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Students beat to death professor
on camera, court lets them free
WSN Network
NAGPUR: In what
was a shameful episode of the Hindutva inspired students and
activists of the student wing of the BJP beating to death a college
professor on camera, yet another sorry episode has been added.
An Indian court
on Monday acquitted all the six students accused of killing the
professor inside their college complex in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh,
nearly three years ago.
Prof. H.S.
Sabharwal was attacked by members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi
Parishad (ABVP), student wing of RSS, on August 26, 2006, because he
cancelled elections to the students’ council on account of some
irregularities. He died the next day, and a post-mortem report
confirmed he sustained two broken ribs and bleeding that caused his
death.
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ABVP celebrates
Chucking all
shame and decorum, ABVP activists danced, burst crackers, sang
and raised slogans celebrating the acquittal of their cadre even
as the family of the killed professor watched the drama on
television alongwith millions others. ABVP's parent party BJP
remained silent and offered no condemnation of the dancing and
singing. |
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But a special
court in Nagpur, which was directed by the Supreme Court to hear the
case, on Monday ruled that there wasn’t enough evidence to convict
the six students. The ruling provoked Sabharwal’s family to demand a
probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation and sparked criticism
from several political parties.
“How could we
expect ABVP men to be punished when the chief minister of the state
gives them (the attackers) clean chit just two days after the
incident,” Prem Sabharwal, the victim’s wife, said referring to the
stance taken by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan of BJP at the
time of the incident.
Government
prosecutor Pratul Shandilya said he was not satisfied with the
police investigation and eyewitnesses too turned hostile, clearly
under pressure.
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July 2009
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