The police in Gujarat have arrested 11 Adivasis for staging a protest against the land survey for a parking lot near the Statue of Unity in Kevadia village, PTI reported on Tuesday.
The protestors claimed that the land acquired by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam for the development project belonged to them and had been taken illegally.
The protest took place on Sunday afternoon while the authorities were conducting their survey. At least 24 police personnel were at the spot, according to PTI. “Two women stripped partially,” Kevadia Police Station inspector PT Chaudhary told the news agency. “They were whisked away by policewomen present there.”
A first information report was filed against 20 protestors. They were charged under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 294 (singing obscene song, ballad or words, in or near the public place), 269 (act likely to spread infectious disease dangerous to life), 186 (obstructing public servant in the discharge of duty) and 447…