Preventive arrest

2 May 1974

In power

INC — Centre

Acted

Centre

Under

Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 (as reported by TIME; on 2 May the Deputy Railway Minister told the Rajya Sabha he could not say under what Act Fernandes was held)

George Fernandes, AIRF president and NCCRS convener, was arrested at Lucknow, where he had gone for a May Day meeting, while talks with the Railway Ministry were due to resume on 2 May. In the Rajya Sabha on 2 May, N. G. Goray said Fernandes had been arrested that morning, and Deputy Railway Minister Mohd. Shafi Qureshi confirmed the arrest. Accounts of the time and place differ: AIRF says Delhi Police arrested him around midnight on 1 May and flew him to Tihar Jail on 2 May; The Caravan describes a pre-dawn arrest at Charbagh station; his brother Michael Fernandes recalled that he was picked up on 1 May as he climbed to the dais. AIRF says warrants were issued against other leaders on 2 May, and an MP told the Rajya Sabha that P. K. Barooah of the All India Loco Running Staff Association was also arrested. TIME reported that Railway Minister L. N. Mishra claimed authority for the arrests under MISA. [5][2][1][3][4]

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