Free Mother of the 11 y'old
Free Mother of the 11 y'old
This is in support of the common man in India. In this case, it's a woman -- and a widow.
An 11 year old girl is estranged from her mother because the latter is being kept under police supervision (aka JAIL) even after publicly accepting her mistake. Her mother was apparently involved in a play at school that involved criticising the controversial and debatable act passed recently viz. CAA.
A cerpt from media report:
“We were asked about how we practised, and I replied that we didn’t need to practise much since we just had to remember points,” says (the 11 y'old).
“Then the police asked us whether hitting the Prime Minister with a chappal is right or wrong? We replied that it was wrong. Finally, I was asked if I would repeat what I said in the play, and I said no. But even though I truthfully answered their questions, my mother was arrested.”
The minor has since been living with their neighbour as her mother is a widow and her close family members do not stay in Bidar.
“I have been staying with my neighbour since my mother was jailed. I have everything I need but I just want my mother to come back,” The girl chokes up while saying this and looks away from the reporter.
Recalling the sequence of events which unfolded over the last two weeks, students and staff members in the school are at a loss to explain why police officials are continuously turning up at the school to question students. “(The mother) already apologised on a television channel for that particular line in the play. But the police are continuously turning up at the school and are keeping students out of the classroom for hours. This is beyond the imagination of any reasonable person,” says T. Madikeri, the school’s CEO.
This should inflame the desire for justice in every Indian since the police protect our families, not break them.
The cerpts in italics have been taken from here. Please support me and the fellow Indians to get the mother back to her child! We ask the Bidar New Town Police to release the mother and cease asking repetitive questions to minors.