[Marxism] Condemn State Sponsored Killing of Mass Leader in India

["CPI \(ML\) Intl Liaison Office" <cpiml_elo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Com. Mahendra Singh's Murder: State Sponsored
Political Killing

The General Secretary of Communist Party of India
Marxist Leninist [CPI (ML)], Com. Dipankar
Bhattacharya has termed the murder of CPI (ML) elected
member of legislative assembly (MLA) Mahendra Singh in
Jharkhand a 'State-sponsored Political Killing'. The
Party has categorically pointed out that the notorious
superintendent of police (SP) of Giridih District,
Deepak Verma, was consciously posted in Giridih
District by the Bhatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government
to see to it that Com. Mahendra Singh did not enter
the Jharkhand Assembly again.

It is worth noting here that Singh had prepared an
80-page document on the misdeeds of the Babulal
Marandi Government (in power), especially of the Chief
Minister himself and the Minister of Industries,
Ravindra Rai, under whose direct patronage Deepak
Verma had been functioning to suppress the voice of
democratic opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly.

Com. Mahendra Singh had expressed an apprehension on
the floor of the House that there was a threat to his
life from the SP, Deepak Verma. He had mentioned to
several supporters, CPI (ML) leaders and his wife that
the SP had been publicly exposing his intention to get
Singh eliminated saying 'is baar mai dekhoonga ki
Mahendra Singh Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha me nahin
pahunchega.' (meaning that he would see to it that
Mahendra Singh did not get elected this time ? by
whatever means).

Deepak Verma's bloody record of several human rights
violations and contract killings been exposed to the
hilt in Mahendra Singh's Report to the Assembly in
which he had mentioned how the SP (then posted in
Hazaribagh) had effected several fake encounters in
the name of curbing the Maoist Communist Center (MCC),
how he had used an ex-MCC man Umesh Ojha to lead a
raid on MCC hideout in Jhumri Pahad of Hazaribagh and
recover 85 Lakh Rupees (8.5 Million) of which only 5
Lakh had been deposited and how the SP had advocate
Prashant Sahai, who was dealing with cases against
him, physically eliminated through hired killers (who
had named the SP after their arrest). The SP had been
transferred from Hazaribagh as a 'punishment' but was
subsequently posted in Giridih.

The CPI(ML) demands that:

1. The SP of Giridih District be arrested immediately
and tried for the murder of Mahendra Singh.

2. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry be
instituted to determine the BJP Government?s political
conspiracy of getting Mahendra Singh eliminated
through bullets if not ballot, especially the role of
BJP Minister Ravindra Rai in the killing.

3. The Election Commission of India take cognisance of
the murder and order dismissal of SP Deepak Verma, as
well as send a team of central observers to ensure the
conduct of free and fair elections in constituencies
of Giridih, particularly the sensitive constituency of
Bagodar, since Mahendra Singh had not only been a most
popular legislator, winning 3 consecutive terms, but
had been the voice of democratic opposition in
Jharkhand.

4. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) send a
high-level team to the area to investigate the cases
of human rights violations at the hands of this
notorious SP and forces which have been actively
patronising his activities in the region to throttle
the voice of democratic protest against oppression of
the common people that was represented by Mahendra
Singh.

Please send your message condemning this state
sponsored killing of a mass leader to:

Speaker, Lok Sabha
somnath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Chief Election Commissioner, India
cec@xxxxxxxxxx

Chief Election Officer ? Jharkhand, India
ceo_jharkhand@xxxxxxxxxx

Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission,
India
covdnhrc@xxxxxxxxxx

Director General (Investigation), National Human
Rights Commission, India
skumar_55@xxxxxx





                
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