"You gave me an owie!"
Posted on 07/27/2005 6:33:28 AM PDT by dead
A villager in India's north-eastern state of Assam has been released from prison after 54 years behind bars without a trial.
Machang Lalung, 77, was arrested in his village of Silsangi in 1951.
Police said that Mr Lalung, from the Lalung tribe, was charged with "causing grievous hurt". A conviction usually results in 10 years' imprisonment. But police said there was no evidence, so within a year of his arrest he was transferred to a psychiatric institution.
"It seems the police just forgot about him thereafter," said an Assamese human rights activist, Sanjay Borbora.
Mr Lalung cannot remember life before prison.
In 1967 authorities at the institution certified Mr Lalung fully fit and decided to release him. But police then sent him to another jail.
"Even at this point, the police did not send him to court to face trial; they just kept him in prison," Mr Borbora said.
Strangely, even Mr Lalung's relatives forgot about him.
Last year, human rights activists in Assam brought his case to the attention of the National Human Rights Commission, which took up the case immediately and sought his release.
He was finally freed last week after paying a token personal bond of one rupee (two cents).
Agence-France Presse
Does this place have a waiting list? I have a relative or two I would like to drop off there.
Bummer
This sounds like a Spielberg script to me.
Oh wait ...
a pertinent question is what did he do to be put away so determinedly?
Probably tried to date the police cheif's daughter.
I was thinking he probably did something considerably worse the the PC's daughter for that kind of sentence.
So do I.
I was gonna say "wife" or "ex-wife" but thought better of it. LOL!
In my case its my narcissistic personality disorder Mom.
The TRUE description may not be permitted under the terms of service! And maybe it was the Governor's daughter...
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