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Charges framed against tribal rights activist in 6-yr old case

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Press Trust of India Ranchi

Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi, S K Mahajan framed the charges against Barla, who had led a protest blockading a road at Angara of Ranchi district to demand job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Besides Barla, the FIR was filed against seven others in that case with charges having already been framed against them earlier.

Barla had on October 16 surrendered to the court in this case and was sent to judicial custody.

Two days later, she had obtained bail from the court, but was re-arrested on a second warrant following an FIR charging her with obstruction of government work at Nagri when she joined villagers in a protest in July against land acquisition by the government for setting up an educational hub.

 

She has moved a bail petition in the High Court recently.

Barla came to limelight when she led agitations against land acquisition by ArcelorMittal for its steel project, which it signed with the Jharkhand government in 2005, in Gumla and Khunti districts.

  

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First Published: Dec 01 2012 | 9:45 PM IST

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