V. Pawar, Head of the Bharatiya Republican Bahujan Mahasangha, eminent writer, and founder-member of the Dalit Panthers outside Byculla Police Station where a team of activists, journalists, writers and common citizens had gone to raise their voices against this illegal and high-handed police action.
He said that when the team of 15 policemen arrived at Dhawale's house and barged in, his wife Dasrshana, who is a nurse at the Ambedkar Hospital in Byculla, was away on duty, and his 2 children- Kshitij, aged 15 and Prithvi, aged 10, were alone at home. Sudhir Dhawale is a reknowned activist of the Phule- Ambedkarite movement, writer, and editor of the Vidrohi Marathi Magazine. We- all concerned citizens and members of civil society, vociferously and unequivocally condemn this draconian action of the State and its agents. We have firm grounds to remain convinced that anyone who takes up cudgels on behalf of the marginalised, oppressed and downtrodden, would be repressed into silence by the State. Darshana, Sudhir's wife, said that on 3rd January at 3.30 pm she received a frantic call from her traumatised and terror-stricken children about the policemen rummaging through each nook and corner of the house and asking menacing questions regarding the whereabouts of their father. She immediately rushed home, when she, in the presence of her children, was interrogated, with a clear intention on the part of the police to coerce her into saying something which would help them implicate her husband. The minimum legal requirements of carrying out search and seizure- the presence of independent credible witnesses, sealing in a safe container all the articles seized, and affixing the stamp of the police station on the seizure memo- were blatantly disregarded.At 10.30 pm, before leaving, the police ordered Darshana to sign the list of seized articles. She refused, because it was prepared in her absence- she was being interrogated in one room, while the list was prepared in another.She was threatened with immediate arrest and custody and hence she had no option but to obey. press conference, under the auspices of the Sudhir Dhawale Muktata Abhiyaan, has been organised on the 11th of January, Tuesday, at 4 PM at the Janta Dal (Secular) office, near LIC Building, at Nariman Point. The press conference shall be addressed by : 1. Bhai Vaidya, ex - Home Minister for Maharashtra, leader of the Samajwadi Jan Parishad, freedom fighter, socialist, and writer 2. Balasaheb Ambedkar, ex-MP, eminent lawyer and President, Bhartiya Republican Bahujan Mahasangha. 3. Ramdas Athwale, ex-MP and National President, Republican Party of India (RPI) 4. Comrade Govindrao Pansare, leader of the CPI 5. J.V. Pawar, writer and social activist. Shyam Sonar- 8080829499 Sumedh Jadhav- 9869268768 Sharad Gaikwad- 9324374210* * * ***PL SHARE WIDELY WITH NETWORKS AND FRIEND IN MUMBAI * -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *"Nobody is giving up violence. Neither the state nor the Maoists are giving up violence. I am interested in furthering my cause, which is the cause of peace with justice.- DR BINAYAK SEN * *www.binayaksen.net* *PL SIGN ONLINE PETITION: * http://www.petitiononline.com/sen2010/petition.html *DO JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP * *http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14205312918* *JOIN THE FACEBOOK EVENT: ONE MILLION FACES http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179177728772740* * * * * -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *"Nobody is giving up violence. Neither the state nor the Maoists are giving up violence. I am interested in furthering my cause, which is the cause of peace with justice.- DR BINAYAK SEN * *www.binayaksen.net* *PL SIGN ONLINE PETITION: * http://www.petitiononline.com/sen2010/petition.html *DO JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP * *http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14205312918* *JOIN THE FACEBOOK EVENT: ONE MILLION FACES http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179177728772740* * * * * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send 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/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
