Activists demand immediate release of Medha Patkar, others arrested in Chhindwada

INDORE: Jan Sangharsh Morcha demands immediate release of farmers, and activists in Chhindwada who were arrested for protesting forcible eviction for Adani Pench Power Project.
In the statement issue for media, the morcha condemns displacement at gunpoint and demands transparency and due legal process for private investment in the so called development projects.
It also claimed that the arrest in Chhindwada on Sunday night, of Medha Patkar and 23 others reveals the ugly face of MP government’s hype on the recent Global Investors’ Meet and the strident solicitation of private sector investments. Investment at gunpoint, forcible displacement by the police, unlawful diversion of land, forest and water to industry, jailing of peacefully protesting activists is the truth behind the government’s investment programme.
According to the morcha, Medha Patkar and others were arrested from the home of advocate Aradhana Bhargava a day after she herself was arrested. Medha and others had gone to Chhindwada following reports of heavy police build up in villages protesting Pench Water Diversion Project and threats that villagers would be forcibly evicted from the 4th of November. They were however not allowed to proceed to the affected areas and were forcibly detained in Chhindwada town, and were jailed last night.