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‘He aspired to be just 1% of Babasaheb, but police killed him’: A family in Maharashtra’s Parbhani seeks justice https://indianexpress.com/article/india/he-aspired-to-be-just-1-of-babasaheb-but-police-killed-him-a-family-seeks-justice-9736899/  Siddhant Konduskar
December 21, 2024 

On December 15, Somnath Suryawanshi, who was studying to become a lawyer like Ambedkar, died in custody, two days before his law exam. The interim postmortem report attributed the immediate cause of death as “shock following multiple injuries”. Somnath’s death triggered protests in Parbhani town . 

After the Dalit protests on December 10 turned violent, between December 11 and 12, around 50 people were rounded up in police action, including Somnath. Locals claim police came at night to Dalit neighborhoods, and that even women “were not spared”. Somnath was picked up from Shankar Nagar, a largely Dalit settlement, and remanded in police custody for two days. On December 15, the family was told he had died of a “heart attack”.

In the Assembly Friday, CM Fadnavis said that the man behind the “desecration” of the Constitution had been under treatment for his mental condition since 2012, and had expressed regret for his actions. “A committee of four doctors gave a report that he was suffering from a mental and psychotic disorder and needs to take regular treatment from a psychiatrist,” he said.

Shyam Benegal speaks on Dr Binayak Sen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnMQac3Wf5g  Kractivism  he's a human rights activist he's
done so much good work . he' as a doctor has done excellent work with the tribals and Dalits.  I simply
cannot understand what the government wants to do with him.   it's clear that he there is nothing against him ..he has been working there for many years and he's a brilliant doctor .  he could have made a career anywhere else in the world
if he wanted to but he chose to stay in chasttisgarh .  ... I just can't  understand you know why why people who stand up for human rights have to suffer the kind of indignities that he has been made to suffer so much

"When a case is made out for a grant of bail, the courts should not have any hesitation in granting bail. If the courts start denying bail in deserving cases, it will be a violation of the rights guaranteed under Article 21 of our Constitution," the court said. https://thewire.in/law/bail-is-the-rule-jail-exception-even-in-special-statutes-like-uapa-supreme-court 

 The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that “bail is the rule and jail is an exception” even under the most stringent bail conditions while granting bail to a man accused under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The bench of Justices A.S. Oka and Augustine George Masih were hearing the bail plea of Jalaluddin Khan, a retired police constable from Bihar, who was accused of renting a portion of his house to alleged members of the the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).

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