By TCN News,
New Delhi: Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) on Thursday gave Mohd. Amir Khan a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to help him rebuild his life. Acquitted of terror blasts charges earlier this year after spending 14 years in jail, 32-year-old Amir is picking pieces to start his life afresh.
Aamir Khan, who was acquitted 17 terror related cases, was honored with a cheque of Rs 5,00,000 for the rehabilitation purpose in a ceremony organized by APCR at the headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind here on 20th September. Khan received the cheque from Jamaat chief Syed Jalaluddin Umari.
L-R: Adv. ND Pancholi, JIH secretary Muhammad Ahmed, JIH chief Syed Jalaluddin Umri, Mohd. Amir Khan, APCR coordinator Akhlaque Ahmed
Mohd Aamir Khan S/O Late Mohd Hashim resident of Kishanganj Azad Market Delhi-6 was arrested by Delhi Police on 20 Feb-1998 from Azad Market and implicated in 17 cases of bomb blasts in Delhi, U.P. and Haryana. After 14 years of horrific detention he was released on 9 January 2012 as innocent. In this long period of struggle he lost his father and his mother also got paralyzed. After release he is trying to restart his life with new enthusiasm. APCR has joined his hands with this financial support in this struggle.
“With 2000 volunteers in ten States APCR is trying to strengthen Civil & Human rights making a strong network of Para legal workers and busy in Awareness Campaigns, Protests, Symposiums, Seminars, Fact Findings, Legal & Financial Aid, Legal help and Guidance, Public interest Litigations etc throughout the country since its formation in 2006.” said Akhlaq Ahmad, Coordinator, APCR).
After meeting with Mohd Amir, APCR along with some individuals helped Aamir with a sum of Rs 30,000 already but we felt that this was not enough for his family so we decided to honor this amount”, Ahmad added.
Adv N.D. Pancholi, counsel for Mohd Amir said, “There are a large number of poor families whose bread winners are in jail facing fabricated cases since a long time but nobody is supporting their families. It’s urgent need of the hour to support these families at all level.” He congratulated APCR for its effort.
Adv. Firoz Khan Ghazi narrated the whole story of the fight for the justice for Mohd Aamir in the court.
Addressing the gathering Mohd Amir thanked APCR and JIH for supporting his family and expected that the community will help all those who are suffering with the same situations.
President JIH Syed Jalaluddin Umari appreciated the efforts of APCR to protect civil rights in the country and briefed the movement of JIH against the minority witch-hunting by the state in the name of counter terrorism.