RANCHI: Family members and close associates ofMGNREGA<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=MGNREGA> whistleblower Niyamat Ansari<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Niyamat%20Ansari>, who was beaten to death allegedly by "well connected" contractors, continue to receive threats despite named FIR being registered with Latehar police.
The police have arrested one Arun Singh<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Arun-Singh> of eight people, including alleged Maoist area commander Sudarshan, named in the FIR. Latehar SP Kuldeep Dwivedi said the police are acting in the right direction to arrest all the accused. "Some have been detained and questioned to establish links with the case and soon they would be brought under book," he said. While Bhukhan Singh, friend and associate of Ansari, has been provided police protection, another associate Mahavir Parahiya and family members are being regularly threatened with dire consequences. Development economist and visiting faculty at Delhi<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Delhi> School of Economics Reetika Khera who visited Ansari's family and his village on Saturday told TOI that the family was traumatised after the Niyamat's killing. "The family has been rendered hand-to-mouth because he was the sole bread-earner and three families were dependant on him," she said. Ansari, a resident of Jerua village under Kope gram panchayat of Manika block, lived in a joint family with old parents, one elder brother and his family, including one physically challenged child, a divorced sister with her daughter, his wife and three children. MGNREGA Sahayata Kendra member Ansari and his close friend Bhukhan Singh recently exposed major funds embezzlement in the MGNREGA worth Rs 2.5 lakh by former Manika BDO Kailash Sahu and Rankikalan panchayat sevak Basudev Nagesia in conspiracy with local contractors leading to lodging of an FIR against the BDO and panchayat sevak. Earlier, he helped labourers file work applications. "From 2007 to February 2009, the sahayata kendra supported demand for unemployment allowance for several workers in Kope panchayat as a result of which during Latehar Lok Adalat in February 2009, more than 90 workers were paid unemployment allowance for the first time in Jharkhand," said Jean Drez', renowned MGNREGA activist and National Advisory Council member. In October 2008, Ansari and his friend Singh were attacked and soon after the Lok Adalat, false cases were slapped against both of them. "In November 2010, their homes were locked up and other residents of the village were warned against helping them," said Gopi, a member of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, which is pivotal in the MGNREGA implementation. On March 2, goons abducted Niyamat from his residence in Jerua village. He was brutally beaten for nearly one hour. According to eyewitnesses, this was done by the same gang that attacked the duo in October 2008. He was taken to Sadar hospital with injuries where Ansari died. The following day, his widowed sister lodged an FIR in Latehar police station, naming alleged Maoist commander Sudarshan, Shankar Dubey, Vijay Dubey, Purushottam Prashad, Arun Singh, Vashisht Tiwari, Prem Chand Singh and Devas Singh. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/MGNREGA-martyrs-family-receives-threats/articleshow/7636664.cms -- 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 *JOIN THE FACEBOOK EVENT: ONE MILLION FACES http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179177728772740* *FREE BINAYAK SEN CAMPAIGN VIDEOS* *http://www.youtube.com/user/Kamayaninumerouno#grid/user/B4A70E211712242B* * * * * * * -- 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.
