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Sunday, July 18, 2010 (21:31:17) |
| Tags : Lingaram Kodopi, Chhattisgarh Police, Maoist, Swami Agnivesh |
Lingaram in Agnivesh's safe custody |
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| New Delhi, July 18: Lingaram Kodopi, the tribal youth who has been in the media spotlight and the crosshairs of Chhattisgarh police for allegedly being a Maoist "mastermind", is spending his days in the safe custody of rights crusader and social reformer Swami Agnivesh.
Agnivesh, the ochre-robed and turbaned activist who fell out with the Arya Samaj after he sought to reform its leaders, has been taking Kodopi along with him wherever he goes.
Kodopi fears the state police might otherwise arrest him and spirit him way to a prison in Chhattisgarh where he could be left to rot like the good doctor Binayak Sen who remained in prison for two years. Kodopi keeps sitting in the car while Agnivesh goes around his daily schedule as he is apprehensive of going out in Delhi on his own.
Last heard, the home ministry had quietly told Chhattisgarh Police to keep their hands off him unless they had concrete evidence of his masterminding any rebel operation and the youth with journalistic aspirations was expected to rejoin the media institute in Noida where he hoped to learn enough skills to make him a voice of his oppressed tribal community. (IANS) |
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