Tuesday, September 27, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Paramakudi firing: PIL seeks suspension of seven officials

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Paramakudi-firing-PIL-seeks-suspension-of-seven-officials/articleshow/10133091.cms

Paramakudi firing: PIL seeks suspension of seven officials
TNN | Sep 27, 2011, 02.21AM IST

CHENNAI: A public interest writ petition seeking suspension of seven
officials, including the Ramanathapuram collector and
inspector-general of police (South Zone), for their failure resulting
in the death of six dalits in police firing at Paramakudi, has been
filed in the Madras high court.

When the PIL, filed by advocate P Pugalenthi, came up for admission,
the first bench comprising Chief Justice MY Eqbal and Justice TS
Sivagnanam posted the matter before a division bench headed by Justice
Elipe Dharma Rao, for hearing.

Pugalenthi said in his petition that the detention of dalit leader
John Pandian sparked the protests by dalits on September 11, and that
the police had no reason to stop John Pandian.

Pointing out that the dalit leader had obtained prior permission to
take part in the celebrations, the PIL said the police stopped him
from proceeding to Ramanathapuram unnecessarily.

Similarly, the police firing on the protesters too was an extreme
action which could have been avoided, he said, adding the as long as
the seven officials, including the district collector, were in service
no fair probe could be conducted.

Eye witnesses would be afraid and reluctant to testify before the
committee, he said. "It is, therefore, necessary that the officials be
suspended in the interest of effective functioning of the commission
of inquiry appointment by the government," Pugalenthi said.

The petitioner said dalit people in the state needed an assurance from
the government that suitable action would be taken against the guilty,
and that no such incident would recur in future.

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