By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: On the occasion of fifth anniversary of Mecca masjid bomb blast, Muslim leaders in Hyderabad demanded speedy trial of the blast case involving saffron culprits, and closure of fabricated cases against Muslim youths. NIA should make serious endeavors to nab Ramchandran Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange, RSS activists who planted bomb in the mosque and are presently absconding. These demands were made at the lone protest meeting organized in the city by Majlis Bachaoo Tehreek (MBT) to mark five years of the agony and pain.
MBT leader Amjadullah Khan addressing the meeting held on the occasion of 5th anniversary of Mecca Masjid blast on 18th May 2012 in Hyderabad
The program was convened by MBT leader and councilor Amjedullah Khan and presided by Adam Malik, president of MBT. The program was attended by many Muslim intellectuals and political leaders, and some of the victims of
police harassment also spoke on the occasion.
Imraan Khan, Ibrahim Ali Junaid, Mohd Rayeesuddin, Abdul Raheem — Muslim youths arrested by the task force after the blast and spent nearly 2 years in jail for no fault of theirs — spoke in the protest meeting. They said the situation which they went through after the blast is going to affect their life forever. In their speeches they showed their anguish on Hyderabad police for targeting them for no fault of theirs. Those Muslim youths demanded strict action against the police officers who destroyed their life. Every one of them ending their speeches thanked Muslims of Hyderabad and Muslim leaders for supporting them when the nation declared them as terrorists.
Convener of the protest meeting Amjedullah Khan said, “government have accepted their mistake and gave halfhearted apology, but still fake cases against Muslim youths are being continued in different police stations in the name of different conspiracies. This double standard of A.P government should end, this all is happening even when there is strong Muslim leadership in Hyderabad. Police has easily targeted and arrested hundreds of Muslim youths, but doesn’t have guts to arrest the real culprits and masterminds of the blast. Swami Aseemanand in his confessional statement named top RSS functionaries like Ram Madhvan as conspirators but police have not yet even questioned them, this double standard of security agencies should end.”
President of Wahdat-e-Islami Maulana Naseeruddin, whose two sons were arrested after masjid blast and now presently are in Indore prison said, “Muslims are not terrorists, they are being terrorized, in every major bomb blast in this country including Mecca Masjid. There is a hand of RSS. Police should do its duty in impartial manner, rather than just targeting only Muslim youths.”
Aziz Pasha CPI leader and former member of Rajya Sabha while addressing the meeting said, “Even after five years of the blast the perpetrators are still absconding. If in the beginning police had taken the investigation in right direction the activists of right wing groups the real culprits could have been in jail, but police in this case from the beginning has targeted only innocent Muslim youths.”
Lateef Mohd Khan, general secretary of Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee in his speech stressed on the government to make public Advoate Ravichander report on illegal detention and police torture. He said “Even after five years government is not serious in providing justice to Muslims. If government had been serious they would have taken strict action against those police officers involved in targeting innocent Muslim youths and saving the real terrorists.”
Kodand Ram Reddy, chairman of Telanagana Political JAC also spoke on the occasion. In his speech he taunted the police for their negative and biased role in the whole episode of blast. He said, “with the actions of the police after blast like police firing on innocent people, and its subsequent blast investigation where scores of innocent Muslims were picked up it is clear that police has acted in prejudice manner. Government should take serious action against those police officials, and should take steps to punish the real culprits of the blast.”
Aamir Ali Khan, news editor of Siasat Urdu daily said, “Quran teaches Muslims to be peaceful, a true Muslim can never be a terrorist. Government and its police force has acted in biased manner and accused Muslims of something which is against the basic tenets of Islam.”
Others who also spoke on the occasion were P. Madhu, CPI(M) leader and former member of parliament, Hamed Mohd Khan, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Major Ghouse Quadri from Help Hyderabad, Mohd Iftekharuddin of Muslim Reservation Front, Mujahed Hashmi of Awami Majlis-e-Amal and others.
Friday prayers in Mecca Masjid and other mosques in the city passed off peacefully; there was heavy police force deployment in the whole city. No untoward incidents have been reported in Hyderabad.