Shamim Modi being victimized by police-politician nexus in Madhya Pradesh
(R-L) Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadva, Sunil, president of the Samajwadi Jan Parishad Submitted on 27 February 2009 - 5:44pm. By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net New Delhi: In a clear case of growing hostility against human rights activists and those voicing for the voiceless, besides rising systematic discrimination against minorities, in BJP-ruled states, young woman social activist Shamim Modi has become the latest victim of the police-politician nexus in Madhya Pradesh. Shamim Modi was arrested on 10 February in some old cases. She is presently languishing in Hoshangabad jail. One is a kidnapping case. The police alleged that she had kidnapped a tribal woman but the very tribal woman told the magistrate in the court that she was never kidnapped by Shamim, yet her bail application was rejected and sent to jail. She was arrested within 24 hours following a 48-hour ultimatum by the industries association demanding her arrest. Shamim has been involved in the struggle of the saw mil...