By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Asif Mohammad Khan, the Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA from Delhi’s Okhla Assembly segment wherein fall Jamia Nagar and Batla House area, has been very vocal on the issue of Batla House encounter and demanded probe since the day one. Talking to Mumtaz Alam Falahi of TwoCircles.net, he says the victim families should lodge murder case against the police officers involved in the Batla House encounter. He stresses judicial process, rather judicial probe.
Asif Mohammad Khan, MLA, Okhla
Your fresh demand in light of Batla encounter autopsy report
From the day one I have made only one demand: probe into the shootout through judicial process. Judicial enquiry is often done to hush up the matter. The report of such enquiry takes 10-20 years to come out. We want that the victim families should register attempt to murder and murder cases under article 307 and 302 against the police officials involved in the shootout. Sajid and Atif were killed in this fake police encounter.
Despite open loopholes in the police version of the shootout why no proper enquiry
The NHRC report was a shame for the Commission. Now with autopsy report in public, it is clear that on whose direction the NHRC works. When they came up with an enquiry report we condemned it and asked how they can prepare a report even without visiting the spot. The NHRC simply based its report on the statements of the police. We may think to approach the court afresh after the conclusions of the autopsy report.
How you will use your position to pressurize the govt for a probe
So far we raised the issue at Okhla level, but now we want to take throughout the country. We have urged all human rights groups and individuals, both Hindu and Muslims, as well as Muslim community leaders to get united on this issue to launch a fight to pressurize the government. We are not demanding going out of the way, nor is it illegal or unconstitutional. Law allows us that when we have lost faith in an investigating agency (NHRC) we can demand for a probe by judiciary. How Mohan Chand Sharma was killed should also be probed. We believe he fell to the conspiracy of the police.