Vivek is an under-trial prisoner for the last three years. He has been put in Madurai prison after initially being remanded in Cuddalore for a year. His trial is on for the last two years at Periakulam about 80 km from Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
For several years the people of Jungle Mahal in West Bengal have been suffering persecution, humiliation and indignities at the hands of the state forces and armed bullies financed by the ruling parties.
