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By Our Staff Reporter
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, OCT. 19. Leaders of various tribal organisations today alleged that the charge-sheets filed in the Kerala High Court in connection with the Muthanga incident at Wayanad was the result of a conspiracy involving the State Government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). There was reason to believe that top officials of the departments of police and forests as well as the forest mafia were involved in the conspiracy to `nail' only the Adivasis and to spare all the others. Even charges of murder was levelled against these tribals by the CBI which was expected to investigate the atrocities committed against them, said M. Geethanandan, general secretary, Rashtriya Mahasabha, and G. Ashokan, general secretary, Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha. The dubious design of the people behind such a conspiracy was to destroy the Adivasi uprising in Kerala and to destabilise a movement initiated by the tribals to defend their birthright, Mr. Geethanandan, who is also one of the main accused in the case, said. The CBI was entrusted with the investigation as desired by the National Human Rights Commission. This investigating agency was expected to probe the whole sequence of events that led to the Muthanga incident in which a tribal youth and a policeman were killed. The notification detailing the terms of reference issued by the State Government had also emphasised this. However, the CBI failed in living up to the expectations of the public who hoped that the truth would be revealed, he said. The tribal organisations will go ahead with its agitations. Legal remedies will be sought and the people's movement will be strengthened towards this end. The Muthanga Defence Committee, headed by writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair, started its activities in Kozhikode. The tribal organisations also resolved to launch a `land march' raising the slogan "from colonies to farmlands" in the State on November 30. Diversion of funds alleged _ Page 5
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