SFI

Raid on Shimla Party Office Condemned

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the police raid on the CPI(M) State Committee office in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The police broke open the door and damaged furniture in the office and arrested more than a dozen people including the SFI all India President, Sivadasan. Those arrested including the SFI President were beaten in police custody.

Student Leader Killed

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the killing of a student leader, Sudipta Gupta, under police custody, in Kolkata. Along with a large number of students, Sudipta, a leader of the Students Federation of India, was protesting demanding holding of college union elections in the state, which the Trinamul Congress state government has been thwarting. The protest action took place with prior police permission. When the students were arrested and were under police custody, Sudipta was killed.