In the ninth year of his 10-year term in Tihar, 25-year-old Anil is savouring a taste of what life might soon be for him. Between 11 am and 6 pm, Anil is free — free to roam around the 450-acre prison complex and work at Tihar Haat, to enter which he actually steps out of the prison gate. Anil is one of two Prisoners made a part of Tihar’s semi-open jail...
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Odisha court acquits Maoist leader's wife
-IANS A fast track court in Odisha Tuesday acquitted a top Maoist leader's wife in a 2003 shootout case for lack of evidence, sources said. Her release was sought by the rebels in exchange for an Italian who has been held captive by them since last month. The fast track court at Gunpur in Rayagada district acquitted Subhashree Das, wife of Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, who was behind last month's abduction of...
More »A tribal force or a forced tribulation-Arvind Sovani
The announcement of an anti-Naxal tribal battalion in Gadchiroli by Maharashtra home minister is little more than a knee-jerk reaction THREE DAYS after a bus carrying 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was blown up by Naxals in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, the state home minister announced the setting up of a new anti-Naxal tribal force — a “tribal battalion” recruited by the state reserve police force. Is this new force Maharashtra’s...
More »Freed woman convict demands wages for jail work by Dhananjay Mahapatra
A woman prisoner has sought the Supreme Court's intervention in getting her the wages for the work she was made to do inside the Tihar Jail for nearly four years while serving sentence after being convicted in a criminal case. Phool Kumari was convicted in a criminal case and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Delhi court. On appeal, the apex court had reduced the sentence to a five-year jail...
More »22 groups to stage protest against Didi by Rajib Chatterjee
Twenty-two organisations, led by the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights, have decided to launch a protest here alleging that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has backtracked from her pre-poll promise to release all political Prisoners. “The APDR, along with 21 organisations, has decided to start a movement for the release of political Prisoners. A rally from College Square to Metro Channel will be held in the third week of April and...
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