Urgent Appeal against Police Atrocity

·           Collector Gheraoed by agitated farmers
·          Goondaism of SP- kicked farmer’s leader 
·          Blatant Human Rights Violation by Dhenkanal Police – Peoples Watch 
·          Urgent action solicited: Odisha Civil Society   

                                                              

The Superitendent of police, Dhenkanal distruict of Odisha  Mr Satish Gajviya kicked and beaten severely to Mr Ranjan Kumar Lenka, a farmer leader of Gondia block.

Mr Lenka seen with FF team

The incident happened yesterday on 28^th May 2011 about 10.30 am when both collector and SP reached in Gondia for a public meeting, the angry farmers questioned about the steps taken to call off the hunger strike of Er Debashis Hota, the convenor of Krushak Sangharsh Samiti[KSS] when the strike reached on 7^th day.

Without answering the question, the SP threaten for dare consequences, when Mr Lenka argued about the callousness of district administration toward fulfilling the farmers demands and even not visiting the dharana place to solve the problem, he pushed by the SP then kicked and beaten severely, said how dared to become witness against me in a complaint filed by bloody Hota? Later Mr Lenka and three others were arrested under section IPC 294,341,506,186,34 IPC & 7 crpc, taken to Gondia police station.

Er Hota seen with FF team

Earlier on 24^th May 2011, Peoples Watch conducted a fact finding of 146 farmers illegal arrest and tortured by the Dhenkanal police and administration. Then the case has been taken to the Orissa Human Rights Commission on 25^th May 2011 [attached the petition]

This is the second incident of police atrocity against the KSS leaders where the human rights activist, forums and civil society members are very much panic about the attitude of state govt towards the peaceful farmers leaders.