[Reader-list] I was tortured, made to see obscene CD: Sadhvi

[Pawan Durani]

Vivek,

I am not silent. This group has become "merrily dead" on this case. People
who have been using every opportunity to raise a voice against the state in
different cases , be it Geelani , Afzal , batla House etc etc have suddenly
and interestingly preferred to remain quite.

It seems for them this case has been God send and as if their point has been
proved.

This selective role play by few actually raises a suspicion............

For me .....both torture and terrorism is condemnable......be it anyone.


Pawan






On 11/24/08, Vivek Narayanan <vivek at sarai.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Pawan,
>
> Could you clarify your statement a little more?  I am not sure I understand
> who you say is being selective.  Are you saying the BJP is being appallingly
> selective in their condemnation of this incident alone?  (If you're saying
> that, I would agree.)  Please clarify.
>
> I --and I'm sure many on this list-- have found these allegations of
> torture against Pragya Thakur very disturbing.  Moreover, it is entirely
> believable that this would have happened, that the police and
> "anti-terrorism squads" would have used these methods--precisely because we
> know of so many documented cases of torture in custody.  It's simply that
> with the RE-emergence of terrorism by Hindu groups, they have become a
> target as well.
>
> So this may finally be the right time for all of us to agree about
> something.  I hope that all on this list, including you Pawan, would join me
> in condemning ALL acts of torture committed by our police, intelligence and
> defense forces, against ANYONE, REGARDLESS of their religious or political
> affiliation.  It's really despicable that we would condone or allow torture
> of any kind, against anyone, despite its proven ineffectiveness as an
> interrogation method.  Moreover, we should be cautious about accusing anyone
> still under trial, and we should fully respect the rights of someone
> acquitted by the court.
>
> I hope we can all agree on this.  And if you are silent, Pawan, it will be
> very clear just who is being selective.
>
> V
>
> Pawan Durani wrote:
>
>> ' What a selective difference I can see
>> '.........................................
>>
>>
>> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/i-was-tortured-made-to-see-obscene-cd-sadhvi/78906-3.html
>>
>> *Mumbai:* Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on Monday charged
>> the
>> Maharashtra Police's Anti-Terrorism Squad with making her hear an obscene
>> CD
>> and repeated her earlier allegation that the agency had tortured her.
>>
>> Thakur alleged there was no lady officer present during her interrogation
>> and the officials made her watch an obscene CD.
>>
>> Thakur along with seven other accused, Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Shivnarain
>> Singh Kalsangra, Shyam Sahu, Sameer Kulkarni, Major (retired) Ramesh
>> Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar and Rakesh Dhawde were produced before the
>> designated MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act) court in
>> Mumbai on Monday.
>>
>> Upadhyay told the court that A N Roy, Director General of Maharashtra
>> Police, met him on October 26 and threatened that his men would beat him
>> up
>> if he did not confess to the blast.
>>
>> Kalsangra and Sahu too alleged that they had been tortured.
>>
>> The ATS had last week booked the accused under the MCOCA that would enable
>> them to get their remand any number of times in a period of 180 days from
>> the date the September 29 offence was registered.
>>
>> The allegations made by the Sadhvi in the affidavit her lawyer Avinash
>> Bhide
>> filed in the Nashik court last week have already raised a political storm
>> across the country.
>>
>> While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh telephoned senior Bharatiya Janata
>> Party
>> (BJP) leader L.K. Advani after the latter hit out at the ATS for meting
>> out
>> barbaric treatment to the Sadhvi, his emissary, National Security Advisor
>> M
>> K Narayanan assured Advani of a probe into the Sadhvi's allegations.
>>
>> Another key accused Purohit also repeated his earlier allegation of
>> torture
>> against the ATS.
>>
>> A third accused, retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay told the court that
>> Maharashtra DGP AN Roy forced a confession out of him.
>>
>> Upadhyay says Roy met him on October 26 and told him that his men will
>> beat
>> him up if he doesn't confess to having a hand in the blast. In fact
>> Upadhyay
>> says Additional Commisioner of Police Parambir Singh did beat him with
>> shoes.
>>
>> Similar charges of torture were repeated by the other accused Shivnarayan
>> Singh and Shyam Bhavarlal Sahu.
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