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JUNE 25, 2003
PROVOCATION BY CITY MAGISTRATE ON THE DHARNA SITE During this period some people went and broke open the lock put by the Board of Management of the Institute on Kusum Lata Kedia's old residence. On 21st June evening Kedia's friend Rameshwar Prasad Mishra 'Pankaj' tried to break open this lock and when the Acting Registrar of the Institute Muniza Khan tried to photograph him, he threw a brick at Muniza. The City Magistrate
asked Sandeep Pandey to provide him a list of people sitting on the
dharna. Sandeep readily agreed to this but protested the breaking
open of lock at Kedia's old residence during City Magistrate's
presence on campus. The City Magistrate claimed that it was Kedia's
He was also
informed of the parting comment of the District Magistrate in a
meeting of representatives of the Board of Management with him on
23rd June that no locks should be opened on campus. Because of his
partisan role Sandeep declared that the protestors would refuse to
cooperate with the City Magistrate and would definitely not provide
him the list of volunteers sitting on dharna. The City Magistrate
was agitated and ordered his police Just before he left
he tried to arrest four of the protestors who standing by the side
claiming that they were outsiders. Sandeep and others jumped in the
middle and declared that he would have to arrest everybody if he
wanted to arrest anybody at all. He dragged everybody to the outer
main gate of the Institute and after some more heated exchange with
the protestors decided to Today's incident has shaken the confidence of the protestors in the City Magistrate, Varanasi and has clearly highlighted his partisan role in this matter. Letters of protest regarding the partisan role of City Magistrate and the police may be sent to D.M., Varanasi at Fax Number (0542) 2502754.
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