Activists rally for Sudhir Dhawale's release
Published: Friday, Jan 7, 2011, 1:44 IST
By Surendra Gangan | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Terming the arrest of Dalit activist Sudhir Dhawale as suppression of
freedom of speech and the Dalit movement, a group of activists have
demanded his release.
Home minister RR Patil has ordered an independent review by an
inspector general followed by further action in the next 8 days.
Working in the tribal and naxal-hit areas in the backwards districts
of Vidarbha, Dhawale was arrested by Gondia police under the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act and charged with sedition.
The social and Dalit movement activists have formed a 'Sudhir Dhawale
Release Movement' that would raise voice overhis arrest in at least 8
districts in the next few days. The movement has the support of noted
activist and documentary film maker Anand Patwardhan, Prakash Reddy,
Anandraj Ambedkar, writer Urmila Pawar, Pratima Joshi. They were the
part of the group that met the home minister.
They claimed that the police have falsely implicated Dhawale. "He was
arrested under the charge of sedition, the charges under which freedom
fighters were arrested by Britishers decades ago. He was arrested
because he possessed the books related to Marxism and Maoism," said
Patwardhan.
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