By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
Jaipur: Reacting over the acquittal of 14 Muslim youths in the Jaipur serial blasts case, Rajasthan state president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hnid, Er. Khursheed Hussain has demanded strong action against the police officers who falsely implicated these youths in the terror case. He also demanded proper compensation and rehabilitation of these victims.
Talking to TCN over phone from Jaipur, Er. Khursheed said: “The acquittal is a proof that they were falsely implicated in the case. Now they have got justice. It also highlights the fact that there something seriously wrong in the function and set-up of police system.”
A fast-track court on Friday (9th Dec. 2011) acquitted 14 alleged SIMI members who had been put behind bars after the May 2008 Jaipur serial blasts. The blasts had claimed the lives of about 70 people and left 150 others injured.
The Muslim youths were arrested from Kota, Jodhpur, Baran in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in September 2008.
Those who were acquitted include Sohail Modi and Azam Gajdhar from Jodhpur, Imran alias Raja, Mahandi Hassan, Mohammad Ishaque Qureshi, Nazakat Hussain, Mohammad Toufique Qureshi, Aman alias Amanullah, Mohammad Yunus, Atiq-ur-Rahman and Munnawar Hussain and Nadeem Akhtar from Kota, Mohammad Iliyas from Baran and Imam-ur-Rahman from Khandaka in Madhya Pradesh. All are aged between 27 and 55 years.
Er. Khursheed said that to stop such false implication of Muslims in terror cases, it is necessary to initiate action against those officers who falsely implicated them.
The government should take action against guilty police officers. The victims should be given compensation from the salaries of these officers, he demanded.