Monday, February 09, 2009

India: entire village faces arrest for chopping down trees!!!

The entire male population of a village numbering more than 350, including children, have deserted their homes in Jharkhand apprehending arrest by police in connection with cases of felling trees. They have been booked for destruction of forest and encroachment of forestland under the Forest Act, and some of the cases are a decade old.

Police swung into action threatening arrest of all the males in Barkitand village after a court directive to that effect. The women of the village have preferred to remain indoors to avoid the police which have been visiting frequently of late. More...

See also:

  1. India: furious husband beats up jeans-clad wife for "dressing like a man..."
  2. India: because they loved each other, they have lived under a tree ... for 25 years!!!
  3. India: girl forced to marry a ... dog!!!
  4. Here's Rush and The Trees...
  5. The day 300 people were arrested for no reason...

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