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*CPDR Condemns the Brutal Police Attack on the Dalit Students and Faculty at Hyderabad Central University* Yesterday, on 22 March 2016, the Hyderabad Police brutally attacked the students and faculty of the Hyderabad Central University who protested against resumption of Appa Rao Poddile, Vice Chancellor. Many students and two faculty members were badly injured in the police attack. Some 36 students along with two professors, K Y Ratnam and Tathagat Sengupta were taken into custody, the whereabouts of them remains unknown till today. Appa Rao Poddile, the Vice Chancellor, who was sent on leave in the wake of students’ agitation that broke out over the suicide of a Dalit scholar, Rohith Vemula, joined back the University. Appa Rao’s prejudiced actions against the Dalit scholars were exposed to the world during the flare up over Rohith’s death. He, along with Bandaru Dattatreya, and Smriti Irani are clearly responsible for his institutional murder. Hyderabad Police had accordingly booked him along with the union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, N Sushil Kumar, the HCU Unit of the ABVP and one Vishnu for abetment of suicide and also for violations of the SC/ST Atrocities Act. The cases under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code and also the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (prevention of atrocities) Act were filed in Gachibowli police station under Cyberabad police commissionerate limits. In its characteristic obstinacy the HRD Ministry sent him back to take charge of the university. While the Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) were protesting with sit-in in front of the VC’s lodge some elements indulged in stone throwing and causing damage to it in order to provide an alibi for the police to crack down. This has been the pet strategy of the Hindutva camp as the JNU slogan shouting and subsequent crack down on the innocent students revealed. The authorities should investigate and identify the culprit instead of charging the ASA students (and even faculty) for these acts without any proof. Appa Rao had a history of anti-Dalit actions in the university. Rohith had written him a note insinuating how casteist environment in the university was alienating Dalit students. Any Vice Chancellor worth his salt would have been alarmed and counseled with him. However, Appa Rao has been so callous and incompetent that he never bothered to comprehend the consequences of his abominable punishment to the five Dalit scholars. It was an apt case for summary dismissal for the HRD Ministry but the latter chose to persist with such characters that carry out its saffron agenda. For the Hyderabad Police, there was a prima facie case to arrest Appa Rao, instead they cracked down on the students and faculty who protested against his reinstatement. CPDR demands · Release all students and faculty unconditionally. · Withdraw cases against them. · Investigate who indulged in vandalism and book them for the crime · Remove Appa Rao from the post of Vice Chancellor · Bring a person with proven competence to restore the academic climate of the University. *Dr Anand Teltumbde* *General Secretary* *Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR), Maharashtra* On 23 March 2016 at 09:30, All India Forum RightTo Education < [email protected]> wrote: > > > *Release the students and teachers of UoH immediately* > > *and dismiss the VC* > > > > > > *ALL INDIA FORUM FOR RIGHT TO EDUCATION * > > *अखिल* *भारत* *शिक्षा* *अधिकार* *मंच* > *Secretariat:* 306, Pleasant Apartments, Bazarghat, Hyderabad 500 004 > > *E**mail*: *[email protected]* <[email protected]>*; > Website: **www.aifrte.in* <http://www.aifrte.in/> > > > > *सबको शिक्षा एक समान**, **मांग रहा है हिंदोस्तान* *!* > > > > *Board of Advisers* > > Prof. R.K. Agnihotri, Rajasthan *Formerly Deptt. of > Linguistics, Delhi University* > > Sri G. S. Asiwal, Madhya Pradesh *Senior > Trade Union Leader, Bhopal* > > Dr. P.M. Bhargava, Andhra Pradesh > *Founder-Director, > CCMB, Hyderabad* > > Dr. Vasanthi V. Devi, Tamil Nadu *Formerly Vice > Chancellor, M. S. University; Chairperson, Institute of Human Rights > Education, Madurai* > > Dr. Hiren Gohain, Assam *Poet & > Literary Critic, Guwahati* > > Prof. Sudarshan Iyengar, Gujarat *Formerly Vice > Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapeeth* > > Sri Devanooru Mahadeva, Karnataka *Writer & Activist for Social > Justice, Bangalore* > > Sri Kedarnath Pandey, Bihar *Gen. Secy., Bihar > Madhaymik Shikshak Sangh* > > Dr. G. G. Parikh, Maharashtra *Yusuf Meharally > Centre, Mumbai* > > Prof. N. D. Patil, Maharashtra *Educationist and Peasant > Leader, Kolhapur* > > Prof. Prabhat Patnaik, Haryana *Economist & Professor > Emeritus, JNU* > > Prof. Ram Puniyani, Maharashtra *Writer & All India > Secular Forum, Mumbai* > > Sri S. P. Shukla, Uttarakhand *Formerly > Commerce Secretary, Govt. of India* > > Prof. Jagmohan Singh, Punjab *Senior Civil Liberties > Activist, Ludhiana* > > Sri Shatrughan Pd. Singh, Bihar *President, Bihar > Madhaymik Shikshak Sangh* > > Sri Bhai Vaidya, Maharashtra *President, Akhil Bharat > Samajvadi Adhyapak Sabha, Pune* > > Prof. Rooprekha Verma, Uttar Pradesh *Formerly Vice > Chancellor, Lucknow University* > > > > *Presidium* > > Dr. Meher Engineer, West > Bengal *Chairperson, > AIFRTE; Ex-President,* > > * Indian Academy of Social Science; Kolkata* > > Prof. Wasi Ahmed, Bihar *Former > Joint Secretary, AIFUCTO; Patna* > > > Sri Prabhakar Arade, Maharashtra *President, > AIFETO; Kolhapur* > > Prof. G. Haragopal, Telangana *Visiting > Professor, NLSIU, Bengaluru* > > Prof. Madhu Prasad, Delhi *Formerly > Deptt. of Philosophy, Zakir Husain College, Delhi University* > > Prof. K. Chakradhar Rao, Telangana > *Deptt. of Economics, Osmania University* > > Prof. Anil Sadgopal, Madhya > Pradesh *Formerly Dean, > Faculty of Education, Delhi University; Bhopal* > > Prof. K. M. Shrimali, Delhi *Formerly > Deptt. of History, Delhi University* > > Dr. Anand Teltumbde, West Bengal > *Writer & Civil Liberties Activist, Deptt of Management, IIT, Kharaghpur* > > > 23TH March 2016 > > > > *Release the students and teachers of UoH immediately * > > *and dismiss the VC * > > > > The return of Prof. Podile Appa Rao to resume duty as V.C. of Hyderabad > Central University is a direct provocation by the Government of India and > the Minister of Human Resource Development to the students and teachers of > the University whose resolute struggle continues against an absolutely > insensitive university administration. > > > > The tragic 'institutional murder' of Rohith Vemula galvanized students, > teachers and democratic sections across the country and led to Prof. Appa > Rao proceeding on long leave of over two months. He is widely seen as > having played a prominent role in targeting the students at the behest of > the ABVP, MoS Labour Bandaru Dattareya, and Minister HRD Smrti Irani and in > subjecting the Dalit students to a punitive social boycott of all public > spaces and events at the University and a financial boycott by withholding > their fellowships for almost six months. > > > > The FIR registered names Prof. Appa Rao as the main accused in the death > of Rohith Vemula. The case is still being investigated. Yet, in violation > of every norm of legal practice and of justice, Prof. Appa Rao has been > sent back as head of the institution. > > > > The student protest against this act of impunity in defence of the main > accused is not only justified, it is essential to draw the country's > attention to the manner in which all democratic and constitutional norms > are being violated by the present regime. > > > > A total of 36 persons including 34 students and 2 teachers (Prof. K. Y. > Ratnam and Dr. Thadhagata Sengupta) have been detained, while 20 students > have been injured and are undergoing treatment in hospital or the > university health centre. They sustained injuries in the brutal lathi > charge and forcible removal from the V.C's office of students protesting > against the return of Prof. Appa Rao to the University while the inquiry is > still on. > > > > AIFRTE demands that > > > > 1) All arrested students and teachers be released immediately and > all faked up charges withdrawn; > > 2) The unidentified individuals accompanying the police in plain > clothes, reportedly from the university’s other department, during its > brutal attacks on the students be identified in a priority basis and > punished as per law. > > 3) Prof. Appa Rao be immediately dismissed and asked to leave the > campus premises. > > > > *शिक्षा नहीं कोई कारोबार**, **है यह जनता का अधिकार* > > *Contacts:* > > *Organising Secretary:* Sri D. Ramesh Patnaik, Hyderabad; Mob: > 09440980396, 040-23305266; Email: [email protected] > > *Treasurer:* Sri Ramesh Baburao Bijekar, Nagpur; Mob: 0966505345; Email: > [email protected] > > *Office Secretary:* Sri Lokesh Malti Prakash, Bhopal; Mob: 09407549240; > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -2- > > > > *AIFRTE Presidium* > > *Dr. Meher Engineer*, West Bengal, *Chairperson, AIFRTE; * > > *Ex-President, Indian Academy of Social Science; Kolkata* > > *Prof. Wasi Ahmed*, Bihar, *Former Joint Secretary, AIFUCTO; Patna* > > *Sri Prabhakar Arade*, Maharashtra, *President, AIFETO; Kolhapur* > > *Prof. G. Haragopal*, Andhra Pradesh, *National Fellow, ICSSR; TISS, > Hyderabad* > > *Prof. Madhu Prasad*, Delhi, *Formerly Dept. of Philosophy, Zakir Husain > College, Delhi University* > > *Prof. K. Chakradhar Rao, *Telengana, *Dept. of Economics, Osmania > University, Hyderabad* > > *Prof. Anil Sadgopal*, Madhya Pradesh, *Former Dean, Faculty of > Education, Delhi University; Bhopal* > > *Prof. K. M. Shrimali*, Delhi, *Formerly Dept. of History, Delhi > University* > > *Dr. Anand Teltumbde*, West Bengal*, Professor of Management, IIT, > Kharagpur* > > > -- Dr. Anand Teltumbde Professor VGSOM IIT, Kharagpur 721302 Phone 9475368435 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
