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Jul 19 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
When cases have no legal basis, police make new allegations, based on unknown/untraceable complainants, file new cases with little/no evidence.@ManiChander11 identifies techniques union & state govts use to keep India’s ‘inconvenient citizens’ in jail. 1/7
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Activist Javed Mohd made calls for peace on 10 June, arrested as ‘mastermind’ of ‘conspiracy’ leading to violent protests in Prayagraj, UP, on 11 June. Within 24 hrs on a Sunday, 20+ yr old home where he lived (but didn’t own) was demolished as ‘illegal’.

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Mohd #Zubair charged with ‘conspiracy’ but police can’t identify co-conspirator; fabricating evidence by deleting tweets but none deleted; accepting foreign donations, but no such donation made. Charges keep changing & an FIR allegedly registered against cash reward.

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In #Chhattisgarh, an NIA court on 15 July said there was no evidence, no arms recovered from 121 #Adivasi villagers arrested, accused under 14 sections of 5 laws—including draconian terror & public-safety laws—of 2017 attack on security forces & jailed for 5 yrs.

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Shifting grounds for arrest have striking similarities to #Bhima-Koregaon case, where accusations changed from ‘urban naxalism’ to assassination plot against #Modi to global conspiracy to terrorism; those accused included electricity workers & academics

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There are others: a tribal youth who didn’t know how to drive booked for stealing a car; a man with no forearms accused of stone-throwing; a journalist on his way to report rape & murder of a #Dalit girl accused of terrorism, incarcerated for 650+ days.

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In March, we reported how by using security laws, surveillance tech & leveraging potent national-interest narratives, #Modi govt had targeted critics & eroded rule of law, using legal loopholes, grey areas, often violating #Constitution.

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Jun 30
As police search for "evidence" on @zoo_bear's computer, @ManiChander11 wrote how police & investigative agencies currently claim unfettered access to your WhatsApp, private emails or chats. In the absence of clear laws, they do what they wish
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Where warrants are issued, what should be searched: the location of the electronic device, the device itself or the location where the electronic search will occur?
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On 24 June, @MohdAbuzarCh & @nikita_jain15 reported how after taking over part of sprawling Doloo Tea Estate for a new airport in #Silchar, #Assam, govt & management said no jobs would be lost.
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In a notice pasted at the gates, the management said the estate was being shut “due to complete lawlessness” & “delay reporting (sic)”. No workers would be entitled to any benefits, such as food rations & wages, said the notice in English, which most workers cannot read
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Jun 28
In 2 books, Manoj Mitta revealed how investigators ignored evidence of State complicity in 1984 anti-#Sikh riots & 2002 #GujaratRiots.
As #SupremeCourt lauds SIT that exonerated Modi, Mitta’s 2014 book puts forth the questions it did not ask
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Modi was allowed to distance himself from police failure to prevent 2002 #GujaratRiots, despite SIT evidence of police presence at siege of #GulbergSociety and related wireless communications 2/6
SIT acknowledged #GulbergSociety was set ablaze & many killed there by 3.45 pm. It recorded that #Modi had, meanwhile, held meetings with his officials tracking the violence as it unfolded and issuing instructions
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Jun 28
Manoj Mitta revealed how investigators ignored evidence of State complicity in 1984 anti-#Sikh riots & 2002 #GujaratRiots. As #SupremeCourt lauds SIT that exonerated Modi, Mitta’s 2014 book reveals what it didn’t do. 1/6

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Modi was allowed to distance himself from police failure to prevent 2002 #GujaratRiots, despite SIT evidence of police presence at siege of #GulbergSociety and related wireless communications. 2/6
SIT acknowledged #GulbergSociety was set ablaze & many killed there by 3.45 pm. It recorded that #Modi had, meanwhile, held meetings with his officials tracking the violence as it unfolded and issuing instructions. 3/6
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As #SupremeCourt orders no further action on pending #Sedition cases, our year-long investigation of sedition data & stories—used by most petitioners in current case—lays bare how cases rose 28% every year after 2014. 1/n

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25 #Sedition cases filed after anti-#CAA protests, 22 after #Hathras gang rape, 27 after #Pulwama bombings: 519 sedition cases by #Modi govt (2014-2020), against protest movements, journalists, intellectuals. 2/n
96% of sedition cases filed against 405 Indians for criticising politicians & govts between 2010 & 2021 registered after 2014: 149 accused of making “critical” and/or “derogatory” remarks against #NarendraModi, 144 against #YogiAdityanath. 3/n
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May 11
Sudhir Hegde, 54, is a devotee of Sringeri Mutt & assistant commissioner of police. This #Ramzan, he & his officers visited 19 mosques & many of 100 temples during Ramzan/Ramnavami. @SauravK1890 reports on a unique initiative.1/n

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As first apprehensive, then relieved, faithful at mosques watched as uniformed officers met them & joined in iftar. ACP Hegde brought his considerable experience in keeping the peace to bear in Madiwala, #Bengaluru

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