nashik-gandhigiri

Jan 5, 2008

Nashik prisoner studies Gandhi, confess crime

NASHIK/MUMBAI: Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography still continues to inspire many. For Laxman Gole, an undertrial lodged in the Nashik Central Prison, Gandhiji's 'My Experiments With Truth' and other books on the Father of the Nation, changed his life.

Thanks to the efforts of the Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal and Gandhi Book Centre, located at Grant Road here, the undertrial is reformed. It is pertinent to mention here that the Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal organizes 'Gandhi Peace Exam' in different jails to evoke a sence of regret among the prisoners and change their hearts.

Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal's T R K Somaiya said that Gole submitted an application of "confession" to his crime to the Magistrate of Vikhroli Court after reading the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi and decided to follow the Gandhian path of truth an non-violence. "The Judge has considered his application and reduce his imprisonment," he said.

More details were not available now as Gole will talk to the members of the media on Monday inside the prison at Nashik. At the news conference, Dr Rajan Welukar, Vice-Chancellor of Yashwantrao Chavan Open University, Nasik will also be present.

"He wrote an application to judge of Vikhroli Court that he confesses to having committed the crime and requested the Judge to end the proceeding of his case. He further wrote that he gained the courage to confess his crime after reading the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi received from Sarvodaya Mandal," Somaiya said.

He said that people would know that Gandhi's autobiography is still inspiring not only great leaders like Nelson Mandela and other common people but also prisoners in jails.

Added Somaiya: "Gole's story will inspire people all over the world to read the autobiography and other books of Mahatma Gandhi, in the present context of increasing violence, terrorism and crime. We are confident that many people will follow the path of truth and non-violence and strive to sustain morality & peaceful conflict resolution which is the need of the hour."

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