On Feb 6
Meena Harris, niece of American Vice President Kamala Harris, called for the release of Nodeep Kaur - a 23-year-old Indian labour rights activist who's been in prison for more than a month.
Meena Harris tweets and I quote "
Weird to see a photo of yourself burned by an extremist mob but imagine what they would do if we lived in India. I'll tell you—23 yo labor rights activist Nodeep Kaur was arrested, tortured & sexually assaulted in police custody. She's been detained without bail for over 20 days unquote
Who is Nodeep Kaur? A 23 year old Dalit Activist behind bars?
On January 12 Nodeep Kaur a member of Mazdoor Adikar Sangatan a Union of workers and farmers was arrested at Singhu Border Delhi. According to BBC report
It's a complicated story - of caste and poverty; politics and protest; rivalry between two states ruled by different parties Congress and BJP.
According to reports, Nodeep and her fellow workers believe that the new laws will harm not just the farmers, but also the working class and that privatisation of farming will lead to a rise in prices of food items and increase their hardships.
In early December, she lost her job at the glass factory for participating in the farmers' protest.
What happened of 12 January? Audio….1
Just like a coin has two sides this story has two sides too,
Police Version :
Police say they sent a team to the factory after receiving information that workers were manhandling the management and staff, and attempting to extort money.
Union Members say
say they were attacked by the bouncers and the police
But according to RaJJeer kaur sister of Nodeep kaur
She says that Nodeep kaur was actually trying to stop protestors from attacking police however police took Nodeep kaur into custody
Attempt to Murder
Extortion
Rioting with Deadly weapons
Criminal Intimidation
Causing hurt to public servant
Unlawful assembly and Tresspassing
Charges against 23 year old Dalit labour rights activits
Where is Nodeep now?
Since her arrest, she has been in custody in a jail in Haryana and police have accused her of multiple offences like "attempt to murder, extortion and trying to snatch official documents and a gun from the police
According to her legal advocate Harinder singh Bains "
Some of these offences are very serious in nature and carry jail terms of 10 to 14 years" She got bail for two cases and she has a hearing about her third case next week.
Finally Nodeep Kaur and her sister say that all accusations Haryana Police mentioned are false and Nodeep is just trying protest with her co-workers to get paid their unpaid salaries.
That's all from my end, Thanks for listening
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Source : BBC India