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Piyush Manush - Wikipedia
Piyush Manush - Wikipedia
Nationality Indian
Occupations Social
entrepreneur ·
activist
Coop forest
He created the "Coop Forest" in 2009, an initiative for forest
preservation, on 1.5 acres of hilly land in Dharmapuri which quickly
expanded to 150 acres.[11] Over the years, the Coop Forest has
turned into a home for bamboo (Piyush has planted 40,000 bamboo
saplings) and guava, lemon, vilvam, neem, rosewood, pungam,
custard apple, jack fruit, silk cotton, Singapore cherry, chiku, mango,
and other varieties of plants and trees.[12] The Coop Forest
experiments with finding alternatives to plastic, steel and cement.[13]
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Arrest
On 8 July 2016, Manush was charged with non-bailable sections
along with two other activists for protesting against the construction
of the Mulluvadi gate over-bridge in Salem by Southern Railway.[14]
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The arrest caused an uproar on social networks, with some of his
co-workers calling for his release.[16] While jailed, Manush was kept
in solitary confinement and allegedly tortured, according to his
friends and family.[15] He was released on conditional bail on 21 July.
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Attack by BJP
On 25 August 2019, Piyush Manush visited the Salem BJP office to
"ask their thoughts on the economy and the Revocation of the
special status of Jammu and Kashmir," as well as to confront them
about threats he reportedly got from BJP members. Piyush was live
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streaming as he went to the office and got into an argument with the
BJP workers; the stream ended with BJP workers garlanding him
with chappals and attacking him, causing him to drop his phone.
Other recordings that aired on television afterwards showed BJP
members attacking Piyush Manush in the sight of multiple police
officers who tried to stop the attack. Politicians and activists showed
their support for Piyush Manush and criticized the BJP for the violent
attack as the videos circulated on social media.[21][22]
References
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