By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Mumbai: One after another every speaker in the demonstration against Sanghi terror here on 20th Jan. 2011 demanded the release, compensation and rehabilitation of innocent Muslim youths implicated in the terror blast cases of Malegaon, Ajmer Dargah and Mecca Masjid cases. They also demanded ban on RSS, punishment to the guilty officers and an apology by the government.
Following the confessional statement of RSS pracharak and terror accused Swami Aseemanand, nearly 50 NGOs today held the massive agitation rally in Azad Maidan, in south Mumbai.
L-R: Nazar Mohammed Madu, President Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Maharashtra, Abu Asim Azmi, President Samajwadi Party, Maharashtra, Maulana Azhari, Kul Jamaati Tanzeem, Malegaon and others
Hyderabad youth Abdul Kaleem, already acquitted in the Mecca Masjid blast case and released on bail on Monday in another case, and whose good conduct and torture story moved Swami Aseemanad, also participated in the agitation. He told the media that he and many other Muslim youths were picked up after the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast not for investigation but to get their confession. He said, “I was brutally tortured by the police to get my confession. Even Swami Aseemanad ji had tears in his eyes when he heard that I was asked to sleep naked on ice, electric shocks were applied on secret parts of my body, and was hanged naked for hours, abused and beaten like an animal.”
Abdul Kaleem wants to pursue LLB to help the poor innocents who are unable to pay fees to advocate. He also shared his meetings with Swami and said, “I was behaving as a normal Muslim and practicing what is taught to me by my mother i.e. to respect elders.” He thanked God that he was released but is worried about his elder brother who is still in jail in some other case. He demanded the government that arrest must not be allowed before investigation.
Sheikh Abdul Kaleem (with a shawl) of Hyderabad at the Mumbai rally
Maulana Abdul Hamid Azhari, president of Kul Jamati Tanzeem, Malegaon praised slain Hemant Karkare, former ATS Chief of Maharashtra, who exposed the real face of terror in India. He said, “Hemant Karkare has proved that Military camps and Ashrams are the breeding ground of Terror and not the Madarsas.”
He alleged the communal ideology of the RSS is behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi, more than 60000 riots and the demolition of Babri Masjid.
Media also played very communal role in profiling Muslims, said Rashid Azeem from MPJ. Maulana Burhanuddin Qasmi, Markazul Ma’arif stated, “When Abdul Kaleem of Hyderabad and Imam of Haj House, Mumbai were arrested then it’s a national news and when they were released no one bothered in the media to make it news. This attitude of Media must change.”
Nazar Mohammed Madu, President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Maharashtra said it’s a deadly combination of Brahmanical fascism and Zionist communalism which is not only dangerous for Muslims but for the nation. He reminded, “It’s not only Muslims but they are the first target of Brahmanism the rest, who are not Brahmin, will follow.” He cited the controversy created by these forces when Pune Municipality removed the statue of Dadoji Kondev, a Brahmin teacher of Shivaji, because majority of Marathas don’t believe so.
Corrective and immediate legal actions must be taken to get these boys released, Amjedullah Khan, Lawyer of Abdul Kalim from Hyderabad suggested to the Mumbaities.
Advocate Zubair Azmi, Urdu Markaz termed Anti-Terrorist Squad as Anti-Muslim Terrorist Squad and demanded the resignation of RR Patel, home minister of Maharashtra for his anti-Muslim behavior.
Finally the rally resolved to appeal to the Central and State Governments to put a ban on organizations like RSS, Abhinav Bharat and organizations allied to it, an impartial inquiry by NIA on the Aurangabad ammunition recovery case and Mumbai train blast i.e.7/11 blast case and Murder of Sunil Joshi. They also demanded suspension from the services and strict action against the then Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) Maharashtra chief, KP Raghuvanshi and other officers involved in wrongful prosecution and torture of the innocent youths.
The NGOs have given ultimatum to the Central and State Governments to take the corrective steps before the budget sessions of Parliament and Assemblies. Otherwise, they will gherao the assemblies and Parliament and will lie down in front of the vehicles of Ministers to press their demands.