Wednesday, September 21, 2011

[ZESTCaste] Paramakudi incident has cast a shadow on police, says Paswan

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2470391.ece

RAMANATHAPURAM, September 20, 2011
Paramakudi incident has cast a shadow on police, says Paswan
Special Correspondent

Lok Janshakthi Party president Ram Vilas Paswan has said that the
Paramakudi firing incident is a fit case for initiating criminal
proceedings against the police officers concerned.

He was on a tour of Paramakudi and surrounding areas on Tuesday to get
first-hand information about the firing, which claimed the lives of
six Dalits.

Terming the police action "atrocious" and "inhuman," Mr. Paswan said
though he had come across many incidents perpetuated against Dalits in
different parts of the country in the past, the Paramakudi firing was
one of the most terrible attacks. The victims were pointedly fired at
above their chest. The indiscriminate attack had cast a shadow on
police of Tamil Nadu, which he regarded as a pioneering State as far
as social justice was concerned.

He demanded that the police officers concerned be booked under section
302 of the Indian Penal Code. The case should be handed over to the
Central Bureau of Investigation and an exclusive court established to
complete the trial in six months.

Complimenting The Hindu for its balanced coverage of the incident, Mr.
Paswan said that he had met the President Pratiba Patil a few days ago
and presented a petition along with the reports carried by The Hindu
to seek her intervention in the matter.

A high-level meeting of the Dalits and Minorities National Front had
been convened at Nagpur on September 28 to discuss the issue.

Mr. Paswan said that the government should announce compensation of
Rs.20 lakh each to the kin of victims and Rs.5 lakh to those injured.

Besides, at least one person from each victim's family should be given
government job.


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