-The Hindu The former Director-General of Police of Gujarat, Julio Francis Ribeiro, on Thursday condemned the arrest of suspended Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who took on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged role in the 2002 post-Godhra riots. “I condemn the action of the Modi government arresting him and doing something unconscionable which is not within the limits of morality,” Mr. Ribeiro told a press conference organised by...
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Woman held for Naxal links accuses cops of harassment
-IANS Soni Sori, the tribal teacher who was held in Delhi last week on charges of being a Maoist conduit and is hospitalised here with head and back injuries, Wednesday said Chhattisgarh Police were treating her like a criminal. "They (police) are treating me like a hardcore criminal. They had put a chain on my legs... I oppose such moves by police," Sori told some mediamen at a government hospital here...
More »Judicial remand for Adivasi woman in ‘protection money' case by Aman Sethi
She was accused of acting as courier between Maoists and Essar group Soni Sori, an Adivasi woman accused of acting as a courier between the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the Essar group, was remanded in judicial custody by the first class judicial magistrate, Yogita Vinay Wasnik, here on Monday. Ms. Sori was arrested in New Delhi on suspicions that she served as a conduit for transferring funds between Essar...
More »'Maoist' Soni Sori admitted to hospital with injuries by Supriya Sharma
Soni Sori, a 36 year old adivasi school teacher arrested in New Delhi on charges of being a Maoist, and sent to Dantewada for police interrogation, was admitted to the district hospital on Monday morning with head and back injuries. "She was unconscious when she was brought here around 9.30 am," said Dr SPS Shandilya, chief medical officer. An X- ray confirmed the injuries. "She has contusions on the right side of...
More »Marriage with minor girl voidable, says Court by KT Sangameswaran
Says such a marriage is not a “valid marriage”; but it is “not invalid” Marriage of a person with a girl whose age is below 18 is voidable. It will subsist until it is annulled by a court under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, the Madras High Court has ruled. Such a marriage is not a “valid marriage” in the strict sense; but it is “not invalid”, it said. In a...
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