---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: snigdha <[email protected]> Date: 2009/10/9 Subject: press statement from The Caravan
Thanks, Snigdha *** Press Statement The Caravan Asks for Investigation of Delhi Police's Assault on its Journalist We at The Caravan magazine strongly demand that justice be done to our staff writer, Joel Elliot, an American national, who was assaulted by the Delhi Police personnel in uniform in the early morning of October 6, 2009. The police have alleged that Mr. Elliot was trying to steal a taxi, but we highly doubt their story and demand a thorough investigation into this matter. We believe Mr. Elliot was unjustly tortured and inhumanly treated by the police (a few photographs of the torture are attached with this statement, where marks of bamboo batons on his thighs, stitches on his forehead, broken front tooth etc. are clearly visible). Mr. Elliot has been working with us since May 2009, and he is a journalist of high integrity and good professional conduct. We demand a high-level inquiry into the harassment faced by Mr. Elliot and appropriate justice on the basis of results of the inquiry. Attached below is also the statement of Mr. Elliott. Anant Nath Managing Editor The Caravan Delhi Press New Delhi
