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 Update Jan 11 Despite a clear directive from the Supreme Court of India, the Chhattisgarh authorities have still not let Sodi Sambo be taken to Delhi. It was earlier let on by the Dantewada SP Mr. Amresh Mishra that she has been taken to Delhi and will be treated at the AIIMS hospital.
However, according to recent news from the ground, she has been taken
from Jagdalpur to Raipur and is currently in Rama Krishna Sewa
hospital, where they say she can be treated. Any attempts to contact SP
Mishra regarding this contempt of court have failed so far.
The Hindu: Where is Sodi Sambo
Update Jan 7: Supreme Court has ordered the
Chattisgarh government to allow Sodhi Sambo (courageous witness to
police atrocities) to be taken to Delhi for treatment. Medhaji and
others are addressing a press conference right now on this. AID
volunteers Suresh, Kaveri etc are with them.
The press conference on the release of Sodhi Sambo is
over. Apparently, the officials are still not willing to send her to
Raipur and to Delhi. They are saying that they are yet to receive
orders and so on.
Click on picture for background info. | More on Supreme Court Order The Supreme Court Order on Sodi Sambo of Chattisgarh
Pushkar Raj
General Secretary, PUCL7 Jan 2009
The Supreme Court today directed the State of Chhattisgarh not to obstruct or create any obstacle in Sodi Sambo
coming to Delhi for treatment at St. Stephens Hospital. The court was
hearing an application moved by the People's Union for Civil Liberties
(PUCL) and the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR). Advocates
Colin Gonsalves and Divya Jyoti represented the petitioners.
The application was moved in case of emergency situation that has arisen with respect to Sodi Sambo's medical treatment. Sodi Sambo,
aged 28 years, is a tribal woman from village Gompad, in Dantewada
district of Chhattisgarh. She has 4 children. Security forces shot her
in her leg on 01.10.09.
Her medical situation is precarious. Some 2-3 inches of the tibia bone is missing in her leg.
From 20th October 2009, Sodi Sambo was admitted in St Stephen's
Hospital,Delhi. After undergoing preliminary test, she was operated as
an emergency case late at night on that day and rods were inserted in
her leg after removing parts of the bone that were crushed in the
gun-shot injury.
The doctors at St Stephen's Hospital had
instructed Sodi Sambo to return to St. Stephen's Hospital after about
around of the end of the year 2009 in order to continue her treatment,
which would require more surgical interventions.
On the night
of 2nd January 2010, Sambo was put on a bus to Raipur. After police
surrounded the bus thrice, those accompanying her brought her back. The
next morning when Himanshu Kumar, a noted Gandhian from Dantewada
escorted Sambo, a vehicle with policemen followed their vehicle. On
reaching Kanker town they stopped for food around noon.
Police
accosted them and brought them to Kanker police station. They were
detained there till for the rest of the day till 06:30 pm. When
organizations from across the country started making protest calls to
the state government, police responded that Himanshu Kumar was free to
leave, but that the Dantewada police needed Sambo for recording her
statement. A need that the police discovered only when Sambo embarked
on her journey to the hospital after staying a month in Dantewada
town! Sodi Sambo was taken by the Police after 07:00 pm on 03.01.2010
in the guise of recording her statement, thus jeopardising her health
and recovery. Later she was reportedly admitted in a local hospital by
the police that did not let anybody visit her. Practically she was put
under hospital arrest without being letting her go to Delhi.
Pushkar Raj
General Secretary, PUCL
Office: 270A, Patpar Ganj, , Mayur Vihar-I, Delhi-110091
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