Court verdict brings wounds of Kerala’s Muthanga land agitation back into focus
A recent court verdict has acquitted several individuals accused of murder during the 2003 Muthanga land agitation in Kerala, while convicting others on related charges. The decision has reignited calls for justice regarding the death of Adivasi protester Jogi and scrutiny of police conduct during the event.
Sivan Yogi was just 14 when he accompanied his father, Yogi (Jogi), to the Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary in Wayanad, Kerala, where hundreds of landless Adivasi families occupied forest land in January 2003, to assert their right to land. More than a month later, the agitation ended in a violent confrontation between Adivasi protesters and the Kerala Police on February 19, 2003, leaving Jogi and K.V. Vinod, a police constable, dead .
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