IIT alumni join hands to free techie jailed in US
Buddhi is accused of threatening US leaders by posting messages on a site between December 2005 and January 2006. Top nations using internet I All about Visa
By Vijay Singh, TNN |
MUMBAI: Efforts to free the Indian postgraduate student, Vikram Buddhi, from a US federal prison are getting stronger with the alumni of various IITs coming together to press for his release.
Supreme Court lawyer and member of the IIT-Delhi senate Somnath Bharti told TOI, ���A very bright mathematics scholar, Vikram Buddhi, who has also won an award for best lecturer at the University of Purdue, is languishing in a US jail without any evidence for over three years. Several IIT alumni, under the umbrella organisation Pan-IIT , will fight for justice for him.������
Pan-IIT, which has many influential members in the US, will have a detailed discussion with the Indian ministry of external affairs (MEA) to put pressure on the US and seek justice for Buddhi, Bharti added.
���There are many loopholes in the court trial. In fact, it is surprising how someone could be kept behind bars without a single hard evidence against them. We want a fair trial and justice for the Indian student,������ said Bharti.
Buddhi is accused of threatening US leaders by posting messages on a site between December 2005 and January 2006. The Purdue University campus , where he was living as a PG student, has a history of its internet systems being hacked.
Supreme Court lawyer and member of the IIT-Delhi senate Somnath Bharti told TOI, ���A very bright mathematics scholar, Vikram Buddhi, who has also won an award for best lecturer at the University of Purdue, is languishing in a US jail without any evidence for over three years. Several IIT alumni, under the umbrella organisation Pan-IIT , will fight for justice for him.������
Pan-IIT, which has many influential members in the US, will have a detailed discussion with the Indian ministry of external affairs (MEA) to put pressure on the US and seek justice for Buddhi, Bharti added.
���There are many loopholes in the court trial. In fact, it is surprising how someone could be kept behind bars without a single hard evidence against them. We want a fair trial and justice for the Indian student,������ said Bharti.
Buddhi is accused of threatening US leaders by posting messages on a site between December 2005 and January 2006. The Purdue University campus , where he was living as a PG student, has a history of its internet systems being hacked.
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