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Nandini Sundar, 2 Others Booked For Killing Of Bastar Tribal JNU informing them that they were starting an inquiry against the professors.According to Vimla's complaint, armed Maoists had dragged Baghel out of his home on Friday night.
When she pleaded with the Maoists to spare her husband, rebel commander Raju referred to Sundar's visit, she said.
"Raju pointed out that not only did Baghel form an anti-Maoist group, he also refused to heed the advice of Sundar and the others to support Maoists. He then ordered an aide to slit my husband's throat after beating him brutally . The Maoists said they would kill anyone who dared stand against them. They fired in the air before leaving," Vimla alleged in her complaint.
Baghel's murder triggered anger in the village. The couple's first child had been born only a few weeks ago. Bastar IG S R P Kalluri and the SPs of Sukma, Bastar and Dantewada attended the cremation. On Sunday , villagers took out a protest march against Maoists and blocked National Highway 30 for two hours.
Sundar has been campaigning against alleged human rights violations in Bastar and has moved the Supreme Court on many issues, including one that led to the disbanding of the anti-Naxalite Salwa Judum.
When she pleaded with the Maoists to spare her husband, rebel commander Raju referred to Sundar's visit, she said.
"Raju pointed out that not only did Baghel form an anti-Maoist group, he also refused to heed the advice of Sundar and the others to support Maoists. He then ordered an aide to slit my husband's throat after beating him brutally . The Maoists said they would kill anyone who dared stand against them. They fired in the air before leaving," Vimla alleged in her complaint.
Baghel's murder triggered anger in the village. The couple's first child had been born only a few weeks ago. Bastar IG S R P Kalluri and the SPs of Sukma, Bastar and Dantewada attended the cremation. On Sunday , villagers took out a protest march against Maoists and blocked National Highway 30 for two hours.
Sundar has been campaigning against alleged human rights violations in Bastar and has moved the Supreme Court on many issues, including one that led to the disbanding of the anti-Naxalite Salwa Judum.
Delhi University professor and rights activist Nandini Sundar, who is named as an accused in the Maoist killing of a Bastar tribal, said on Tuesday the charges were “absurd“ and a conspiracy by police.JNU professor Archana Prasad and CPM Chhattisgarh state secretary Sanjay Parate face the same charges as Sundar -murder, rioting and violations under the Arms Act.
Police say they have booked Sundar and the others on the basis of a complaint from the widow of anti-Maoist campaigner Samnath Baghel, who was murdered brutally in public on Friday night. Baghel had founded an anti-rebel group named “Tangiya Gang“ (Axe Gang) and had complained to police that Sundar and her group were inciting villagers to support the Maoists.
About a fortnight ago, some Bastar policemen had burnt effigies of Sundar and other rights activists after the CBI indicted a few police personnel for rights violations in the insurgency hotbed.
Baghel's widow Vimla had filed an FIR at Tongpal police station on Saturday alleging that Sundar, Prasad, Parate and Vineet Tiwari, from Delhi's Joshi Adhikar Sansthan, “in association with Maoists“, were responsible for the murder, said Bastar SP R N Dash. “Since the charges are serious, an investigation has been initiated and severe action will be taken against the accused,“ the SP warned.
Sundar said the charges were a “conspiracy by Chhattisgarh police“ to intimidate those campaigning against human rights violations in Bastar. “I have not been to that region for five months. The charges are absurd,“ Sundar said via Skype as she is out of the country . “Police are trying to implicate me and others in false cases. I will seek legal advice. After the CBI indictment of the police, cops in all seven districts of Bastar burnt my effigy in public. It was organised under the patronage of Bastar inspector general of police S R P Kalluri,“ she alleged. The Bastar SP , however, said Sundar had visited Kumakoleng and Nama villages on May 14 as “Richa Keshav“, a false name, along with Archana, Tiwari and Parate. “Sundar and her aides asked villagers to dissolve the Tangiya group and support the Maoists instead of the government. In a threatening tone, locals were asked... to inform rebels about police movements. Locals told us, in a written complaint, that they were threatened that their houses would be set on fire if they did not support the rebels,“ SP Dash said.
“Since then Baghel was consistently getting threats from rebels,“ says the complaint
by Vimla (TOI has a copy of the complaint). Earlier, too, Baghel and some others had written to police that Sundar and her aides were seeking the villagers' support for Maoists. Bastar police then wrote to the vice-chancellors of Delhi University and
Police say they have booked Sundar and the others on the basis of a complaint from the widow of anti-Maoist campaigner Samnath Baghel, who was murdered brutally in public on Friday night. Baghel had founded an anti-rebel group named “Tangiya Gang“ (Axe Gang) and had complained to police that Sundar and her group were inciting villagers to support the Maoists.
About a fortnight ago, some Bastar policemen had burnt effigies of Sundar and other rights activists after the CBI indicted a few police personnel for rights violations in the insurgency hotbed.
Baghel's widow Vimla had filed an FIR at Tongpal police station on Saturday alleging that Sundar, Prasad, Parate and Vineet Tiwari, from Delhi's Joshi Adhikar Sansthan, “in association with Maoists“, were responsible for the murder, said Bastar SP R N Dash. “Since the charges are serious, an investigation has been initiated and severe action will be taken against the accused,“ the SP warned.
Sundar said the charges were a “conspiracy by Chhattisgarh police“ to intimidate those campaigning against human rights violations in Bastar. “I have not been to that region for five months. The charges are absurd,“ Sundar said via Skype as she is out of the country . “Police are trying to implicate me and others in false cases. I will seek legal advice. After the CBI indictment of the police, cops in all seven districts of Bastar burnt my effigy in public. It was organised under the patronage of Bastar inspector general of police S R P Kalluri,“ she alleged. The Bastar SP , however, said Sundar had visited Kumakoleng and Nama villages on May 14 as “Richa Keshav“, a false name, along with Archana, Tiwari and Parate. “Sundar and her aides asked villagers to dissolve the Tangiya group and support the Maoists instead of the government. In a threatening tone, locals were asked... to inform rebels about police movements. Locals told us, in a written complaint, that they were threatened that their houses would be set on fire if they did not support the rebels,“ SP Dash said.
“Since then Baghel was consistently getting threats from rebels,“ says the complaint
by Vimla (TOI has a copy of the complaint). Earlier, too, Baghel and some others had written to police that Sundar and her aides were seeking the villagers' support for Maoists. Bastar police then wrote to the vice-chancellors of Delhi University and
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