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Taken from BA3014-2024+.DOC

2. Briefly stated, the prosecution case runs as under: On the eve of the consecration of Lord Ram, at Ayodhya, on 21st January, 2024, Vinod Jaiswal, the first informant and his family members and relatives attended a devotional hems(bhajan) function. Thereafter, the first informant and his family members, relatives and friends proceeded for a drive in 3 to 4 four wheelers and 10 to 15 two wheelers....  When the convoy reached in front of the McDonald’s on the way to Silver Park Road, there was a huge traffic jam. They decided to return home and took a U-turn.
On the way home, they again faced huge traffic near Shivar Garden. A motorcyclist who was plying in front of the first informant took a turn towards Lodha Road. ..
3. A mob of 50 to 60 persons armed with rods, sticks, batteries and weighing scales surrounded the first informant and his associates... ...
4. The first informant lodged a report against 50 to 60 unknown persons. ... On the basis of the images captured by CCTV, the investigating agency could identify the persons, who were the members of the said unlawful assembly.

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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