 Andhra Pradesh government has set a commendable example by tendering an apology to the Muslim community for falsely involving around 70 Muslim youths in Makkah Masjid blast case. It has further accepted the guilt of police by giving compensation of Rs. 3 lakh each to 15 victims and Rs. 20,000 each to 46 victims who were falsely accused, tortured and made to confess under duress their uncommitted crimes and dragged to courts of law.
It goes to the credit of judiciary that it threw the false cases at the face of police and honourably acquitted the innocent youths. Of course the innocents had to languish behind bars for about 2 years. Can we compensate the physical, mental and social torture the innocent Muslim youths were subjected to and the hardship they faced in jail and society?
The investigation in Makkah Masjid blast took a new turn after the confession of Aseemanand who spelt the beans about who were the real hands behind the blast. CBI further investigated the case and came out with the conclusion that extremist Hindu outfit Abhinav Bharat was behind the blast. (Mind, it can’t be termed terrorist because it is not a Muslim organization)
For fuller justice the police officers who indulged in falsification of facts and torture must be brought to book and penalized. Rs. 70 lakh that is being paid to the victims should be deducted from the salaries of the guilty policemen. A heavy dose of sense of duty and propriety must be administered to the police force.
Take a look at Bhanwari murder case in which a cabinet minister and an MLA of the ruling Congress in Rajasthan is involved. The investigation proves that if CBI pursues a case honestly every crime, however complicated and big it may be, can be cracked. The investigation shows how Bhanwari was done to death, her dead body burnt and her semi-burnt body parts scattered and disposed off in a canal. CBI has successfully unearthed every detail. Think why this was not done in such a way in the case of Kausar Bi, and how within 4 months the details about the gruesome murder of Bhanwari have been revealed. We need to de-communalize and detoxify police force, teach it a lesson or two in truth, humanity and honesty. Over 150 policemen and 50 divers have been pressed in service to search the canal for Bhanwari’s body parts. The flow of the canal has been stopped temporarily. Why such detailed investigation was not done in the case of Kausar Bi?
The common man is right in his conclusion that no crime can be committed and no criminal can go scot-free if police acts honestly.
SatyaMargam.com recommend our beloved readers on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca_Masjid_bombing
- Radianceweekly
They want to sue Praveen Swami, but fear harassment from agencies
Hyderabad: The defamation suit against Praveen Swami, the National Bureau Chief of The Hindu, by Karnataka native Muhammad Zarar Siddibapa, whom Swami had described “fugitive Indian Mujahideen commander” in his 30th Nov. story, has evoked mixed responses from Swami’s other victims.
When TCN asked the Muslim youths who were arrested in Mecca Masjid blast case of 2007 and who were later acquitted as innocent by the courts, if they were planning to move court against Swami’s media terror and false reporting, they expressed helplessness and fear of further harassment from intelligence agencies.
Swami in his several reports and Hindu editorials, had consistently declared the arrested Muslim youths as “Harkat ul-Jihadi-e-Islami (HUJI)” activists and responsible for the Mecca Masjid blast 2007. Swami had also overtly hinted that Ajmer and Mecca Masjid blasts were the deeds of “Islamist terror” groups, while investigations have now brought out the fact that they were the handiwork of Hindutva groups like Abhinav Bharat. The Rajasthan ATS and other investigators have by now identified Hindutva terrorists and arrested some of them.
As early as 23 May 2007 (the Mecca Masjid bombing took place on 18 May) Praveen Swami decided who the culprits are. In his news analysis titled “Behind the Mecca Masjid bombing” Swami stated with absolute certainty: “What the Mecca Masjid bombings make clear is that the Islamist threat to India’s cities remains in place, notwithstanding the decline in violence since the Mumbai serial bombings…”
The Hindu editorial of October 15, 2007, titled “Challenge of Islamic terror”, the editorial begins as follows: “Investigative leads point to the Harkat ul-Jihadi-e-Islami (HUJI), the Islamist organisation behind the Mecca Masjid attack in Hyderabad, as being behind the terrorist strike at the Dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer….Investigators have been able to establish that many of these attacks were carried out by Islamist terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Jaish-e-Mohammad, and the HUJI…”
Imran Khan, who was arrested in connection with Mecca Masjid blast and who remained in jail for around 17 months told TCN that initially he had contemplated approaching courts against Praveen Swami, who had regarded him along with others, as terrorists from HuJI. But later Imran’s lawyer suggested him not to do that, apprehending further harassment of torture and witch hunt from the intelligence agencies.
“Praveen Swami’s baseless and completely false reporting destroyed my life. I had thought of going to court against him but my lawyer advised me not to do that as there were practical possibilities of more harassment from the agencies,” said Imran who is as a Business Development Manager in Hyderabad.
Imran also said that there is not one, but thousands of Praveen Swamis, who have penetrated the system including the media, “How can you file cases against these thousands of Swamis? Look at the Hindi and the regional media and the way they violate all the ethical norms when they brand accused as terrorists. Who is going to file cases against them?” questioned Imran.
He expressed hope from the proposals of Justice Katju, the new Chairman, Press Council of India (PCI). Katju had criticised the media for branding Muslims as terrorists and their media trial in terror cases. He also proposed punishing the media houses in cases of breach of ethics as far as reporting of terror cases is concerned.
 “Let’s see if Justice Katju manages to stop media from branding innocent youths as terrorists,” said Imran.
In other cases, the acquitted youths who were branded as terrorists by Praveen Swami, said they didn’t approach court against Swami’s false reporting because they didn’t want to remember the trauma and pain which the entire case brought on them.
Abdul Kaleem, who was another youth arrested in Mecca Masjid blast and who was acquitted after remaining in jail for around 18 months, said he could have gone to court as well, but it would have resulted in more fights and negativity. He didn’t pursue the case as he wanted to leave the trauma behind and start his life afresh.
-TwoCircles.net
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