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Merinews - New Delhi,India 26 September 2008
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Do alleged terrorists deserve
THE CIVILISED society across the world hates terrorists for their misdeeds. Of course, the terrorists deserve severe punishment and need to be wiped away from the world. But sadly at present, the whole world is battling with the menace of terrorism. India too has become a hub of terrorist outfits and recently they attacked in the heart of the country - Delhi.
A couple of weeks back, the terrorist shocked the nation’s capital city with serial blasts killing 24 and injuring more than 150. Based on the modus operandi of the blasts, the Delhi Police suspected Indian Mujahineen (IM). Very soon the police started investigating the whereabouts of culprits behind the blasts.
Acting on a tipoff, the Delhi Police’s special cell raided the flat No L-18 of Batla House and gunned down two suspected militants. One of the killed militants was Mohammed Atif alias Bashir, a student of neighbouring Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University. Later, the police picked up two more suspected persons Zia-ur-Rehman and Mohammed Shakeel, both of them were JMI students.
Batla House encounter, however, became a part of the controversy and some section demanded the legal probe. Many people and social organisations questioned the act of police. According to them, there are several loopholes in the police’s statement that smells suspicious. In fact, questions have been raised over inspector MC Sharma, who was killed in the encounter, for not wearing the bullet proof jacket. Next, it was claimed that two suspected militants residing in the flat fled from the back door. But there is no exit from the backside or any other side apart from the main door.
As the two arrested persons were students from JMI, the students of the university sought help from the vice-chancellor Dr Mushirul Hasan. Due to continuous pressure of the students, the VC said to the press that the university would provide legal help to the two students Zia-ur-Rehman and Mohammed Shakeel arrested by the police. Dr Hasan’s statement in favour of the students caused hues and cries among political parties. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the Centre to dismiss Dr Hasan.
Since Zia and Shakeel were students of JMI, they sought help from the VC. Nowhere did Dr Hasan say that the detained students were not involved in the blasts or that the police falsely framed them. In fact, he wants legal help to satisfy the section of society, which is questioning the police probe.
According to Indian law, a person can’t be punished until all the investigations against him/her are complete. Delhi Police has not reached to any conclusion in the serial blast case and the court is yet to give its verdict. So, an accused can’t be the culprit for sure till the final judgment comes in.
Here, I would like to share a similar story of an unlucky student named Mubeen Ahmad of Aligarh Muslim University. The incident happened way back in September 2000 when he was picked up from the campus by the Agra Police. According to police, Mubeen was an ISI agent and was involved in train blasts in Uttar Pradesh.
The very next day after arrest of Mubeen the Hindi daily ‘Amar Ujala’ published the news item with the heading ‘Pardesh me dhamakon ka khulasa, Hijb ka aatankwadi giraftaar’. Further, the report said, "AMU is the centre of terrorist activities," and imposed several other illogical terrorism charges against the university.
First, the arrest of Mubeen and then the controversial report, shocked the AMU students and its staff members. Our vice president Dr Hamid Ansari was the vice chancellor of AMU then. Dr Ansari handled the situation very well and appealed the student to maintain peace.
We did silent protest on the university campus, called media to clear the things. Later, the newspaper apologised publicly for wrong reporting. The VC himself contacted the then Union Home minister LK Advani and briefed him about the campus situation.
A team was also set to find out the truth of Mubeen. After years of investigation, finally, all the charges of the police were proven false and Mubeen was freed. He was accused as a terrorist by the police, but came out innocent. It was due to the initiatives taken up by Ansari that the case was solved.
I put this example to justify the statement of Hasan, who is wishing almost same thing in the recent case. What is wrong if someone expects legal help to find out the truth as a little negligence may spoil the life of someone innocent. I am not questioning the Delhi police for the encounter, but we should think a step ahead to end the controversy and find out the real culprit. The legal aid will also end the question mark over the Delhi Police’s encounter.
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