By TCN Staff reporter,
Patna: No sooner a person named Riyazul Sarkar was picked by Kishanganj Police on Sunday than the media flashed it as a breakthrough in the Mumbai serial blasts probe, calling Riyazul as terrorist involved in the July 13 blasts, member of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and operative of Indian Mujahideen. On Monday however, Kishanganj SP Ranjeet Kumar Mishra watered down the spirit of the media when he said no link of Riyazul has so far been established with any terror group. The police officer also snubbed the media for exaggerating the development and misleading the country.
Addressing a press conference on 18th July in Kishanganj, SP Mishra said that investigation agencies are interrogating Riyazul and truth will come out soon but whether he has any role in Mumbai serial blast or any link with any terror group has not yet been proved.
Lambasting media for making the issue sensitive unnecessarily, he said that media should not be prosecutor and judge. He also rubbished the news that the arrest was carried out under direction of Mumbai police and an NIA team is soon reaching Kishanganj to quiz Riyazul. “Mumbai Police is not in touch with us regarding Riyazul’s arrest and also NIA team is not part of the investigation in this case” said Mr. Ranjeet Mishra.
The investigation will reveal the fact about Riyazul whether he is part of the terror groups or not but the way media adopted to produce him as terrorist and spread speculation without any evidence, has once again exposed the biased face of media against Muslims. If the arrested person was a Hindu, the same media perhaps would not have dared to link him with terrorism until the probe was over.