Memorandum of Appeal To, The Hon’ble President of India, Chairman of Indian Museum, Kolkata, West Bengal. By, Jubilee hall Students Union, On behalf all the resident and Alumni of Jubilee Hall, University of Delhi. Date: 13/07/2014 Subject: To bring to the notice of the Hon’ble President a very serious issue of mysterious disappearance of Chief Conservator of Indian Museum Kolkata. Respected Sir, This concerns to the disappearance of Chief Conservator of Indian Museum, from Kolkata on 3rd July, 2014, at around 7:00 pm, from his residence. He was a man of integrity, commitment and dedication. Since his appointment to the post of Chief Conservator, he worked relentlessly to put things in proper order. While doing so he tried to clear the messy affairs prevailing in the museum. His strict adherence to the norms and the rules attracted the wrath of corrupt officers allegedly involved in smuggling and counterfeiting of precious antiquities. We have every reason to fear that there are individuals working in the museum along with their accomplices who have conspired to eliminate Dr. Sunil Upadhyay from their way so that they can continue with their uninterrupted loot of the precious wealth of the museum. His colleagues say that he was being made a scapegoat in the flooding of a minor art gallery. Authorities are singling out a few to make scapegoat out of them and shield, the real culprits, responsible for wrong doings. Earlier in the Lion Capital Case the museum authorities dragged Sunil’s name, though he was in no way involved. He repeatedly raised issues regarding the security of museum and its precious artefacts. He raised questions over long absence of two security guards who were absconding in robbery and molestation case but still drawing salary continuously. The persons in the authority who feared the honesty of Dr. Sunil Upadhyay also pressurised him to stay away from the post of the deputy director of the museum to be filled by 25th of July. We, the undersigned stand before you to bring to notice the fact that the life of Dr. Sunil Upadhyaya is under grave danger and Police has utterly failed to trace him out even after ten days of his mysterious disappearance. As he was a research scholar in this hall for a long time, we can vouch for his impeccable integrity and his honesty. We are aggrieved by the facts that deliberate attempts of his character assassination are being made to destroy his reputation as a man of integrity and values through planted news story in a section of media. We stand before you because immediate intervention is necessary to save the endangered life. We stand before you to give force to our struggle against corruption and fight for values of integrity. We wish to draw your kind attention that if immediate steps are not taken then nation will not only loose a precious life but also a strong and important link in the fight against corruption and smuggling in antiquities in the Indian museum. We wish to draw your kind attention that many recent reports in media and police action against worldwide racket of smugglers in antiquities make it highly probable the involvement of illicit racket in this case also. We request you to pay urgent attention to this matter and save the life of an honest and dedicated officer. CC: Hon’ble Prime Minister, PMO Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs National Security Advisor (NSA) Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Culture Hon’ble Chairman, NHRC Hon’ble Governor, West Bengal Hon’ble Chief Minister, West Bengal Government Director, Indian Museum Kolkata Attached: TOI news Report dated July 6th and 7th Memorandum signed by Sanjeev Veer Priyadarshi (General Secretary, JHSU) Piyush Singh (Ex Vice President, JHSU) Saket Bahuguna (Ex President, JHSU)
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:50:55 +0000
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