By IndiaTomorrow.net,
New Delhi, 15 March 2015: Eminent human rights activists of Delhi have demanded the Nagaland governor to order a judicial enquiry into the Dimapur lynching of an imprisoned rape accused. They held a protest demonstration outside the Nagaland House here on Saturday and submitted a memorandum to the Resident Commissioner of Nagaland.
“We the undersigned are extremely concerned about the recent incident of lynching of a man accused of rape by a large mob in Dimapur. It is a matter of grave concern that the slain man was in judicial custody when he was attacked and killed,” said the rights activists in the memorandum to Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya.
Syed Farid Khan, a rape accused lodged in the Dimapur Central Jail, was taken out by a mob of over 2000 people on 5th March, paraded naked through the city and lynched by the mob.
The Delhi civil society has demanded a judicial probe into the incident.
Youths protest in Delhi on 14 March 2015 against Nagaland lynching of an imprisoned rape accused.
“We therefore demand: (1) A judicial probe to investigate the entire chain of events, including an impartial investigation into the complaint of the rape and the culmination in the public lynching. (2) The perpetrators of the violence should be identified and prosecuted. (3) We demand that compensation be paid to the family of the slain man. (4) The jail and local civil administration be held accountable for the fatal lapses which led to the killing,” reads the memorandum signed by:
Manisha Sethi, Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA)
Rafiul Rehmna, Delhi University
Purwa Bhardwaj
Amir, ANHAD
Abhay Kumar, JNU
Areeb Rizvi, Jamia
Mansi, JTSA
Dipak Dholakia, Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS)
Iqbal Ahmad
Tanweer Fazal, JTSA
Imran Ali
Ghazala Jamil, Nagrik Ekta Manch
Manisha Behl, North East Network
Navaid Hamid, MOEMIN
Shabnam Hashmi, ANHAD
Anamul Haque
Nandini Rao
Ovais Sultan, PADS
