The brutal eviction drive of Netaji Nagar a slum community situated in the near vicinity of Eastern Express Highway is on with Police personnel from Pant Nagar Police Station and builders unleashing terror on the innocent residents with the purpose of forcibly evicting the residents and handling the plot to the builder who has been leased 60 acres of land at throw away prices.

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10 women and 7 men have been arrested by the police while they suffered injuries during the lathi-charge by the Mumbai police. The women were badly beaten and some of them even molested, including Dongrebai who was taken to the Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar and all the other women who went to see them were arrested. Dongrebai, who is badly injured and had to be hospitalized was also arrested and brought back to the police station today along with the other women, even without proper and complete treatment.

Due to this sudden demolition, the women, along with their families; children, infants and elders included, have been forced to live shelterless without any roof over their heads and with most of their meager belongings been either crushed under the bull dozers or burnt along with the mangroves.

We request you to e-mail/fax/telephone the concerned authorities in this regard.(Letter written by us to the State Human Rights Comm. is being attached along with for more information).

Shrikant            Simpreet Singh         Madhuri V.       Medha Patkar

1). Shri Ashok Chavan,

      Chief Minister, Maharashtra,

      Fax No 022-23631446(Res),   022-22029214(Off)

      chiefminister@maharashtra.gov.in

2). Shri Hasan Gafoor,

     Commissioner of Police-Mumbai

      Phone No. 022-22620826, Fax No. 022- 22613552

3). Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission,

     Fax No 022-22073434, 22091804

     Secretary.mshrc@maharashtra.gov.in