-The Indian Express Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh police have produced the two tribal women of a Chhattisgarh village who had gone missing after a police raid on January 12 before a magistrate in Khammam court. They sought remand of the women stating that they were arrested of being Maoist militias and informers. The police move comes two days after the Andhra Pradesh Human Rights Forum (HRF) filed a Habeas Corpus in the...
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15-year-old's trauma: Do they really believe I'm a Maoist? -Jaideep Deogharia
-The Times of India RANCHI: It was a muggy July afternoon in 2011. Magdelene Mundu, a 15-year-old girl from Mailpiri village in Jharkhand's Khunti district was returning home from school. The day would be just like any other, thought Magdelene. She would reach home, eat the frugal meal cooked for lunch and then go to work in the fields. As it turned out, though, the day - July 29 - turned...
More »Chautala, son get 10 years in jail: supporters are angry
-PTI INLD workers clash with police at Rohini court before and after sentencing In a judgement that could have electoral ramifications in Haryana, former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for corruption amidst scenes of violence by his supporters in a Delhi court complex. Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar, who last week had convicted the Chautalas and 53 others, including two...
More »A lesson learnt
-The Business Standard Mr Chautala's sentence, ASER show focus on teaching needed The sentencing of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala, and of three officials who served in the Haryana government under him in the early part of the last decade, to 10 years in jail is a landmark step. Mr Chautala has appealed the sentence, which is surprisingly stringent for a white-collar crime. But it...
More »Going from Zero FIRs to e-FIRs -Aparna Viswanathan
-The Hindu The government must allow the online filing of first information reports in rape cases as that alone will ensure mandatory and automatic registration of complaints On January 18, 2013, Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar announced that Zero First Information Reports (FIRs) may be registered on the basis of a woman’s statement at any police station irrespective of jurisdiction. This means women can file an FIR at any police station and...
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