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Chhattisgarh Police on Monday paraded suspected Maoist Badri Gawde, who claimed to have facilitated meetings between DU Professor Nandini Sundar and other Maoists, before the media in Raipur.
Gawde, a Congress worker, also claimed that Sundar had formed Rawghat Rail Sangharsh Samiti at the behest of Maoists to oppose the rail project in the region. Maoists have opposed the project that will facilitate iron ore mining in Kanker.
ADG (Intel) Mukesh Gupta said police have several important leads on Sundar’s involvement in the issue. Issuing a strong rebuttal, Sundar said: “Security agencies in Chhattisgarh are putting out a story that I have been taking up the Rawghat issue at the behest of the Maoists. I want to make it plain as I have done many times in the past that in any manner I don’t support the ideology and strategies of the Maoists in Chhattisgarh or anywhere else.
“I believe that the rights of the tribals are being severely compromised by both the Maoists and the State agencies, and it is my concern for Adivasi rights that has led me to file a petition in the Supreme Court to defend their right to life.
“In the past as well, Chhattisgarh Police has tried to frame me by circulating fabricated photographs showing me with armed Maoists. It is entirely likely that they will again try to frame me for their failure to comply with the SC judgment on disbanding the lawless and illegitimate force armed by them, and all the other directions of the SC such as to vacate schools and compensate all those affected in the conflict,” she said.
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