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Q Branch Can’t Seek Further Custody: HC
The Madras High Court has ruled that the Q Branch police, Coimbatore unit, cannot seek further custody of the five left-wing radicals, once their interrogation period ends on May 14. The five Maoists – Roopesh, his wife Shyna, Anup, Kannan and Eswaran – were arrested from Karumathampatty on May 4. Two days later, a sessions court granted the Q Branch police to take them under custody for 10 days for interrogation. Meanwhile, K Kesavan, the Joint Secretary of the Center for Protection of Civil Liberties and one of the lawyers representing the five Maoists, had appealed to the Madras High Court challenging the custody granted to the police. The petition came up before Justice M M Sundresh.
The lawyers argued that the vacation bench of the district sessions court had granted custody of the five Maoists without looking into the merits of the case made out by the police. Kesavan said that Justice Sundresh ruled that “It is not open to them (the Q branch police) to file any more applications seeking further custody (of the Maoists).” Invoking the landmark ruling made by a Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Mishra, that mere membership of a banned organisation does not equate to criminality, unless the suspect in question resorts or incites people to violence, Kesavan said that the police had simply foisted a case against his clients. “They were having tea at a bakery in Karumathampatty. That does not in any way signify criminality,” he told.
Act of Solidarity: Treat Arrested Maoists as Political Prisoners, Says Kanam

KOCHI: Expressing solidarity with the Maoists for taking up the people’s cause, and extending support to the activists who were arrested recently, Communist Party of India (CPI) state general secretary Kanam Rajendran said that the Maoists in police custody should be considered as political prisoners. In what can be called the first voice of support for the Maoists from any mainstream political party in the State, Kanam made it clear that his party would protest against any State oppression under the cover of the Maoists hunt.
“We do not support the Maoist method of political work and their means of struggle. But, we stand by the issues they raise because they are genuine,” Kanam Rajendran said at a ‘meet the press’ here on Tuesday. The Maoist activists, including Roopesh, who were arrested recently should be considered as political prisoners. They are not terrorists or criminals, but were working for the downtrodden and for a political cause.ADGP Sanker Reddy in a television interview had revealed that the police recovered more than 100 phone numbers from the computer hard disk seized from Roopesh, and that they had started investigation against 30 persons whose mobile numbers are in the list.
“If the police attempt to round up political and environmental activists for suspected Maoist link, it would elicit strong reaction,” said the CPI state secretary. “Reports say that the Q Branch of Tamil Nadu Police had contacted Kerala Police seeking help to question the children of Maoist activists Roopesh and Shyna, which is a deplorable move. We will strongly protest if the police unleash human rights violations under the cover of the investigation,” Kanam warned. “It is the State’s apathy towards people’s issues that gave the Maoists a foothold, especially in tribal areas,” he said.