India: Jamaat e Islami propaganda continues in solidarity with the Bangladesh Islamists

Cover stories of Radiance Weekly carry on the ludicrous claims of genocide and figures of 3000 dead in Bangladesh march of 6 May 2013



COVER STORY
MIDNIGHT MASSACRE of Hefazat Protestors
Hundreds of innocent people killed in a joint operation in Dhaka


COVER STORY
13-point Demand of Hefazat-e-Islam Movement

The long march of Hefazat-e-Islam to Dhaka on 6 May turned violent, claiming about 3,000 lives. But what are the demands of this movement? The text of the 13-point demand [. . .].

India: NCERT drops 'objectionable' references from school history textbooks

From: The Times of India

by Himanshi Dhawan, TNN | May 24, 2013, 07.24 AM IST

NEW DELHI: In a significant sanitization exercise, the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has made changes in its history textbooks dropping ``objectionable'' references to the Nadar community, depiction of angels in human form and introducing more sensitive coinages to caste to smoothen ruffled feathers of political leaders. The changes have been made in history books of class VIII, IX, XI and XII that will be used in this academic session.

While the Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Mosque, Mohd Mukarram Ahmed among other members of the community had objected to the depiction two visuals of angels and use of the word `ghawz' in the class XI history textbook, Tamil leaders, including CM J Jayalalithaa, DMK and others, had sought to remove references to the Nadar community as toddy-tappers and lower castes in the class IX history book. Demands to describe poet Mirabai as a saint instead of a wandering singer have also been acceded to. Other changes include referring to lower castes as subordinate castes and upper caste as dominant caste while dropping the mention of a lower caste in reference to social reformer Sree Narayana Guru revered in Kerala for speaking against the inequalities of the caste system.

"While there is no question that textbooks must constantly be evolving, the knee-jerk reaction to drop passages or text on political demands is disconcerting and undermines academic work,'' a senior academic said.

Two paintings in the history textbook for class XI Themes in World History drew the ire of the Shahi Imam as they depicted Archangel Gabriel in human form on page 79. The caption has now been qualified with an extended explanation informing readers that the illustration is from a 13th century text called Ajaibul Makhluqat by renowned scholar Kazrini. On page 80 of the same chapter, ``The Central Islamic Lands'', an illustration caption says that "a pilgrim touches the black stone (hajr al aswad) while angels (malaika) watch'' was dropped because of objections.

According to sources, objections were made to use of the word ``ghazw'' or expeditionary raids that has also been removed.

The class IX textbook, India and the Contemporary World-I, too has seen significant changes in its chapter on ``Caste Conflict and Dress Change.'' Tamil leaders, including AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, DMK, PMK and others, had found references to the Nadar community being described as migrants in Travancore, who worked as toddy-tappers under their Nair landlords as derogatory. Bowing to the sensitivities, the National Monitoring Committee has removed the reference, describing Nadars only as a ``subordinate caste''. The committee has also included more details about social reformer Ayya Vaikunder as demanded by the CM.

The NCERT has dropped reference to lower caste in the Class VIII social science book which mentions social reformer Narayana Guru and changed the reference of poet Mirabai from wandering singer to roving saint.

This is not the first occasion, when textbooks have been changed to pander to political whims. Six cartoons, including one of B R Ambedkar, was dropped last year after outraged MPs demanded the removal. The NCERT also added a mention of Avantibai Lodi in reference to the 1857 revolt following demands of SP and BSP members.

Massive Police bias and misconduct unearthed by Ashish Khetan: Appeal to Citizens of Mumbai and India (A Matter of Conscience)

From: Teesta Setalvad
Date: Thu, May 23, 2013 at 4:56 PM
Subject: Appeal to Citizens of Mumbai and India (A Matter of Conscience)


May 23, 2013

Dear Friends.

Firstly I would urge all those who read this mail, to send a few words in response. It is unbearable to receive no replies at all...

For some time now, the unprofessional conduct of our investigating agencies in general but especially in cases related to investigations on "terror" have been surfacing, albeit in a sporadic manner. Intrepid journalist Ashish Khetan with his indomitable courage and commitment to precision and detail has unearthed an Investigation that raises serious questions about the unprofessional and rank biased conduct of the Maharashtra ATS. Senior officers with close patronage to politicians have been found guilty of the most unspeakable abuses. We do urge that you have a look. The scenario is quite worrisome and frightening. I enclose the articles below.

For those interested in exploring the issue further, do visit his web portal, GULAIL. And for those interested in reading his Letter Petition to the Bombay High Court, do write in...
Yesterday at the Mumbai event more than 25 media persons (print and television were present. Reports have appeared only in The Hindu, Mumbai Mirror and ADC. Inquilab, Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Times prominent front page coverage. Though reporters from the TOI, Indian Express, DNA, Mid-Day, Hindustan Times were present -- no reports appeared. HT had however carried two stories abut the Delhi event last Saturday. (Some articles are attached)


A word for other friends from all walks of life, citizens of Mumbai, who till a decade back actively engaged in issues of conscience. Few were present at the meeting yesterday. What worries us is the sense of despair and alienation that must be felt by the sections who are at the receiving end of this treatment by sections of the establishment - be it Muslims today, Dalit activists tomorrow or adivasis all the time .... Have we lost our soul? Or do we see this as a problem that does not affect us ? If citizens of our city are treated this way by a police that feels it is unaccountable, this could spell danger and doom for civilized co-existence.

Quite apart from the rank un-professionalism and bias that this Expose by ASHISH KHETAN/GULAIL reveals, the sense of despair and alienation that such relentless treatment must ensure is also something that should concern us all. I do recall doing a similar expose of the 1993 Blast investigations when the Crime Branch office and the Mahim Police station were locales for the most unspeakable torture and treatment of family members of some accused and other alleged accused..Even women and children had not been spared.....


Twenty years down the line, little has changed; if at all things have gotten much much worse.

Yours, In Faith and Hope

Teesta


http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/from-stenography-to-journalismashish-khetan/article4739935.ece

THE HINDU

23MAY2013

From stenography to journalism — Ashish Khetan

Special Correspondent

Damning evidence against ATS operations

While the rest of the crime reporters were busy taking down what the police or Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) was putting out in Mumbai, journalist Ashish Khetan formerly with Tehelka, says he struck out on his own to go beyond the official versions of “terrorists”and terror cases. His year-long investigation into three major cases of bomb blasts has exposed horrific truths about the way in which the ATS, the Maharashtra police and police from other states have functioned with impunity and virtually condemned and tortured 21 young men because they were Muslims.

Khetan’s investigative journalism portal aptly named Gulail (or slingshot in English) has “ unearthed internal documents from more than half a dozen anti-terror agencies that show that the State has been knowingly prosecuting innocent Muslims for terror cases and keeping the evidence of their innocence from the courts.”

At a press conference on Wednesday to present his investigation and screen a film with candid interviews of accused Muslim men, Mr Khetan also said he had sent a letter petition to the Bombay high court with nearly 400 pages of evidence in the form of official investigation and interrogation reports of the accused men and other documents which clearly indicate huge discrepancies. The petition said that his research into the July 11, 2006, train blasts, the Malegaon 2006 blasts and the Pune German Bakery blasts of February 2010 show that the ATS has deliberately created bogus evidence, extracted false confessions by the most inhuman torture, planted explosives in the houses of the young men and implicated innocent youth. In the name of internal security, the ATS and other agencies were misleading the courts, Khetan said.

Senior police officials have been named by the young men in their interviews, where they speak of torture and abuse and pressure to turn approver for large sums of money. A senior police officer even expressed his helplessness and said it was important for them to find some accused since they were unable to crack the case. There are different versions of the same case notably Malegaon 2006 where the NIA has just filed a chargesheet. Seven of the nine men arrested earlier were released on bail in 2011.

Khetan said he wasn’t out to prove anyone’s guilt but expose the farcical criminal investigation which also reflected deepset anti Muslim prejudice. What is serious is that one of these men Himayat Baig has been given the death sentence for the Pune German Bakery blasts when clearly police had found evidence of another man’s involvement. The case of Qateel Sheikh who died in a high security Pune prison just before he was to testify in a Delhi court is not longer a mystery going by what Khetan’s documents show. The ATS arrested Himayat Baig from Udgir and claimed he had carried out the German Bakery blast. However, a year later the Delhi police arrested Qatil Siddiqui and Interrogation Reports obtained by Khetan show he is linked to the Pune blast. These reports were not produced in the court which finally gave Baig the death sentence. Police then tweaked reports to show Sheikh’s involvement in another case.

Presenting all the facts, Khetan has asked the high court to order an independent commission of inquiry into the conduct of the investigating officers, action against officers guilty of violations and relief for the victims of such operations.



http://www.afternoondc.in/epaper/EpaperPost.aspx?id=83257

Afternoon

23MAY2013

State ATS falsely implicated many Muslim youths in 7/11 train blast: Ashish Khetan

Thursday, May 23, 2013

By Zuber Ansari

Making serious allegations against Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Ashish Khetan, a senior journalist working with various media houses has said that many Muslim youths have been falsely implicated by these agencies in several blast cases.

He also alleged that three IPS officers, including two former city police commissioners, A.N. Roy and K.P. Raghuvanshi, had tortured many youth and forced them into confessing to crimes by threatening their parents and family members.

Screening a video at the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) on Wednesday, in which he claimed that in at least three cases of terror, the July 11, 2006 Mumbai local train blasts, the 2006 Malegaon blasts and the Pune Best Bakery case of February 2010, the Maharashtra ATS had deliberately created bogus evidence, extracted false confessions by the most inhuman torture, planted explosives in the houses, to implicate innocent Muslim youth.

The video documentary reveals that torture, which included water-boarding, narcotic injections and illegal detention, was used as means of extracting false confessions and forcing innocents to turn approvers.

In the video, one Dr Tariq Ansari from Kurla, who was detained in the 7/11 blast case, is shown saying, “They picked me up from my Kurla residence and took me to Nagpada office of the ATS. There, A N Roy started beating me with his shoes and later offered me Rs.25 lakh to confess. Later, some ATS officers asked me to confess if I wanted to see my family members including my brothers alive.”

Another victim, who is an IT professional, is seen in the video saying, “We were taken to Bangalore Forensic Laboratory were one Mrs. Malini, who was the Director of the laboratory started torturing us physically and asked me to confess because she was under pressure from ATS, and if I did not do so then she would kill me with some medicine.”

It was the then ATS chief, Hemant Karkare, who changed the view towards Muslim youth and proved that Hindus could also be involved in blasts, after arresting many persons who belonged to Hindu outfits, added Khetan.

We have already forwarded letters to the National Human Rights Commission and Minority Commission to look into the matter and are soon going to file a petition in this regard. “My intention is not to pass a verdict of guilt against certain accused. But it is only to highlight the blatant discrepancies and contradictions in terror investigations,” claimed Khetan.


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MM

23MAY2013

Agencies tinkered with evidence in terror cases, claims scribe

Mumbai Mirror Bureau @timesgroup.com TWEETS @_mumbaimirror

In a letter to the Chief Justice of India, investigative reporter Ashish Khetan has stated that different investigating agencies across India produced different versions of same terror cases and altered the evidence to suit their version.
At least in 3 cases prosecuted by ATS Maharashtra—July 11, 2006 Mumbai local train blasts, 2006 Malegaon blasts and Pune German Bakery case of February 2010—ATS deliberately created bogus evidence, extracted false confessions, planted explosives in the houses of the accused and implicated innocent youth, read the letter.
Khetan has uploaded the interaction he had with some of accused in the 7/11blastcaseonhiswebsite,www.gulail.com. Interestingly, these interviews were conducted in the court premises. Khetan said the ATS officials often tried to bribe the accused.
“The interview was conducted in the court premises with a spy camera. Accused Ehtasham Siddiqui, Majid Mohammed, Kamal Ansari and Naved Khan have alleged that they were lured by ATS officials to become approvers. They were offered Rs 25 lakh,” said Khetan.
In the interview, the accused claimedthatthecopsofferedthemjobs but they declined. Khetan was also informed that the then ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi asked the accused to help police convict others. “The accused signed the confession when they were threatened of dire consequences,” he said. On the website, he has also categorically pointed out various loopholes in the investigation.
Meanwhile, in the letter to the CJI, Khetan has stated that in the 7/11 case, a chargesheet was filed against 13 suspects belonging to Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). As many as 15 others were named as absconding on December 1, 2006. The accused included various professionals.
In2008,however,fresharrestswere made and Indian Mujahideen (IM) claimed responsibility for all attacks between 2005 and 2008. It led to the arrest of Sadiq Sheikh by Crime Branch, the letter stated. The confessions by Sheikhandothersclearlyshowthatthe people earlier prosecuted by the ATS had no connection with the local train bombings of 2006.
“These confessions contain a meticulously detailed description of more than eight terror strikes that Sheikh andhisaccompliceshadallegedlyplotted and executed since 2003. But curiously,Sheikhandhisaccompliceswere chargesheeted in only those blast cases in which the investigation was still not completed. Hyderabad blasts of 2007, Ahmedabad and Surat blasts of 2008 and Delhi blasts of 2008 were some of the cases in which the IM members were chargesheeted,” said the letter.
“Revelations regarding any blast before 2007 were ignored because those cases were claimed to have been solved. Sheikh and a few others were discharged in 2009, as ATS claimed they did not have enough evidence against them,” said Khetan.

http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/mumbai-crime/Makes-Maharashtra-police-39terror39--senior-journalist/articleshow/20214293.cms

Navbharattimes


'महाराष्ट्र पुलिस बनाती है आतंकी'

नवभारत टाइम्स | May 23, 2013, 05.30AM IST

रिपोर्टर॥ मुंबई।।
देश में हुए कई सीरियल बम ब्लास्ट की जांच करने वाली महाराष्ट्र एटीएस एक खास वर्ग के लोगों को निशाना बनाती है। इन लोगों की भूमिका किसी भी बम ब्लास्ट में प्रत्यक्ष या अप्रत्यक्ष रूप से नहीं है। दबाव की वजह से एटीएस देश भर से निर्दोष लोगों को पकड़कर कोर्ट में पेश कर देती है। इतना ही नहीं, बम बलास्ट में शामिल होने की बात कबूल करवाने के लिए एटीएस निर्दोष नौजवानों को जेल की सजा, पैसों और मुंबई में फ्लैट दिलाने का लालच भी देती है। पकडे़ गए आरोपियों की पत्नियों के साथ यौन उत्पीड़न की धमकी भी दी जाती है। यह खुलासा बुधवार को इंडियन मर्चेंट चेंबर में एक कॉन्फ्रेंस में वरिष्ठ पत्रकार आशीष खेतान ने किया।
गुनाह कबूल करवाने का दबाव
आशीष खेतान ने मीडिया के सामने पेश किए गए दर्जनों विडियो क्लिप में एटीएस द्वारा कि ए गए आतंकी हमलों की जांच का खुलासा किया है। उन्होंने जुलाई 2006 में हुए लोकल ट्रेन बम ब्लास्ट मामले में पकडे़ गए 13 आरोपियों में से 9 आरोपियों के स्ंिटग ऑपरेशन दिखाए, जिसमें आरोपियों ने उस समय के पूर्व कमिश्नर ए. एन. रॉय, एटीएस चीफ के. पी. रघुवंशी, पुलिस अधिकारी नवल बजाज और एटीएस जांच अधिकारी दिनेश कदम की भूमिका पर सवाल खडे़ किए। इन फुटेज में आरोपी युवक बताते हैं कि उन्हें एटीएस द्वारा हर दिन दो बार पुलिस स्टेशन में टॉर्चर किया जाता था। उनके गुप्तांगों में एक किस्म के तेल का इंजेक्शन लगाया जाता है।

कतिल मरा नहीं, मारा गया
13 फरवरी, 2010 को पुणे की जर्मन बेकरी ब्लास्ट में एटीएस द्वारा पक ड़े गए आरोपी कतिल सिद्दीकी और हिमायत बेग को खेतान ने निर्दोष बताया। खेतान के मुताबिक, हिमायत बेग को निर्दोष साबित करने वाला एकमात्र गवाह कतिल सिद्दीकी ही था। विशेष अदालत में गवाही की एक रात उसकी ऑर्थर रोड जेल की अति सुरक्षित मानी जाने वाली अंडा सेल में मौत हो गई। कतिल मरा नहीं, मारा गया, क्योंकि एटीएस पर हिमायत बेग को दोषी ठहराने का दबाव था।
एक गुनाह के दो आरोपी
2006 में हुए मालेगांव बम ब्लास्ट मामले में महाराष्ट्र एटीएस के चीफ के. पी. रघुवंशी ने कुछ मुसलमान युवकों को स्वयं अरेस्ट किया था। एटीएस ने इस मामले में मो. अली और आसिफ खान को अरेस्ट किया, जबकि एनआईए ने हिंदू संगठन
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India: Rising Communal Chashes and Religious polarisation in Uttar Pradesh of the Samajwadi Party

Outlook Magazine - Web | May 23, 2013

A History Lesson
The death of Khalid Mujahid in police custody, and communal clashes in UP, underscore the urgent need for Akhilesh Yadav-led SP to halt the growing alienation and anger amongst Muslims

by Jamal Kidwai

The death of Khalid Mujahid in the custody of Uttar Pradesh police has once again reinforced the perception that the Akhilesh Yadav led-Samajwadi Party has failed to provide security to Muslims in UP. Mujahid was one of the accused of the 2007 serial bomb blasts in UP. His death triggered a knee-jerk response by the Yadav government, which suspended the nine cops escorting him from Faizabad to Lucknow Jail; a total of 42 police officers, including former DGP Vikram Singh, ADG Brijlal and others who were on duty during the time of Khalid's arrest, have been booked. The UP government has also requested the central government to institute a CBI inquiry about the incident. Within days of that, Mohd Saleem, a lawyer associated with the legal defence of Mujahid was brutally attacked in the Faizabad court premises by fellow lawyers who had earlier passed a writ against defending those accused of terrorism.

Yadav's decision to suspend police officers clearly indicates that his Samajwadi Party government is desperately trying to halt a downward swing in its popularity amongst Muslims, whose votes will be crucial in the 2014 general elections. What would be bothering Yadav most is the near unanimous criticism of his government by representatives of the Muslim clergy, all from the leading seminaries of UP. These include the Darul Uloom Deoband, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat in UP. Even the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid has been critical. These seminaries and the various clerics associated with them have till now had a cosy relationship with the Samajwadi Party. They have often extended official and unofficial support to the SP and they, in turn, have received state-government patronage from various SP-led governments in UP.

UP has been a bitter battle ground for differing political paradigms claiming to be representative of Mandir-Mandal-Bahujan. UP has also been the home to the Babri Masjid conflict and the epicentre of the communalism versus secularism debate. In all this ideological churning, the Muslim vote has played a decisive role in selecting which party would rule UP. Since the days of the Ramjanambhoomi movement, it has become political common sense that Muslims will vote for the candidate who will ensure the defeat of the BJP candidate. In other words, for them, it’s not the ideology of the SP or the BSP or, for that matter, the Congress, that inspires them to vote for a particular candidate. For the Muslims of UP, keeping the BJP out of power is essential and a motivating factor for reclaiming their lost sense of dignity, security and justice.

With the 2014 Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the question is, can administrative correctives like the suspending of police officers and ordering a CBI inquiry halt the growing alienation and anger amongst Muslims against the Samajwadi Party? Unfortunately for Akhilesh, the answer is the negative, unless he takes some urgent political steps. It is important to analyse how, in less than 14 months, the Akhilesh-Yadav led SP is being perceived as one of the most hostile administrations vis-à-vis the Muslims as far as their physical security and issues related to justice and dignity are concerned.

By voting for the SP in large numbers in 2012 assembly elections and ensuring that it got a simple majority, the Muslims of UP reasserted their faith in Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and hoped that the promises he had made would be fulfilled. One of their major promises, seen as both radical and controversial, was that when they came to power, they would withdraw cases against some 400 Muslims youth who were wrongly arrested on charges of terror. This was welcomed by all democratic and civil rights groups, but, more so, by Muslims. They had been feeling anxious and insecure during Mayawati’s rule, when there were a series of raids against and arrests of Muslims youth for their alleged involvement in terror activities. Overnight, towns with large Muslims population, such as Azamgarh, became associated with madrasas where, it was claimed, Muslim youth were being trained and recruited for terror activities. Even the trail of the now infamous Batla House encounter in Delhi led to Azamgarh. All these incidents, including the arrest of Mujahid, had happened under the chief ministership of Mayawati.

When Akhilesh came to power, he didn’t take any legal steps that would fulfil the promises he made related to the release of Muslim youth. Nor did he launch any policy-related schemes that would address the social and economic backwardness of the Muslim community. What he did, instead, was to nominate several Muslim political figures from conservative backgrounds as spokespersons of the party and give them posts in his government. Many of these individuals, like Kamal Farooqui, T Rehmani and the old Mulayam loyalist Azam Khan have a history of taking positions on Muslim identity that are highly sectarian in nature. Akhilesh has even tried to appease the Imam of Jama Masjid by giving one of his close relatives a position in UP government. These acts are mostly symbolic in nature and by no means have a positive impact on the everyday life of ordinary Muslims.

However, the biggest failure of the Akhilesh Yadav government, one that may cost him dearly in the next Lok Sabha election, is the series of incidents of communal violence and the partisan role played by the UP police during these incidents. To add to this has been the obvious complicity of one his senior ministers, the dreaded mafia don Raghuraj Pratap Singh “Raja Bhaiya” —who is considered to by a close associate of Mulayam-Akhilesh— in the murder of Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq. Besides the killing of Mujahid and Haq, between June-September 2012, there have been at least six major incidents of communal violence where the police have been accused of acting in a partisan manner against Muslims. Two Muslim youth were burnt alive in Mathura in June and, in the same month, large-scale burning and looting of Muslim houses took place in Raja Bhaiya's constituency Partapgarh. In July, communal clashes occurred in Bareilly over the use of loudspeakers during the Janamasthami processions, two Muslims were killed and there was massive looting and arson. To make matters worse, intermittent clashes continued over several weeks and various Muslims localities remained under curfew for nearly a month creating immense hardships for its residents. In September, six people, including three teenagers, were killed in Ghaziabad during violence over the burning of the Quran. Four of the people killed were reported to have been shot from a distance ranging four to ten feet, once again indicating the high-handedness of the police.

This short history of the Akhilesh-led SP government reminds one of the Indra-Rajiv Gandhi governments of the 1980s when there were large-scale communal violence in UP and the police were accused of indulging in targeted killings of Muslims. The brutality of the police during the Maliana-Meerut and Moradabad violence is still fresh in the memory of people. Instead of making the police accountable and punishing the guilty, the then governments tried to create a sense of balance by appeasing the conservative Muslim clergy. The best example of that was the overturning the Supreme Court judgement by Parliament in the Shah Bano case. This eventually resulted in not only the downfall and complete destruction of Congress in UP, but also gave rise to right wing Hindutva forces, eventually leading up to the tragic demolition of the Babri Masjid.

One of the major reasons for the emergence of Mulayam Singh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party, besides the Mandal Commission, was the support he got from Muslims, who had felt a deep sense of injustice and insecurity during the Congress rule of the 1980s. If Akhilesh wants to survive in UP, he should learn from history and not repeat the mistakes of the Congress. Otherwise, not only will he lose the next election but he and his party might become totally irrelevant in Indian politics. Because, unlike the Congress, his party does not have a presence in any other state of India and relies completely on Uttar Pradesh. But more importantly, Muslims who are the biggest minority of India and a significant proportion of UP's population, will be alienated further, which will be a disaster for India's secular polity and democracy.

Jamal Kidwai is the Director of AMAN Trust

Tribute to Asghar Ali Engineer (29 May 2013, New Delhi)

Tribute to Asghar Ali Engineer

Asghar Ali Engineer struggled life-long for secular democracy, peace, justice and harmony.

In order to remember with gratitude his enormous contributions, and celebrate a life led with great courage, dignity and humanism, we will gather on 29 May 2013 at 6.30 pm at the India International Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi.

We warmly invite you to join us celebrate this wonderful life.

All India Secular Forum

PUCL

Sahmat

Anhad

Insaaf

Aman Biradari

Remembering Asghar Ali Engineer: A Tribute to his Legacy (25th May, New Delhi)

Remembering Asghar Ali Engineer: A Tribute to his Legacy

5 pm onward, 25th May (Saturday)

Venue; SPWD Conference hall, 14-A, Vishnu Digamber Marg, Near ITO
(In between Hindi Bhavan and Ajoy Bhavan) [New Delhi]

Speakers:
Dilip Simeon Subhash Gatade
Suhas Borker
Rajindar Sachar
Dipak Dholakia Sanjay Kumar Harsh Kapoor Noor Zaheer

India: Rihai Manch in Lucknow starts indefinite dharna at Vidhan Sabha demanding arrest of police officers involved in Khalid Mujahid's murder. Candle light protest at GPO

Text of statement in Hindi



RIHAI MANCH
(Forum for the Release of Innocent Muslims imprisoned in the name of Terrorism)
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खालिद के हत्यारे पुलिस अधिकारियों की गिरफ्तारी के लिए रिहाई मंच ने
लखनऊ विधानसभा पर षुरु किया अनिष्चित कालीन धरना
सपा के मुस्लिम विधायकों और मंत्रियों का होगा घेराव- रिहाई मंच
रिहाई आंदोलन के वकीलों पर फैजाबाद में हुआ हमला सरकार की साजिष
जीपीओ हजरतगंज पर कैंडिल लाइट प्रोटेस्ट कर मौलाना खालिद के हत्यारों को
सजा देने की मांग की गई और मौलाना खालिद को श्रद्धांजलि दी गई
लखनऊ 22 मई 2013/ मौलाना खालिद मुजाहिद की हत्या में नामजद वरिश्ठ पुलिस
अधिकारियों को टर्मिनेट व गिरफ्तारी, निमेश कमीषन की रिपोर्ट तत्काल जारी
करने, आतंकवाद के नाम कैद बेगुनाह मुस्लिम नौजवानों को तत्काल रिहा करने,
फैजाबाद में रिहाई आंदोलन से जुडे़ वकीलों के हमलावरों को तत्काल
गिरफ्तार करने को लेकर रिहाई मंच ने आज अनिष्चित कालीन धरना लखनऊ
विधानसभा के सामने षुरु कर दिया।

धरने में वक्ताओं ने कहा कि खालिद मुजाहिद की हत्या में आरोपी बनाए गए
पुलिस अधिकारी विक्रम सिंह, बृजलाल, अमिताभ यष, मनोज कुमार झा, एस आनंद,
चिरंजीव नाथ सिन्हा इत्यादि को अब तक गिरफ्तार न करना सरकार की मुस्लिम
विरोधी नियत को उजागर कर देता है।

वक्ताओं ने कहा कि एक तरफ मुख्यमंत्री अखिलेष यादव कहते हैं कि खालिद की
मौत बीमारी से हुई है वहीं पोस्ट मार्टम रिपोर्ट बताती है कि डाक्टर
खालिद की मौत के किसी निश्कर्श पर नहीं पहुंच पा रहे हैं कि उसकी मौत
कैसे हुई, इससे अखिलेष का झूठ उजागर हो जाता है। लेकिन मुख्यमंत्री को
समझ लेना चाहिए कि प्रदेष की जनता को अब और बेवकूफ बनाना मुष्किल है और
प्रदेष सरकार की उल्टी गिनती अब षुरु हो गई है। धरने में तय किया गया कि
खालिद मुजाहिद की हत्या के बाद भी खामोष रहने वाले सपा के मुस्लिम
विधायकों और सरकार के मुस्लिम मंत्रियों के घरों का घेराव किया जाएगा और
साथ ही जो सपा समर्थक कथित उलेमा इस आंदोलन को कमजोर करने के लिए सत्ता
की तरफ से गुमराह करने की कोषिष करेंगे उनकी खैर नहीं। क्योंकि यह आंदोलन
तय करेगा कि हमारा षहीद मौलाना खालिद मुजाहिद बेकसूर था और पुलिस,
एसटीएफ-एटीएस, आईबी और आतंकियों में गठजोड़ है।

फैजाबाद में रिहाई आंदोलन से जुड़े वकीलों पर हमले को सरकार द्वारा
आंदोलन को कमजोर करने के लिए कराया गया हमला करार देते हुए वक्ताओं ने
कहा कि यह महज एत्तेफाक नहीं है कि फैजाबाद का प्रषासनिक अमला इस हमले का
मूक दर्षक बना रहा और एफआईआर दर्ज करने में आना-कानी करता रहा क्योंकि
फैजाबाद के मौजूदा एसपी मनोज कुमार झा स्वंय खालिद की हत्या में नामजद
किए गए हैं। जिन्होंने एसटीएफ में एडीषनल एसपी रहते हुए खालिद के पास से
हथियार बरामद करने का दावा किया था। जिसे निमेश कमीषन ने फर्जी करार देते
हुए खालिद को गलत तरीके से फसाने वाले एसटीएफ अधिकारियों के खिलाफ कड़ी
कार्यवाई की सिफारिष की है। वक्ताओं ने कहा कि अगर सपा सरकार में थोड़ी
भी षर्म बची हो तो वह फैजाबाद के एसपी को तत्काल निलंबित कर दे। सोषलिस्ट
पार्टी ने अपने उपाध्यक्ष मो0 षुएब की सुरक्षा की मांग की।

धरने को रिहाई मंच के अध्यक्ष मो0 शुएब, इंडियन नेशनल लीग के राष्ट्रीय
अध्यक्ष मो0 सुलेमान, रिहाई मंच के महासचिव पूर्व पुलिस महानिरिक्षक एसआर
दारापुरी, मैग्सेसे पुरस्कार से सम्मानित सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता संदीप
पाण्डे, अवामी काउंसिल के असद हयात, एपवा की ताहिरा हसन, वरिष्ठ पत्रकार
अजय सिंह, आईपीएफ नेता और इलाहाबाद विश्वविधालय के अध्यक्ष लाल बहादुर
सिंह, सोशलिस्ट पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय मंत्री ओमकार सिंह, सोशलिस्ट फ्रंट
नेता मो0 आफाक, एसआईओ के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष साकिब आइसा के प्रदेश उपाध्यक्ष
सुनील मौर्या, सुधांशु बाजपेयी, पीस पार्टी के मसूद रियाज, अखलाख, फरहान
वारसी, हाजी सैयद फहीम सिदीकी, मुस्लिम संघर्ष मोर्चा के आफताब अहमद खान,
सैयद मोईद अहमद, जैद फारुकी, प्रबुद्ध, तारिक शफीक, स्मार्ट पार्टी के
शहजादे मंसूर अहमद, शिब्ली बेग, इशहाक, गोपल कष्यप, सलीम, मुमताज, केके
श्रीवास्तव, हरे राम मिश्रा, सादिक, मो0 समी, खालिद, वसीम, शान,, शाहनवाज
आलम, राजीव यादव।

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