New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- On the morning of August 28 just as the people of Ranchi city were waking up to a clear sky after heavy downpours in the previous days, and preparing themselves for the day's chores, they were taken aback by the abrupt raid on the home of Father Stan Swamy, one of the city's prominent social and political activists.

The Bagaicha campus, which is also the residence of Father Stan Swamy,was raidedby the Maharashtra and Jharkhand police around6 amand the search operations continued for several hours. The police confiscated Father Stan's mobile, laptop, some audio cassettes, some CDs, and a recent press release on the Pathalgadi movement by Women against Sexual violence and State repression (WSS). Father Stan was not to...