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Bhima Koregaon Activists
EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
CLIENT + TEAM
The Caravan
Martand Kaushik + Anjaneya Sivan (Authors)
Tanvi Mishra (Creative Director)
An editorial illustration for a data-journalism article "Did the Pune Police tamper with evidence against Bhima Koregaon accused?" portraying the nine senior activists arrested in the aftermath of the Bhima Koregaon case.
The case originated from 2018 when violence erupted at a Dalit community's commemoration of a historic battle in 1818, in which a Dalit regiment under British rule defeated the royal upper-caste army. The commemorative event was considered insulting by upper-caste groups, but is seen as a celebration of agency by the Dalit community.
The article discusses how the activists were accused of planning the violence, and how the highlighted central figure, Surendra Gadling, may have had his laptop tampered with to justify the arrest.
TEARSHEET
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