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The CPI(M) demanded stringent enactment against constabulary unit allegedly progressive successful assaulting Adivasi tribals, destroying crops, and harassing women astatine Buttayigudem mandal successful Eluru district.
In a memorandum submitted to Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha connected Wednesday, CPI(M) State caput V. Srinivasa Rao and Central committee subordinate D. Ramadevi alleged that police, on with gross officials, attacked tribal families successful Inumuru colony connected December 22. They said the incidental took spot successful the Scheduled Area of the district, raising superior concerns implicit violations of law safeguards meant for tribal communities.
According to the CPI(M) leaders, 57 tribal (ST-Koya) families person been cultivating 42.77 acres of authorities wasteland successful survey numbers 221, 223, 210, 213 and 217 for generations nether podu cultivation. Despite repeated requests for onshore titles, the contented remains unresolved and is presently pending earlier the Amaravati High Court. Even though the substance is sub judice, gross and constabulary officials person repeatedly harassed the tribals, they alleged.
In the memorandum, they claimed that constabulary destroyed lasting maize crops utilizing tractors and assaulted protesting tribals, leaving respective injured. A tribal antheral identified arsenic Chandrasekhar reportedly sustained superior injuries, portion women were allegedly beaten and forcibly driven away. CPI(M) leaders accused section constabulary of acting nether the guise of “protection orders” issued successful favour of non-tribal landholders from different districts.
They further alleged that specified incidents person go predominant successful the region, citing akin actions successful adjacent villages crossed Buttayigudem and Jeelugumilli mandals. It accused the authorities of ignoring Government Order Ms. No. 1049 (2007), which bars constabulary involution successful onshore disputes successful Scheduled Areas.
Terming the actions discriminatory and unconstitutional, the CPI(M) leaders demanded contiguous disciplinary enactment against the erring constabulary officers and strict enforcement of laws protecting tribal onshore rights successful Fifth Schedule areas.
