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#1 Bhutan books 22 abettors of Indian militants Rediff News, July 22, 2004, Thursday Bhutan books 22 abettors of Indian militants G Vinayak in Guwahati In what is considered a follow-up action to Operation All Clear launched by the Royal Bhutan Army against three Indian militant groups last December, the Bhutan government has found 22 Bhutanese nationals guilty of aiding and abetting Indian separatists. Another 123 Bhutanese nationals are facing trial on the same count in the Himalayan kingdom, a newspaper report from capital Thimphu said. Bhutan's government-run newspaper Kuensel, quoting Prime Minister Lyonpo Jigmi Y Thinley, said the penalties for the 22 people would be decided by the judiciary. He said among the suspects and those convicted on charges of conspiring with Indian militants were eight civil servants, 36 businessmen, and 94 farmers, besides some government and private road construction workers. The charges against the suspects range from supplying rations to the militants to accepting money in exchange for the services. The Kuensel said Thinley's statement came on July 17 in the ongoing session of Bhutan's National Assembly. The newspaper said the suspects were being tried in various Bhutanese courts on charges of colluding with three outlawed Indian separatist groups -- the United Liberation Front of Asom, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation. The three Indian militant outfits had established bases in the jungles of Southern Bhutan bordering Assam and West Bengal. These outfits used to launch attacks on Indian security forces and retreat to their safe hideouts. Indian Army-trained RBA troops undertook Operation All clear to evict the militants. Indian army troops had provided the logistic support for the offensive that was launched in mid-December last year and lasted for over a month. -------------------------- #2 Punjab: Families of 'disappeared' persons seek justice The Times of India, July 22, 2004, Thursday Families of 'disappeared' persons seek justice AMRITSAR: Families of those who mysteriously disappeared during the days of militancy submitted affidavits about their relatives at a camp organised by the Khalra Mission Committee on Wednesday. Many such persons had been 'killed by the police in fake encounters and their bodies cremated, describing them as unidentified.' The National Human Rights Commission had issued a public notice that about 2,097 persons had allegedly been killed in encounters by the police. Their bodies were cremated in the crematoriums of Durgiana Temple, Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Patti. Paramjit Kaur Khalra, committee chairperson and wife of Jaswant Singh, who 'disappeared' in 1995, said the affidavits would be submitted to the NHRC. Sukhdev Singh of Pakhoke village said that his younger brother Jaspal Singh, a journalist, "went missing' 10 years ago. He said he arrived at the camp after reading the NHRC advertisement. Gurbant Singh of Wadala Kalan said that his son was picked up by the police but never returned home. He said later they came to know that his body was cremated as unclaimed. He said he was too poor to plead the case. ------------------------------------------------------ #3 Kerala police faulted for laxity in dowry cases IANS, July 22, 2004, Thursday Kerala police faulted for laxity in dowry cases Thiruvananthapuram: A Kerala assembly committee has blamed police officials for accused persons getting away in dowry-related cases. "We looked into 16 random dowry related cases and found that in 12 cases, the women died," Savithri Lakhsmanan, the chairman of the committee, told reporters here Thursday at the assembly complex. "The cases we looked into dated back to 1994 and the last one was in 2001." The committee also found that the accused had not been punished in any of the cases where investigation had been completed. "A few cases are pending in court," said Lakhsmanan. It found that police officials prepared weak chargesheets against the accused, leaving several loopholes. The committee recommended that henceforth it be made mandatory for senior police officials to verify charge sheets before they are filed. "In some cases it was found that the accused was living abroad. We have requested the state Non-Resident Keralite Affairs Department also to look into areas like extraditing such accused in future cases," said Lakhsmanan. The committee's recommendations have come at a time when the state government has made it mandatory for all state government employees to file an affidavit immediately after marriage stating that no dowry has been accepted. ------------------------------------- Courtesy:CHRO www.humanrightsindia.com www.humanrightskerala.com |
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