Soni Sori and Sanket Thakur informed that HC has ordered that
autopsy should be video-graphed in presence of three member committee including
chairperson of forensic committee of Jagdalpur Medical College, and doctors.
The family members should be present while the body would be exhumed and other
decisions over compensation and other demands would be announced after the
autopsy report is submitted on Monday.
All this happened in the
jungle of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh on June 13 when police allegedly
raped; then killed her; made her body clad in Maoists uniforms; and declared it
encounter. Chhattisgarh High Court assessed some foul play in the alleged
incident of encounter.
The higher police
officials are in perplexed after the court intervention. if the autopsy report
on Monday to be submitted in high court is found not compatible to the police
theory, the chief minister Raman Singh will be in trouble.
Madkam Hidme, 21, a
tribal girl, who was married earlier this incident, had come to stay in her maternal home in Gompad village under
Sukma district of Chhatisgarh. Her mother, relatives and the resident of village have alleged,
“A team of Special Task Force of police lifted her forcefully on June 13.”
According to mother, “She was ill, but she was pounding the paddy to help in
domestic work; meanwhile the police personnel barged in the house and began to
lift her forcibly. I tried to prevent, but they kicked with boots and used the
butt of guns on me. They dragged her nearby jungle. Some villagers were there in the
wake of hunting when they heard my daughter’s scream, they reached with bows
and arrows to help her; but the police drove them out.”
“On June 14, somebody on phone said
with Gram Sachiv(Village head), ‘if you want the body of Madkam Hidme, reach to
Kota police station.’ When I reached to police station with villagers, I looked
that her body was wrapped in polythin was lying on road. Police said she was
Maoist; she was killed in encounter. There were several cuts injury marks on
her body. Whatever police may say, but I think she was raped by police. The
villagers in jungle bush had looked her bangles fragments. On 15th of june, we
buried her.”
According to police, Hidme was Naxal
cadre and was the member of Kistram platoon no.8. She was gunned down near
Gompad jungle. The matter was come in light after intervention of AAP leader
and activist, Soni Sori. AAP and Cong both had desired to send their teams to
know the real facts in the case, but the police hurdles barred him to reach the
village. Soni Sori staged fast unto death after this.
As the photo
graph of body came in media, there were surfaced many drawbacks in police
statement. The family said when Hidme was lifted; she was in Sari; while her
body was found in Maoist uniform.
Mr Sanket Thakur, AAP state convener filed an
application on this ground in High Court. He presented before the court Hidme’s
body photograph, in which she was in Naxal uniform; but the uniform was very clean
and plain by press. Neither there were any marks of dust, nor there any
shrinkage on cloth. There was looked no indication of encounter. Most suspected thing was that 20 bullets were
shot on her, but there were no marks on
the uniform riddled by bullets found. Thakur said this indicate that she was
killed; then made her uniform clad.
Superintendent of police, EK ALESNA
said, “The allegations has no significance and he has answer of every
questions. Hidme was Maoist and she was killed in encounter. The body
is dissected during autopsy.”
