Adivasis Jam Police Stations Protesting Against Wrongful Arrests

Adivasis Jam Police Stations Protesting Against Wrongful Arrests   Six police stations of Barwani district Madhya Pradesh have been immobilized for the past 3 days as adivasis poured into them demanding that they be arrested. Members of Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan (JADS), they were protesting the wrongful arrest of three adivasis in a case filed by the forest department. The adivasis said that the police repeatedly files false cases against them whenever they demand their legal rights. In...

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