Santosh Yadav: free again, and undeterred

March 10, 2017 15:00

Chhattisgarh police will soon figure out that it simply can't keep a good man down as journalist Santosh Yadav returns home to Darbha, in Bastar district after spending one-and-a half years in prison, full of plans to keep up with his 'patrakarita' and 'samaj seva' and tell the world about the plight of the adivasis in this strife-torn area.

Yadav was granted bail by the Supreme Court on February 27, making him the third journalist after Prabhat Singh and Deepak Jaiswal to be released on bail. While their cases will continue, adivasi journalist Somaru Nag, arrested in July 2015, was acquitted by the Chhattisgarh High Court in July 2016 due to lack of evidence against him. Read more

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