-Bridge the Gap Bring the Change

ACTION ALERT -Condemn Tamil Nadu Police’s Arbitrary Pick-up, Interrogation and Arrests

Sathish Kumar is one of the Koodankulam support activists who was picked up in March and imprisoned for 4 months on trumped up charges of “Waging War Against the State.”

Yesterday, he, alongwith another acquaintance of his named Muralidharan, were walking out of the Anna Centenary Library at around 2.15 p.m.. Both were picked up by Q-branch police. He was taken to Saidapet police station for interrogation. Among other things, he was asked to explain why he was not to be seen in any of the anti-Koodankulam protests since the time of his release on bail last month. At the time that he was picked up, Sathish was not engaged in any activity that could be even vaguely described as “political” — He was walking out of the library. From 2 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., neither his family nor his friends were intimated. His phones were switched off. At around 9.30 p.m., his family and friends learnt that he had been taken to Thiruvanmiyur Police Station and subsequently remanded to judicial custody in Puzhal Jail.

It is now more than 20 hours since he was picked up. The family has not been allowed to even see the FIR. Sathish and Muralidharan are still in Jail, and people are still in the dark as to what the charges are. A member of Sathish’s family who was going crazy trying to locate him all of yesterday finally learnt that he was being arrested at the Thiruvanmiyur Police Station.

The police deliberately misled her, telling her first that he was being charged under bailable sections, and then non-bailable, and then bailable. Below is an SMS from her: *”7(1)(A) of Criminal Law Amendment Act is non-bailable. Police told us that both are bailable. They didn’t inform the family about pick up; they didn’t share case details with the accused or the family before remand; they have denied us the chance of contesting it by providing false information orally without showing the FIR even after repeated requests.” *

Please call and fax Commissioner of Police:

JK Tripathy: 9840094500 044-28555034 (Fax). Email — [email protected]

1 Comment

Add yours

  1. Today i meet Sathish and Muralidharan at jail. Muralidharan is DMK Secretary of Sattur Block. Muralidharan is just a ordinary common friend of Sathish . Muralidharan come to see his sons studying in the Engineering College in Madras. He just want to hello to Sathish . Now Muralidharan is in Pozal jail. Sathish all the ways pleaded Q-branch police that Muralidharan is a DMK Leader and he no way linked Anti-Kudamkulan struggle. Knowing all these things Q-branch police included this fabricated case. After coming out of Jail One of the relation of Muralidharan asked me What is going here. I know he is questioning the judiciary and police … ….Muralidharan family running here and there for last days for arrogance of Q-Police

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

ACTION ALERT -Condemn Tamil Nadu Police’s Arbitrary Pick-up, Interrogation and Arrests

Sathish Kumar is one of the Koodankulam support activists who was picked up in March and imprisoned for 4 months on trumped up charges of “Waging War Against the State.”

Yesterday, he, alongwith another acquaintance of his named Muralidharan, were walking out of the Anna Centenary Library at around 2.15 p.m.. Both were picked up by Q-branch police. He was taken to Saidapet police station for interrogation. Among other things, he was asked to explain why he was not to be seen in any of the anti-Koodankulam protests since the time of his release on bail last month. At the time that he was picked up, Sathish was not engaged in any activity that could be even vaguely described as “political” — He was walking out of the library. From 2 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., neither his family nor his friends were intimated. His phones were switched off. At around 9.30 p.m., his family and friends learnt that he had been taken to Thiruvanmiyur Police Station and subsequently remanded to judicial custody in Puzhal Jail.

It is now more than 20 hours since he was picked up. The family has not been allowed to even see the FIR. Sathish and Muralidharan are still in Jail, and people are still in the dark as to what the charges are. A member of Sathish’s family who was going crazy trying to locate him all of yesterday finally learnt that he was being arrested at the Thiruvanmiyur Police Station.

The police deliberately misled her, telling her first that he was being charged under bailable sections, and then non-bailable, and then bailable. Below is an SMS from her: *”7(1)(A) of Criminal Law Amendment Act is non-bailable. Police told us that both are bailable. They didn’t inform the family about pick up; they didn’t share case details with the accused or the family before remand; they have denied us the chance of contesting it by providing false information orally without showing the FIR even after repeated requests.” *

Please call and fax Commissioner of Police:

JK Tripathy: 9840094500 044-28555034 (Fax). Email — [email protected]

1 Comment

Add yours

  1. Today i meet Sathish and Muralidharan at jail. Muralidharan is DMK Secretary of Sattur Block. Muralidharan is just a ordinary common friend of Sathish . Muralidharan come to see his sons studying in the Engineering College in Madras. He just want to hello to Sathish . Now Muralidharan is in Pozal jail. Sathish all the ways pleaded Q-branch police that Muralidharan is a DMK Leader and he no way linked Anti-Kudamkulan struggle. Knowing all these things Q-branch police included this fabricated case. After coming out of Jail One of the relation of Muralidharan asked me What is going here. I know he is questioning the judiciary and police … ….Muralidharan family running here and there for last days for arrogance of Q-Police

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

© 2024 Kractivism — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑