Lenin, the editor of the quarterly magazine Nishan, was arrested Monday for his book 'Dharma Nare Kandhamalare Raktara Banya' (Flood of blood in Kandhamal in the name of religion). Two others who helped him print and circulate the book are also under arrest and jailed in Bhubaneswar after their bail pleas were rejected.
'Police have tortured my husband, violating all basic human rights,' his wife Rumita Kundu said as protests were organised in Bhabanipatna town in Kalahandi district Tuesday.
On Thursday, eminent citizens in the state capital are planning a protest outside the governor's residence Raj Bhavan.
'Everybody has the right to express his thoughts. It is an attempt by the government to suppress writers who have independent voices,' eminent writer and columnist Bibhuti Patnaik said.
Added civil rights activist Sudhir Patnaik: 'It is a move to curb free, frank and fearless speech of writers and journalists.'
The Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), journalist associations and writers associations across the state have also issued a statement condemning the arrest of Lenin. more
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