present on the day the bodies were found
Post-Mortem Team
Lala Ram, the former sweeper who conducted the post-mortem
Dr Rajiv Gupta, general practitioner, District Hospital, Budaun, who oversaw the post-mortem
Dr Pushpa Panth Tripathi, gynaecologist and obstetrician, District Women’s Hospital, Budaun
They were accompanied by Dr Avdhesh Kumar, a senior surgeon at the District Hospital and A. K. Singh, the hospital pharmacist
Politicians
Narendra Modi, the new Prime Minister of India who was sworn in on 26 May, two days before the children were found
Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, who was in control of the state police
Mayawati Prabhu Das, Dalit leader with cult status in Uttar Pradesh
Bhagwan Singh Shakya, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Shakya community leader
Sinod Kumar Shakya, a member of Mayawati’s party and an elected member of the state legislative assembly. The Shakya family were his constituents and he was their confidant
Shareef Ahmed Ansari, Sinod Kumar’s close aide. He spoke on behalf of his boss and gave the Shakya family every possible assistance
Central Bureau of Investigation
Vijay Kumar Shukla, Investigating Officer
Anil Girdhari Lal Kaul, Supervising Officer
Medical Team
Dr Adarsh Kumar, Additional Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
He was accompanied by two others, Dr Manish Kumath and Dr Sunil Kumar
Contents
Rabi: Spring, 2014
Cousin Manju Observes Something Strange
Adrenaline in the Fields, Tears at Home
Nazru Changes His Story, Again
‘Bastards, Go Look for Them Yourselves’
The Poster Child for a New India
Someone to Solve Their Problems
‘Liars, Thieves and Fucking Scum’
Cable Wars in the Katra Fields
Complaints Are Written, Then Torn
