Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Bhagalpur Blinding


Bhagalpur blindings is the incident of 1979 and 1980 in Bhagalpur in India when the police blinded 31 undertrials (or convicted criminals, according to some versions), by pouring acid into their eyes. The incident became infamous as Bhagalpur blindings. The incident was widely debated and discussed by several human rights organisations. In 2003, a Bollywood movie loosely based on the incident and starring Ajay Devgan was released. It was titled Gangaajal (roughly translated as The holy waters of Ganga).



The Bhagalpur blinding case had made criminal jurisprudence history by becoming the first in which the Supreme Court had ordered compensation for violation of basic human rights.




Police’s extra-judicial attempt to control crime in a small town has come alive on the screen as Gangaajal, from the name the event acquired in the Bhagalpur blinding case — Operation Gangaajal.Director Prakash Jha has assembled Ajay Devgan, Mohan Agashe and Gracy Singh, among others, to explore the uneasy relationship between the police and society, exemplified by this dark chapter in Bhagalpur’s crime history.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

I don't know, if you guys are trying to exalt Bhagalpur with these kind of Postings.I aplaud your efforts to Bring out things about bhagalpur. But being a Bhagalpuri, I would love to read good things about Bhagalpur.

Unknown said...

2 ashish:
You have to bear with the truth my friend. You must face the truth about your birth or living place irrespective of good or bad.

Gaurav said...

@ashish--i am not trying to put a negative image of bhagalpur but my posts r simply a fact.

@alicia--agree with u completely

Beamer said...

Mera Bharat Mahan, yeah?!

Khalid Saif said...

What type of greatness(Mahan)are u speking brother? The violation of Human rights by security forces has been common phenomenon especiallly the apathy of government to deal with it with dead seriousness.
khalidsaif
New Delhi

Unknown said...

JINHE NAAZ HAI HIND PER WOH KAHAN HAIN