Murder of a âDreaded Gangsterâ in a UP Jail Exposes the Brutality of the Indian State
Many of us looked away when the stateâs ruthlessness was displayed in Kashmir, the Northeast, Punjab. The killing of Mukim Kala in Chitrakoot jail shows that similar savageries are being carried out in Indiaâs heartland.
Mukim Kala.
Rights18/May/2021
Several newspapers carried short reports on May 14, 2021, about a shootout in a jail in Chitrakoot, a district in Uttar Pradesh. Two inmates of the jail were killed and one was gunned down by the police.
Behind every such short news report, there is a deeply tragic story. You wonât often hear this story, because sooner or later, it will be reduced to a statistic. A number. This number will finally be the only way our collective memory will remember the brutality that many of us in India have had to face, often at the hands of the Indian state.