Arvind Kejriwal, an alumni of IIT Kharagpur and an RTI activist, was slapped, attacked, beaten up and arrested by Noida Police on 15th January 2011. They were also produced in the court and were being taken to Dasna Jail, when the police van returned midway and all charges were dropped against them. Women activists with him were also thrown on the ground and beaten up with batons although there was no female police officer (male police officers beating females is illegal).
He was peacefully protesting outside the birth registrar's office because the birth registrar was asking for a bribe.
I strongly urge all KGPians (others are also most welcome) to send the text given below as an email to the PM (manmohan [at] sansad [dot] nic [dot] in) Complaint Cell of the Uttar Pradesh Police (digcomplaint-up [at] nic [dot] in), to SSP of Noida (sspgbn-up [at] nic [dot] in) and to IG of Meerut (igzonemrt-up [at] nic [dot] in). Add Cc to the MP of the region (surendranagarmp [at] gmail [dot] com) and to Telegraph for press coverage (ttedit [at] abpmail [dot] com). Besides, if you can, please also send a Cc to me (yashvant.ritesh@gmail.com) so that I can keep a count of the total number of actions taken and post it on this blog.
Believe me, such efforts do make a difference.
Beginning of the Email:
Subject: Disturbing illegal attack on Arvind Kejriwal and women activists by Noida police
Dear Sir,
Arvind is a soldier of truth, an RTI activist, an Ashoka fellow, winner of the Satyendra Dubey Memorial Award, Ramon Magsaysay Award, CNN-IBN 'Indian of the Year' Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT Kharagpur, Policy Change Agent of the Year by Economic times and other awards.
An illegal attack on him is an attack on the very foundations of the Indian Democracy. What makes me so much concerned is that if the police has got guts to illegally attack a respectable and well known person like Arvind Kejriwal, imagine what must be the situation of common people and even more so the poor of this country.
Women activists with him were also illegally attacked without the presence of women personnel. The attacks were carried out in spite of the fact that the activists were protesting peacefully.
I strongly urge you to take strict action against the perpetrators of this heinous act to set an example for the Police of the country that they will not be able to suppress voice against corruption by force.
With big hopes from you,
(Your Name)
End of Email.
Update: 81 students and alumni of IIT Kharagpur have written to PM, SSP, MP, DIG and IG of the region till Sunday 5th February 2011. Many effects of our actions are starting to be seen. UP DIG has forwarded information about our protest and ordered an inquiry. One clerk has been suspended on bribery charges and one (out of 5) attackers have been arrested. Thank you so much, to all.
But it is just the beginning. Many more people need to take action so that the corrupt administration understands that it cannot easily get away with corruption. People are alive, awake and ready to pounce upon them. IIT Kharagpur has close to 40,000 alumni and thousands of students. But only 81 actions have been taken. Where are the others?
Believe me, such efforts do make a difference.
Beginning of the Email:
Subject: Disturbing illegal attack on Arvind Kejriwal and women activists by Noida police
Dear Sir,
I am a responsible citizen of India. I have become deeply distressed and concerned after hearing the news of attack on Arvind Kejriwal and women activists with him by the Noida police (http://bit.ly/eWn1QU).
Arvind is a soldier of truth, an RTI activist, an Ashoka fellow, winner of the Satyendra Dubey Memorial Award, Ramon Magsaysay Award, CNN-IBN 'Indian of the Year' Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award of IIT Kharagpur, Policy Change Agent of the Year by Economic times and other awards.
An illegal attack on him is an attack on the very foundations of the Indian Democracy. What makes me so much concerned is that if the police has got guts to illegally attack a respectable and well known person like Arvind Kejriwal, imagine what must be the situation of common people and even more so the poor of this country.
Women activists with him were also illegally attacked without the presence of women personnel. The attacks were carried out in spite of the fact that the activists were protesting peacefully.
I strongly urge you to take strict action against the perpetrators of this heinous act to set an example for the Police of the country that they will not be able to suppress voice against corruption by force.
With big hopes from you,
(Your Name)
End of Email.
Update: 81 students and alumni of IIT Kharagpur have written to PM, SSP, MP, DIG and IG of the region till Sunday 5th February 2011. Many effects of our actions are starting to be seen. UP DIG has forwarded information about our protest and ordered an inquiry. One clerk has been suspended on bribery charges and one (out of 5) attackers have been arrested. Thank you so much, to all.
But it is just the beginning. Many more people need to take action so that the corrupt administration understands that it cannot easily get away with corruption. People are alive, awake and ready to pounce upon them. IIT Kharagpur has close to 40,000 alumni and thousands of students. But only 81 actions have been taken. Where are the others?
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He needs to make sure he finds a lawyer and that the arrest is in line with DK Basu guidelines as laid down by the Supreme Court. http://www.sichrem.org/popup.php?ArtifactID=424
ReplyDeleteThe arrest was not at all in line according to DK Basu guidelines, but he is free now. But we need to protest so that the police do not think that they are free to do whatever they want.
ReplyDeleteKGP is with u.
ReplyDeletei must blame myself for the lack of proper communication with fellows who must have been trying to circulate this news of grave injustice because i came to know about it just today. But I think after this episode we must take measures that such news get delivered to every kgpian all over the world so that each can actively get involved with fellow kgpians in watever way she/he can!
ReplyDelete57 actions have been taken. Some effects of our actions are starting to be seen. UP DIG has forwarded information about our protest. But it is just the beginning. Many more people need to take action before something concrete happens. IIT Kharagpur has close to 40,000 alumni and thousands of students. But only 57 actions have been taken. Where are the others?
ReplyDelete@rani Thank u so much for your support.
@monaiho You are absolutely right. Thank you for joining all of us protesting against this.
Great effort but what about Binayak Sen? Can anything be done for him?
ReplyDelete@Arpan Thank you so much for your support. And about Binayak Sen, you can take action at: http://www.petitiononline.com/sen2010/petition.html
ReplyDeleteI considered issue of Arvind Kejriwal to be important because nobody else was covering it while a huge number of people are fighting for Binayak Sen.
This attack on Arvind is a disgrace to the entire nation. Sometimes we feel very embarrassed to hear about such things happening in the 21st Century and that too in the capital of the nation. I worked in an educational institution that "produced" a Nobel laureate (Sir C.V.Raman), and the college in the 21st century goes to the extent of misleading the Apex court of Andhra Pradesh to block delivery of justice. Will India ever change???????????
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