ANOTHER ASSAULT ON DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT

POLICE DETAINS GURMEET JUDGE IN ILLEGAL CUSTODY

Gurmeet Judge, a Punjabi writer, and member of 'Democratic Front Against Operation Green Hunt', was taken in custody by Ferozepur police on 11.10.2010. The police did not inform anyone, about the case or FIR under which he has been arrested or where he was to be kept during detention. After a lot of running here and there, his wife and friends were able to find out that he was being detained in the CIA Staff Police Station. Some police officials told them that he is to be interrogated by the Central Govt's Intelligence Bureau & Punjab CID officials from Chandigarh about his political views and his activities against Operation Green Hunt. This is clearly another assault on the democratic movement and needs to be strongly condemned. It is also an attempt to terrorize the intellectuals, to keep them away from supporting the struggles of the people against neo-liberal policies of the rulers.