New Delhi: The Chhattisgarh government on Friday assured the Supreme Court that human rights activist and JNU professor, Nandini Sundar, and three others accused in a murder case will not be arrested till November 15.
Additional solicitor general Tuhsar Mehta appearing for Chhattisgarh government gave this assurance before a Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and A.K. Goel after senior counsel Ashok Desai appearing for Nandini alleged that an FIR had been registered for an offence said to have been committed in 2015. When he pressed for stay of the FIR, the court was inclined to grant stay.
However, Mr Mehta said there is some serious developments in this case and will give the documents to the court in a sealed cover on November 15 and till then they won’t be arrested.
The Bench observed that there is an aggravation of Maoist situation and the government should take a “pragmatic view of life” and find a “peaceful solution”. The Bench told ASG “You are not taking the situation seriously. The whole thing is being aggravated. You have to find a peaceful situation.”
Mr Desai alleged that the “activists have become enemies now”. “The Bench was hearing an application filed by Ms Sundar for a stay and quashing of an FIR filed against her and three others, a DU professor and two activists, for the murder of a tribal in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. The police claim that the FIR was filed on the basis of a complaint allegedly filed by Baghel’s wife,” he informed the Bench.
