says study based on interview with undertrials
An eye-opening study — based on interactions with family members and
co-villagers of 102 undertrials in Jharkhand, as also each of them while
they were on bail — has found that in 98 per cent of cases the charge
against them of being involved in Naxalite activities is not true. In
fact, none, except two, were found to have some connection with a Naxal
group. The study was carried out by Stan Swamy, a Jesuit human rights
activist associated with the NGO Bagaicha, says that this suggests how
falsely vulnerable sections of society are “accused and arrested for
daring to speak assertively against violation of their constitutional
and human rights, such as the right to possess and protect their land
and livelihood resources.”
Pointing out that adult life these undertrials has been “ruined”,
with families “reduced to destitution”, the study says, 68% of the
undertrials are “young and in the middle-age group”, and “78% are
married.” Income to the family, whether through agriculture (63%) or
casul labour (17%), came by their labour.
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