The Kotdwar journalist and You tuber Sudhanshu Thapliyal who was arbitrarily detained and kept in police custody for the entire night confiscating his mobile and laptop had raised quite an uproar and outrage among the media fraternity with several journalists and media organisations condemning it demanding an impartial probe.
The Press Club of India , New Delhi the biggest reputed media body with about nine thousand membership of journalists has also taken a serious view of the arbitrary arrest of Sudhanshu Thapliyal and had demanded his immediate release including returning back of his mobile and laptop.
The fault of the Kotdwar journalist was that he had in his brief Facebook post asked the Kotdwar police as to why after eleven days the culprit who had crushed a girl on her scooty not arrested by now ? Ietgere anything fishy ?
This brief post annoyed the Kotdwar police and they gatecrashed into the house of Sudhanshu Thapliyal ( 8 policemen) and detained him for the entire night in the police station confiscating his mobile and laptop.
The journalist thereafter knocked the doors of District Police Complaints Authority and filed a written complaint asking as to why was he arrested without committing any crime on the night of 29 January by 8 policemen from his house in the midnight, compelled to sign on the blank papers and gatecrashing his house at midnight.
On 28 th July both the policemen involved in Sundriyal’s arbitrary arrest and the latter habe been asked to appear before the District Police Complaints Authority to put their respective points of view forth.
However, the victim journalist Sudhanshu Thapliyal is apprehensive that probably he may be trapped in some other fake case so as to apply pressure on me to withdraw my complaint against the police, but I will not submit to their pressure emphasised Sudhanshu Thapliyal in a statement sent to the Uknationews through messenger.
Thapliyal SAID : But I will not be afraid, and if the police do this, then whenever I am released from jail, I will again raise my voice against the crime committed against me… said Thapliyal.
He added : Here it is not just about getting justice for me. There are so many people who are harassed by the police every day but they feel that justice is not meant for them and they never raise their voice against it.
I am fighting this battle for those poor and helpless people… so that action can be taken against the guilty police personnel and an example can be set… reiterated Kotdwara journalist Thapliyal .
मै ये लड़ाई उन गरीब असहाय लोगो के लिए लड़ रहा हूँ.. ताकि दोषी पुलिस कर्मियों पर कार्यवाही हो और एक मिशाल कायम की जा सके…
29 जनवरी को फेसबुक पोस्ट पर हुई पत्रकार सुधांशु थपलियाल की गिरफ्तारी को लेकर पत्रकार ने जिला पुलिस शिकायत प्राधिकरण का दरवाज़ा खतखटाया था जिसमे पत्रकार ने 8 पुलिस कर्मियों पर बिना नोटिस /वारंट के घर से थाने ले जाने, जबरन कोरे कागजो मे हस्ताक्षर कराने, बिना अपराध के गिरफ्तार करने जैसे कई आरोप लगाए थे जिस पर अब प्राधिकरण ने 28 जुलाई की तारीख तय की ह. जिसमे दोनों पक्षो को प्राधिकरण ने देहरादून कार्यलय मे बुलाया जहां दोनों पक्ष अपनी बात प्राधिकरण के सामने रखेंगे | वही पत्रकार ने कहा कि मुझे संदेह ह कि इस बीच पुलिस मुझे किसी अन्य षड्यंत्र मे फ़साने की चाल चल रही ह.. ताकि मै उस मे फसकर उनके खिलाफ डी हुई शिकायत वापस ले लू.. लेकिन मै डरूंगा नहीं अगर पुलिस ऐसा करती ह तो ज़ब भी मै जेल से रिहा हूंगा मै फिर से अपने ऊपर हुए जुर्म के खिलाफ फिर से आवाज़ उठाऊंगा… यहाँ सिर्फ मेरे को न्याय दिलाने की बात नहीं है ैऐसे ना जाने कितने लोग है जो आये दिन पुलिस द्वारा प्रताड़ित होते है लेकिन उनको लगता ह कि न्याय उनके लिए नहीं बना है और वो कभी इसके खिलाफ आवाज़ नहीं उठाते है.. मै ये लड़ाई उन गरीब असहाय लोगो के लिए लड़ रहा हूँ.. ताकि दोषी पुलिस कर्मियों पर कार्यवाही हो और एक मिशाल कायम की जा सके…
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