By TCN News,
New Delhi: A high-level delegation of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind led by its national president Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari called on Union Home Minister Mr. Shushil Kumar Shinde here on Wednesday, in the evening. The delegation discussed with Mr. Shinde various issues confronting the nation, particularly the Muslim community, including illegal arrest of innocent youths in the name of terror probes.
Drawing the attention of Home Minister towards the chain of undue and illegal arrests of innocent Muslim youths, the Jamaat chief said that some Supreme Court verdicts have also underlined the fact that Muslim youths are being targeted only because they are Muslims. He added that this chain of illegal arrests has created a sense of fear and insecurity among the Muslims and strong resentment is developing against the Government, police and secret agencies.
The Jamaat chief also made it clear to the Home Minister that due to this resentment the ruling party will have to pay a heavy cost in times to come.
Other issues that surfaced during the discussion included recent Assam violence, communal riots in Uttar Pradesh, and Anti-Violence Bill.
The Jamaat leader requested the home minister to direct the police and other government agencies to keep in view the Apex Court guidelines before and during detention of a citizen, to desist from issuing irresponsible statements on arrests, and to contain communal violence instead of being mere spectators. He also demanded strict legal action against the police officers who are proved to have implicated innocents; grant of proper compensation to those who have been acquitted by courts of law and also to those who have suffered loss of lives and properties during communal riots.
The Jamaat delegation also demanded proper arrangements to rehabilitate the displaced Assamese in their own places; reissuance of necessary documents to those whose houses and ID cards as well as documents related to properties were burnt during the Assam violence; taking measures to ensure that communal violence does not recur in the country; and passage of the Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill.
“The Home Minister listened to all these concerns with rapt attention and ensured the delegation to ask the concerned authorities to take action and change the situation for the better,” said Ejaz Aslam, Media Secretary, JIH.
Other members of the delegation were Jamaat’s Secretaries Er. Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Ahmad and Muhammad Shafi Madni,