Friday, July 13, 2012


                                                            Date: 2-07-2012
PRESS RELEASE

In the first ever cold blooded massacre of 19 poor adivasi boys, girls and men has shocked the whole nation. The fact that this unprovoked mass killing took place under the joint operation command directly under the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Dr. Raman Singh , Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and carried out by 300 central Reserve Police Force as well as COBRA ( Combined Battalion for Resolute Action ) makes this diabolic mass killing the most sinister ever.
            Immediately after the macabre mass murder, the Union Minister for Home P. Chidambaram and the CRPF  commanders in the field claimed it to be the first ever most successful anti naxal operation. It said that they have killed 17 hard core Maoists and captured two live. Only six of their jawans got injured. Their biggest ever success against Maoists!

            But as I maintained in my statement as early as on 28th June morning and later corroborated by many independent journalists, it turned out to be a cold blooded mass murder of innocent tribals including their young children.

            The latest to corroborate is the enquiry report by none other then congress party MLA from Konta, Kawasi, Lakma, himself a tribal leader and his ten colleagues. This report has been upheld by Ajeet Jogi ( a tribal former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh ), Charan Das Mahant Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Nan Kumar Patel, the state Congress party President.

            We demand:-
1.       The ;Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh should take moral responsibility for this gruesome incident, apologise to the AdivasiCommunity in particular and the nation in general and forthwith sack his Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram.
2.       Order highest level Judicial Enquiry or a Special Investigators team SIT to be monitored by Supreme Court of India or CVC and not by CBI
3.       Suspend all CRPF & COBRA Jawans involved in the operation and register cases of murder against them including under SC, ST Atrocities Act 1989.
4.       Ex-gratia payment of Rs. 25 lakhs each to the family members of those killed.
5.       Take stringent constitutional steps against Chief Minister Dr. Raman Singh. Being the custodian of tribal welfare President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil should visit the site of incident and the assure the family members of the victims of speedy justice.
6.       Now that his own Party leaders in Chhattisgarh have categorically maintained it to be a case of Fake Encounter & Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi should visit the bereaved families at the earliest.
7.        Disband now infamous operation Green Hunt



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