PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2012 ID-53675
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LATHORE ATROCITY: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
"hamari economic situation thik hai, kuchh kepaas zameen hai, ed:;cat!onal/y hum unse behtar hain, hum.
Ambedkarism ke tahat kam ka~ehain, templemein entfY ke/lye sangl1arsh kiyehain, unkeliye baja bajana.
chhod diye hain. hamara Srikrishna club development ka kamkhud karla hai ,meraMeher ki ladki ke sath.
affair bai...in sab se Meher aur Agrawal bahut jafte!Jain, .'1 Laba Suna, Lathore.
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"Maine 17 January ko Vanijya Sanghake kala bajariyon aur Ghasiram kemad (liquor) bhatti ke bare mein ek.
news item likha tha. Jiske karan vo kaaphi baukhalaye the."-Kapil Suna, Lathore.
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"22 January ko 3-3.30 baje 500-600 logjo kai gaonse the, Jifu dake ghar kojalane /age. Unke hath mein hathiyar the-ta/war, pharsa,.
kulhari, lathi, sambhal, eint (brick). Jaggannath Agrawal petrol bant raha tha. Ghasirammad(liquor) free kar diya tha. Bol raha tha ki Gandalogno komar do. Ma-bel1an ki sari khinchi. Meri maa ko jabkandhe par/ekar mein bhag rahi thi to unhe bhi eint (brick) lagi. Hum mein sekuchh Ghasi pada mein bhage,jabki kuchh jungle ki taraf. Vetorchlekarjungle mein bhi dhoondh rahe the. Mere kapde bhi phat gaye the.Hamnepuri raat jungle mein guzaari kadakfi dhandmein.~~-Lalita Suna, Lathore,.3.30 baje se /ekar 12.30 rat tak hamareghar kojalaya-/oot2 gaya. Unhepafa tha ki kis ghar meinsona -chandi hai. Vo use loot Jiya.Hamare certificates konikal-nikal kar jala rahe the. Ve ghar ko ja/a rahe the aur nara de rahe-·-holi hai. Vehamare micchil (goat), murge kojala kar kha rahe the aur mad (liquo~) pi rahe the. Police ki meujoodagi mein yesalJ hua. Oamkaljo binapani ka thako bhi ja/a diya."-Geetanjali Suna, Lathore.
uHum nirdosh hain. Hamare 45 log arrest hain. Aap isse politicise nahi kariye. Bhagwan insaf karenge"-An Agrawal Youth, Lathore.
.,Hamare log Patnagarh jail mein hain. Election ke bad ve chhootjayeng.9. 11-Babita Meher, Lathore.
"We could not do anything. Police were busy in the combing operation.11-Loberto l<lro, SHO.
11 0M called at 9.30 pm on 22nd January to reacht11e relief camp on 23rd morning."-CDPO.
"We are giving food to 195 people, but they are feeding 270 people.Their relatives are eating their food."-BOO.
~~Hamare school ki padhai yahan badhit ho rahi hai is camp ke karan. Jafi iss ghatana ka karan nahi hai.·" ANMishra, Headmaster,.
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Durgeshwari High School (a part of this school is 'reller camp now),, Humko Maovadiyon sebachane ke liye yahan deploy kiya gaya nai.» APara-Military Force Deployed in the Camp" Everbody is fit and fine here."-Medical Officer at the Carnp, AMeherulrcident of Lathore is not an issue. It is part of life normal life ."-AK Panda, DSP(Establishment)"We are responsiblefor natural calamities and not for this."---Mr. Minj, ADMult :,as nothing to do with caste. We cannot register it under SC/ST Act. We cannot do anything now. We are busy in election."-AK Dey, OM~~caste is not the reason of this incident. People from different villagas were part of this crime." Bhaj Meher, Samvad"Hum vote varyaan (boycott) karenge"-Secmanchal, Lath ore"Hum pehfe to constitutional tarike se apna sangharsh karenge. LGkin agar hamein nayaya nahi mila to hum Maovadiynoke sath ho.
jayenge~-Rinku Suna, i..athore.
These are some of the excerpts shared with our ten membesr team from DU, ~.INU, IGNOU which were in Lathorefrom 181 to 41h February.
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When Indian State was gearing up for its 'Republic Day' celebrations on 22nd February, 2012 45 houses of Dalits in Lathore , Balangirdistrict of Odisha were looted, burnt down by the Meher-Agrawal in collaboration with the RSS. Propertjes worth crores were looted.Women were harassed, sexually abused. And now they are living in a camp, Ourgeshwari High School, Lathore. The Administrationis busy in Panchayat election ahd have left the people on their own..
The torching was well planned: The brahamanical media and the Administration projected that the reason for the gutting down of.
houses is '.
stealing' of a shirt by a dalit boy, Ganesh Suna from the shop of Bharat Meher. We must not forget that even in Mirchpurgenocide, where mere barking 9f a dog at Jat youths was stated as the reason for torching of the two dalits alive! Our interaction withthe people in the camp proves that the reason behind it are many including the growing assertion of masses and their collectiveresistance waged against the Brahamanical State. The Dalits of Lathore are comraratively in better situation. Some of them holdland. Economically, educationally they are better than their upper castes neighbours. They have rejected the caste based slaveryimposed on them. Politically they have started asserting thus have emerged as the enemy for the caste Hindus. Their militantassertion for entry into temples, collectively taking up the developmental tasks under the banner of 'Krishna Club' (which is going tobe renamed as 'Jai Shim Club') and many others are big threat for the RSS.Kapil Suna, a journalist whose house was also burnt told us that on 17U.
1 January he had written a news item in the The Samaya,Oriya daily, in which he exposed the black market and the illegal liquor business. The title t~is news item is 'kala bazaar ka shaharLathore'. In addition to liquor, there is black-marketing of woods, kerosene, public distribL·+ion items such as wheat, rice etc. and alsothe minerals like coal. Along with the local mafia dons Jaggannnth Ag.arwal and Ghasiram Agarwal, the local administration is.
involved in this. Ghasiram Agarwal has a Bear factory in Belpara (Odisha) and also one in Andhra Pradesh. The fact that this was aplanned torching was also substantiated by the information provided by the·CDPO. She expressed that they were q,al'led by the OMon the 22nd night itself (while ttle houses were still burning) that the Durgeshwari School should be made as the 'relief camp and theOM asked her to be present with other Aanganwadi didis in the 'relief camp on 23rd morning. More so people·from different villageswere part of the attacking mob.Administration-not only spectator but also perpetrator: The observation of our team is that the Police and Administration is hand-.
in-glcves in this heinous crime. It was reiterated ?Y the people in the camp that the S~O Lebert? K!ro was present on the spot whenthe houses were being burnt down. People unan1mously sa1d that the office of the OM, SP was mforrned when the mob of more than500 people gher~oed the Ganda Pada (name ~f th~ d~lit's basti) but.the~ did no~ ~oth~r to t~~e any step. The looting·and torching ofhouses started at around 3 O'clock and went t1ll m1d~1ght, but the caste1st Adrr.1n1strat1on d1d noth1ng. When the ho(ises were being .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2012 ID-53675
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LATHORE ATROCITY: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
"hamari economic situation thik hai, kuchh kepaas zameen hai, ed:;cat!onal/y hum unse behtar hain, hum.
Ambedkarism ke tahat kam ka~ehain, templemein entfY ke/lye sangl1arsh kiyehain, unkeliye baja bajana.
chhod diye hain. hamara Srikrishna club development ka kamkhud karla hai ,meraMeher ki ladki ke sath.
affair bai...in sab se Meher aur Agrawal bahut jafte!Jain, .'1 Laba Suna, Lathore.
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-.
"Maine 17 January ko Vanijya Sanghake kala bajariyon aur Ghasiram kemad (liquor) bhatti ke bare mein ek.
news item likha tha. Jiske karan vo kaaphi baukhalaye the."-Kapil Suna, Lathore.
.
"22 January ko 3-3.30 baje 500-600 logjo kai gaonse the, Jifu dake ghar kojalane /age. Unke hath mein hathiyar the-ta/war, pharsa,.
kulhari, lathi, sambhal, eint (brick). Jaggannath Agrawal petrol bant raha tha. Ghasirammad(liquor) free kar diya tha. Bol raha tha ki Gandalogno komar do. Ma-bel1an ki sari khinchi. Meri maa ko jabkandhe par/ekar mein bhag rahi thi to unhe bhi eint (brick) lagi. Hum mein sekuchh Ghasi pada mein bhage,jabki kuchh jungle ki taraf. Vetorchlekarjungle mein bhi dhoondh rahe the. Mere kapde bhi phat gaye the.Hamnepuri raat jungle mein guzaari kadakfi dhandmein.~~-Lalita Suna, Lathore,.3.30 baje se /ekar 12.30 rat tak hamareghar kojalaya-/oot2 gaya. Unhepafa tha ki kis ghar meinsona -chandi hai. Vo use loot Jiya.Hamare certificates konikal-nikal kar jala rahe the. Ve ghar ko ja/a rahe the aur nara de rahe-·-holi hai. Vehamare micchil (goat), murge kojala kar kha rahe the aur mad (liquo~) pi rahe the. Police ki meujoodagi mein yesalJ hua. Oamkaljo binapani ka thako bhi ja/a diya."-Geetanjali Suna, Lathore.
uHum nirdosh hain. Hamare 45 log arrest hain. Aap isse politicise nahi kariye. Bhagwan insaf karenge"-An Agrawal Youth, Lathore.
.,Hamare log Patnagarh jail mein hain. Election ke bad ve chhootjayeng.9. 11-Babita Meher, Lathore.
"We could not do anything. Police were busy in the combing operation.11-Loberto l<lro, SHO.
11 0M called at 9.30 pm on 22nd January to reacht11e relief camp on 23rd morning."-CDPO.
"We are giving food to 195 people, but they are feeding 270 people.Their relatives are eating their food."-BOO.
~~Hamare school ki padhai yahan badhit ho rahi hai is camp ke karan. Jafi iss ghatana ka karan nahi hai.·" ANMishra, Headmaster,.
.
Durgeshwari High School (a part of this school is 'reller camp now),, Humko Maovadiyon sebachane ke liye yahan deploy kiya gaya nai.» APara-Military Force Deployed in the Camp" Everbody is fit and fine here."-Medical Officer at the Carnp, AMeherulrcident of Lathore is not an issue. It is part of life normal life ."-AK Panda, DSP(Establishment)"We are responsiblefor natural calamities and not for this."---Mr. Minj, ADMult :,as nothing to do with caste. We cannot register it under SC/ST Act. We cannot do anything now. We are busy in election."-AK Dey, OM~~caste is not the reason of this incident. People from different villagas were part of this crime." Bhaj Meher, Samvad"Hum vote varyaan (boycott) karenge"-Secmanchal, Lath ore"Hum pehfe to constitutional tarike se apna sangharsh karenge. LGkin agar hamein nayaya nahi mila to hum Maovadiynoke sath ho.
jayenge~-Rinku Suna, i..athore.
These are some of the excerpts shared with our ten membesr team from DU, ~.INU, IGNOU which were in Lathorefrom 181 to 41h February.
201 2. .
.
**~··~**********h***.
When Indian State was gearing up for its 'Republic Day' celebrations on 22nd February, 2012 45 houses of Dalits in Lathore , Balangirdistrict of Odisha were looted, burnt down by the Meher-Agrawal in collaboration with the RSS. Propertjes worth crores were looted.Women were harassed, sexually abused. And now they are living in a camp, Ourgeshwari High School, Lathore. The Administrationis busy in Panchayat election ahd have left the people on their own..
The torching was well planned: The brahamanical media and the Administration projected that the reason for the gutting down of.
houses is '.
stealing' of a shirt by a dalit boy, Ganesh Suna from the shop of Bharat Meher. We must not forget that even in Mirchpurgenocide, where mere barking 9f a dog at Jat youths was stated as the reason for torching of the two dalits alive! Our interaction withthe people in the camp proves that the reason behind it are many including the growing assertion of masses and their collectiveresistance waged against the Brahamanical State. The Dalits of Lathore are comraratively in better situation. Some of them holdland. Economically, educationally they are better than their upper castes neighbours. They have rejected the caste based slaveryimposed on them. Politically they have started asserting thus have emerged as the enemy for the caste Hindus. Their militantassertion for entry into temples, collectively taking up the developmental tasks under the banner of 'Krishna Club' (which is going tobe renamed as 'Jai Shim Club') and many others are big threat for the RSS.Kapil Suna, a journalist whose house was also burnt told us that on 17U.
1 January he had written a news item in the The Samaya,Oriya daily, in which he exposed the black market and the illegal liquor business. The title t~is news item is 'kala bazaar ka shaharLathore'. In addition to liquor, there is black-marketing of woods, kerosene, public distribL·+ion items such as wheat, rice etc. and alsothe minerals like coal. Along with the local mafia dons Jaggannnth Ag.arwal and Ghasiram Agarwal, the local administration is.
involved in this. Ghasiram Agarwal has a Bear factory in Belpara (Odisha) and also one in Andhra Pradesh. The fact that this was aplanned torching was also substantiated by the information provided by the·CDPO. She expressed that they were q,al'led by the OMon the 22nd night itself (while ttle houses were still burning) that the Durgeshwari School should be made as the 'relief camp and theOM asked her to be present with other Aanganwadi didis in the 'relief camp on 23rd morning. More so people·from different villageswere part of the attacking mob.Administration-not only spectator but also perpetrator: The observation of our team is that the Police and Administration is hand-.
in-glcves in this heinous crime. It was reiterated ?Y the people in the camp that the S~O Lebert? K!ro was present on the spot whenthe houses were being burnt down. People unan1mously sa1d that the office of the OM, SP was mforrned when the mob of more than500 people gher~oed the Ganda Pada (name ~f th~ d~lit's basti) but.the~ did no~ ~oth~r to t~~e any step. The looting·and torching ofhouses started at around 3 O'clock and went t1ll m1d~1ght, but the caste1st Adrr.1n1strat1on d1d noth1ng. When the ho(ises were being .
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