By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: The Kul Jamaatee Tanzeem of Malegaon has demanded on Friday that K P Raghuvanshi, chief of the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS), be removed from his office. The organization has also demanded that the trial of those accused in the Malegaon blasts of 2006 be done in fast track courts.
As per media reports, the organization put forward its demands in an agitating gathering held at the Qidwai Road of Malegaon. The participants demanded the removal of Mr. Raghuvanshi within 15 days. The gathering also demanded that the cases of the Malegaon Qabaristan blasts of 2006 be heard in fast track courts so as to ensure the earliest release of the accused.
The organization reportedly intends to meet the Chief Minister and the Minister of State for Home within a few days raising these demands.
‘We will give memorandum to both of them for the final time as regards the case and then instigate a strict movement; either by filling the prisons or by stopping the way (Jail Bharo Ya Rasta Roko),’ an Urdu daily reported Abdul Malik Seth Bakrawal, the spokesperson of Kul Jamatee Tanzeem, to have said.
Abu Rizwan Muhammed, State Secretary of Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadees, asked, ‘Why does Raghuvanshi not feel the need to destroy the network of Abhinav Bharat, the organization that intended rebellion against the country and turn it into a Hindu Rashtra? Why doesn’t he conduct an investigation about Hemani Savarkar?’
Representatives of the organizations like Jamiat-e-Ulema, Jamaat-e-Islami, Shia Isna Ashari, Ashrafi Foundation and Dawoodi Bohra Community also attended the gathering.
Notably, the demands for a fair probe into the Malegaon 2006 blasts case and the release of the Muslim youths arrested in connection with the case have been on for a long time, especially after the arrest of the Hindus accused in the Malegaon 2008 blast. And for this purpose Salman Farsi, one of the accused, had gone on indefinite hunger strike which he called off only after assurance that his demands would be considered upon seriously.
On September 8, 2006 Malegaon was shattered with a series of blasts which took place at Bada Qabaristan and Mushawarat Chowk on the day of Shab-e-Barat after the Friday prayers. The explosions that claimed 31 lives and injured more than 250 persons were attributed to some alleged SIMI outfits. The ATS arrested 8 Muslim youths, imposed MCOCA on them and sent to jail. After persistent demand from the Muslim organizations the case was handed over to the CBI which is yet to file charge sheet.