Police attempt to abduct Adivasi Human Rights Defender Gambhira Prasad
All India Union of Forest Working People(AIUFWP)

To,

District Magistrate,
Sonbhadra, UP

Release Gambhira prasad, Rajkumari and Pankaj Gautam
Dalit and Tribal leadership of Kanhar struggle

Respected District Magistrate,

As you are aware that in kanhar valley people fighting against the illegal land acquisition and anti big dam protest were suppressed brutally by police firing on 14th an 18th April in district Sonbhadra UP. Various leading activists are languishing in Mirzapur jail including Gambhira Prasad, Rajkumari, Pankaj gautam, Lakshman Bhuiya, Asharfi yadav. We have received reports that they are being treated badly in jail. The district administration should not take revenge from dalit and adivasi leadership and should not file false cases on them so that they rot in jail for rest of their lives for leading the struggle against kanhar dam and not allowing the administration to take the possession of the land. They are facing problems in taking bail and are being denied from the local session court. They are neither allowed to meet anyone other their family members in jail.

Gambhira prasad was picked up illegally from Allahabad and he is in jail since 21st April 2015 - the entire case posted by AHRC is given below.
Asharfi yadav and lakshman bhuiya were picked from Varanasi on 14th april when they had gone to admit injured Aklu Chero who was hit by bullet on his upper chest. These two were literally kidnapped from Sir sundarlal hospital where Aklu Chero was admitted in the evening of14th april. Even Aklu was not informed of their where abouts. When the villagers and their family members started searching them after two days than it was informed by you to Arundhati Dhuru, convenor NAPM that both of them are in jail.Aklu was seriously injured and kidnapping his attendants would have serious repercussion on his health. He could have even died. We need investigation on this matter where were these two persons kept and whether Sonbhadra police informed Varanasi Police for picking up these two. Police is filling case after case on these activists proving them dreaded criminals.
Our leading activist Rajkumari has also been illegally arrested on 20th April 2015. She has been instrumental in fighting against the tyranny of Forest Department(FD) and has played an important role in implementation of Forest Rights Act in the region. The old cases that were filed by FD were invoked and she is also being denied bail. Whereas according to FRA the cases filed by FD was to produced as proof of their residence in filing their claims and these cases should have been dropped to undo the "historical injustice". But Police administration is violating all laws and insulting our august Parliament by invoking all old cases and intimidating tribals and making their criminal history. Rajkumari health is in very bad condition, she is being harrassed in jail, not given proper food and jail authorities forcing her to work hard in that ill health.
Pankaj Gautam a very young aspiring committed dalit activist in his early twenties and a panchayat mitra who has al through led the anti big dam peacefully was suspended by DM due to participation in movement activities and has been illegally framed with false cases. He is also languishing in jail and not allowed to meet anyone.
The gram pradhan of Village Sundari Ramvichar and another tribal leader of Village Bhisur Shivprasad Kharwar has been getting constant threatening from the police that if they donot surrender they will be killed. They are not able to visit their house, neither able to meet their family members. All the democratic rights of elected representative and civil rights of the people who are protesting against the illegal land acquisition are curbed and they are being treated as criminals.

So We demand that -

Pl stop the human rights violation of dalit and tribal people,
respect their human rights, constitutional rights, fundamental rights to avail justice and
prevail justice that is the right of every citizen of this country.
Withdraw all the false cases and file FIR on perpetrators of human rights violation police officials and other antisocial elements who were involved in attack of 18th April 2015.
We hope justice will be prevailed and peace will be restored in the region.

Regs
Jarjum Ete (President)
Ashok Choudhary(Gen Sect)
Roma ( Dy . Gen sect)
Munnila ( organizing Sect)

Hastakshep