On 22nd January, a local court in Imphal ordered the release of Irom Sharmila by regarding the charge of "attempt to suicide" as baseless. However, Irom Sharmila has been re-arrested again and has been booked under the same charge of "attempt to suicide" under 309 IPC.
Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC), a nation-wide campaign in support of Irom Sharmila and againstAFSPA, condemns the re-arrest. SSSC considers this re-arrest of Irom Sharmila as a mockery of judiciary by the state. While the judiciary had released her by quashing the charges of "attempt to suicide", the state has re-arrested her on the same grounds.
SSSC believes that it is a failure of state to resolve the issue of AFSPA and it is making Sharmila, a victim of state. At this time when few days ago, even the government said that it is considering the decriminalization of the 309 IPC, it seems that the state functionaries are trying to get the benefit till the time the government decriminalises it.
SSSC appeals with Govt of India to intervene in the issue and to order immediate release of Sharmila. It also appeals that immediate steps should be taken to repeal AFSPA, the cause for which Irom Sharmila is protesting.
AFSPA must be removed in view of large scale human rights violations. Even the state leadership of present ruling party in Central govt had favored in repealing of this act. The state unit of BJP had promised the repeal of AFSPA during the elections.
SSSC has organised and is continuing its efforts to highlight the issue and struggle of people in AFSPA imposed areas. SSSC has also sent letters and delegations to various authorities and appealed them to repeal this act, however SSSC is determined to initiative a major movement in coming days to protest against this act.
PermalinkSubmitted by agnes kharshiing on Mon, 26/01/2015 - 11:41
This is outrageous and illegal. She has every right to protest especially against a draconian act which allows armed forces to illegally carry on many illegal activities from within these areas without having to be accountable.It is a known fact that the lapses and corruption in the armed forces leads to much rise in security threat to the State and the nation. Many arms and drugs smugglers pay the army personnel and get through easily. the Secret funds in name of fighting terrorism is all in name when they (armed forces) know who is behind all the terror being bred and funded. Common man cannot fund and protect terrorism. It is the high and the mighty .. We the Civil Society Women Organization(CSWO) Meghalaya, demand that the AFSPA be repealed and flush out the corrupt in the armed forces and clean the mess as the people should not be made scapegoats, unless the whole Indian Army fears one Iron Lady.
The businessman who was shot at by miscreants in Sonari succumbed to his injuries at a private nursing home hours after he was rushed to it in Dibrugarh on Friday.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the local trader in Sonari breathed his last at 8-30 in the evening two hours after he was rushed to the Aditya Hospital.He sustained serious injuries at his womb when two motorcycle born youths pumped several rounds of bullets at him in front of the Sonari College in the evening.Lunawat fell on the spot and the miscreants managed to flee from the spot immediately after the firing.
A businessman sustained serious injury when pumped several rounds of bullets at him in Sivasagar district on Friday.The shoot out took place in front of the Sonari College at around 6-30 in the evening.Eyewitnesses told Assam Times that two motorcycle born started indiscriminate firing at the businessman as he was walking on the road.Identified as Golap Lunawat, the businessman fell on the spot and the miscreants managed to flee from the spot immediately after the firing.A grievously injured Lunawat was rushed to the Assam Medical College in Dibrugarh where his condition is said to be critical.
In a major relief for Akhil Gogoi, the Gauhati High Court on Friday granted bail to the KMSS president in three more cases.A bench of the High Court comprising Justice CR Sarma granted bail to the peasant leader in all the cases. The three cases were registered anew.Two cases came from Khetri police station while the another case was registered with Bharalumukh police station.The court took up the petition on Thursday. But could not pass its judgment due to non receipt of case diaries from the police.With this, Gogoi procured bail in all cases nearly a month after he was arrested initially in connection with the sensational self immolation case in Dispur.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi launched yet another scathing attack on BJP and its prime ministerial candidate when he campaigned for Bijoy Krishna Handique in Sivasagar on Friday.In his address, Gogoi said that BJP has a black chapter in its history. Not only, he said that the party was responsible for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.“What to do? Will you vote for the Gandhi killer party? Or the party which has been serving the crores of poor people?” said Gogoi.He further said that Modi wind blows in the sky while Congress is attached to the ground.
A section of Congress leaders seem to have targeted media in the poll campaigns these days.Sonari MLA Sarat Borkotoky on Friday accused a section of media of campaigning for BJP. In his address at a poll rally in Sonari to campaign for BK Handique, the aged political leaders said that section of media has already been sold to BJP and that’s why, they are averse to give any publicity of what Handique has done.He, however, said that Handique will win the poll with flying colours.
Congress workers in Jorhat Lok sabha constituency are working with redouble vigour a day before prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s poll campaign on Saturday.Dr Singh, who represents Assam in Rajya Sabha is scheduled to arrive in Jorhat at 11 in the morning and would straightly leave for Sivasagar by a helicopter where he would attend poll rallies in Sivasagar and Mahmora to campaign for Bijoy Krishna Handique.Then he is scheduled to address another poll rally at Khumtai in Golaghat in the afternoon. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Bhubneswar kalita are also scheduled to attend the meeting.
Police on Friday suddenly took away Akhil Gogoi from Guwahati Medical College Hospital hours after he was rushed to it following the complaint of back ache.“He was taken away through a special gate of the GMCH to avoid his supporters who were thronging the hospital premises to a glimpse of him from early in the morning,” said a KMSS activist.“A special team of doctors closely examined his health and prescribed medicines for immediate relief and was discharged,” said sources. Amid tight security police rushed Gogoi to the Hospital a day after they received directives from the sessions court.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday called BJP a balloon to be air-pumped in the time of elections.Campaigning for Bijoy Krishna Handique at a meeting in Sivasagar, the chief minister said that the balloon-like BJP is punctured after the election.He said that the voters will take into consideration what the Congress governments in Delhi and Dispur have done during the last ten years.In the same breath, he hoped that the people should pause and ponder over what they got during the NDA tenure in Delhi and AGP tenure in Dispur. He said that he was confident that Congress candidate BK Handique will win the polls from Jorhat.
Amid tight security police have admitted Akhil Gogoi to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital following his complaint of back ache.The complaint was not new. But police rushed the KMSS president to the GMCH on Friday morning a day after they received sessions court instruction to ensure better treatment.His supported thronged the GMCH premises to get a glimpse of their leader at around 11 in the morning.Gogoi was arrested on March 2 wee hours in connection with the sensational self immolation case in Dispur. After five days in police custody, he was remanded to judicial custody in a number of cases.
Properties worth lakhs of rupees were damaged when storm lashed parts of Nalbari and Barpeta districts on Friday.The storm erupted in the wee hours and lasted for half and hour destroying hundreds of houses.Surface traffic communication remained disrupted for several hours as many trees fell on the roads under the impact of the storm.The worst-hit areas include Tihu where over 200 houses were ravaged, trees, light and telephone posts were uprooted. The extent of damage has yet to be ascertained.
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