[Marxistindia] Bhopal Killings: Order Judicial Enquiry

[news from the cpi(m)]

November 1, 2016

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Bhopal Killings: Order Judicial Enquiry

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses serious doubts about the veracity
of the claims being made with regard to the encounter in Bhopal in which
eight undertrials, whose guilt had not been established, were killed. The
eight killed are suspected to have links with the SIMI and were facing trial
in various cases. How the accused could have escaped from a high security
prison, also raises serious questions. The state government owes a full
explanation how this occurred.

 

The claim by the Madhya Pradesh Police that the accused were shot dead after
they were attacked by these men who were armed is contradicted by the
state's Home Minister Bhupendra Singh. That these men could secure arms
while being unable to get a vehicle to make good their escape sounds
implausible. 

 

Video clips that have surfaced of the incident show policemen shooting at
one of the 'escapees' as he lies on the ground. Another shows them waving at
policemen, presumably indicating that they want to surrender. All these
raise serious doubts about the veracity of the police claims.

 

In the light of these concerns, the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands that
a judicial enquiry headed by a sitting judge be constituted to conduct a
thorough investigation into the entire episode. The Chief Minister has
announced that an enquiry would be conducted by the NIA. Such an enquiry
would neither be credible nor acceptable.

 

 

 

 

 

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

 

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