They are in jail because they wear a Kurta, sport a beard and keep a Quran at homeBangalore: When a low intensity bomb exploded on April 17, about 100 meters away from the Karnataka BJP headquarter in Malleswaram, Bangalore, the incident was termed an act of terror and eventually ended up in the arrest of 11 suspects, all belonging to the Muslim community.Six months later, the First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, ordered the release of three persons arrested by the police in the case. Peer Mohideen, Saddam Hussain and TenkasiHaneefa were discharged from the charges. While Mohideen was released on Tuesday, Hussain and Haneefa will behanded over to the Tamil Nadu police, for their alleged role in another case.In this Interview with TCN’S Shaik Zakeer Hussain, S. Balan, the lawyer for the acquitted, talks on the whole trial.Three of the accused you represented were discharged of the alleged terror charges against them, are you happy withthe outcome?This is not the question of being happy, this outcome proves that a particular community is blamed or projected as terrorists. Their cases were dropped, because the investigating agencies could not collect any material against them.What was the prima facie behind the arrests of Peer Mohideen and other accused in this case?There wasnt any. Whenever a blast takesplace, the agencies proceed in a certain direction, there is a particular modus operandi or pattern behind these types ofcases. In 2008 blast case for instance, they (investigative agencies) concentrated mainly on the Malayalam speaking Muslims, especially from Ernakulam - Kochi area and now in this case, they have targeted the Tamil speaking Muslims.Muslims who are either engaged in helping the victims of state terrorism or are involved in any socio-economic activities directed towards uplifting their community, are being targeted. Peer Mohideen, Saddam Hussain and TenkasiHaneefa were subjected to third degree torture and forced confessions, their ordeal continued for six months and despite that, the police could not fit themin any angle and had to let them out of the charge sheet.The only evidence against them was, thatthey were Muslims and the corroboratingevidence was that they were involved in some social activities. So, whoever tries to help their community in anyway, are termed as terrorists.How do individuals, who are absolutely innocent, get framed in such cases?What happens, is if any of their family members or friends were accused in any case, for instance here, a lot of them, hadsome of their friends or relatives, who were accused in the 1993 Coimbatore blast case; let me emphasize this, accused not convicted, so there was a familial link established, because of which they got framed.This is not the first time that a person arrested on charges of alleged terrorism, was released for lack of evidence, do youthink, there is a deliberate attempt to frame people in such cases?For the fascist forces to militarize a society, they need to blame a particular community and in India, they blame the Muslims. Even during the colonial rule, they never fought the British, but targeted Muslims instead. Today, war on terror, is a world phenomenon and though it is an American framework, the Indian fascists and corporates also follow the same pattern.When Indias gates were opened for free market economics, it also opened gates for the communalisationof society, so inIndia, the fascists and corporates coincide. The judiciary, the administration and legislature are alreadycommunalised and communal elements occupy every area of power. Its the same situation with the investigative agencies, they are overtly and covertly communalised.However, having said that, let me also point out that, it is not just Muslims, who are the targets here. For 2000 years, they have targeted Dalits, they targeted people belonging to the backward classes, in Kandhamal, they targeted Christians and they did the same thing inMangalore and North Indian states. Basically, they are against anyone is against their ideology.#ReadMoretwocircles.net/2013nov03/they_are_jail_because_they_wear_kurta_sport_beard_and_keep_quran_home.html
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:22:47 +0000
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