Soni Sori acquitted in 2011 sedition case: All you need to know about the Dantewada-based Adivasi activist
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Soni Sori acquitted in 2011 sedition case: All you need to know about the Dantewada-based Adivasi activist

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The police had accused the Adivasi activist of being a Maoist conduit who had allegedly received ‘protection money’ for the rebels A court in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district has acquitted tribal rights activist Soni Sori and three others in a sedition case registered in 2011. In March 2016, the tribal activist suffered chemical burns when three unidentified men hurled acid-like chemical at her in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. https://t.co/2AFd78luAo — soni sori March 13, 2016 BBC quoted her as saying after her attack, “I am fearless, the more I am tortured, the stronger I become. If they are successful in silencing me, they would show me as an example to silence everyone else.” Sedition case On Monday, special judge Vinod Kumar Dewangan of the Dantewada court acquitted Soni Sori, and three others, including an Essar company official in a 2011 sedition case.

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