New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has directed the Chattisgarh government to get Soni Sodi medically examined within a week. The court has directed that she be taken to Kolkata for the examination.
Tribal teacher and activist, Ms Sodi has been jailed on charges of being a Naxal. She claims she has been falsely implicated in a number of cases linking her to Naxal activities. Ms Sodi wants the case be shifted to Delhi and a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to be appointed.
A suspected Naxal conduit accused of receiving "protection money" from the Essar group for the rebels, Ms Sodi was arrested on October 4 in south Delhi by a Chhattisgarh police team. She was then taken to Dantewada for interrogation but was not produced before court. The Chhattisgarh Police claimed she fell in a bathroom. The medical report too said there was no torture.
But Ms Sodi has alleged that she was being treated like a thief and a dacoit by the police.