By TwoCircles.net Staff,
Lucknow: Amidst pressure from civil society groups, the Uttar Pradesh Government today accepted the RD Nimesh Commission Report. The government will now table the report in the state Assembly, along with the action taken report, informed the UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav told media-persons.
Khalid Mujahid along with Tariq Qasmi was arrested by Special Task Force (STF) on 20 December 2007 from Barabanki. Huge explosives were also shown as recovered from his possession. STF claimed that they were Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami operatives and were involved in the serial blasts which occurred in Gorakhpur, Faizabad and Lucknow.
L-R: Hakeem Tarique Qasmi and Khalid Mujahid
However, under pressure from the families and civil society groups the then BSP government had constituted the RD Nimesh Commission to probe the allegations of falsely implicating them. After several extensions, the report was finally submitted in August 2012.
Although the government has not yet made the report public, on 18 March, 2013 Rihai Manch, Forum for the Release of Innocent Muslims imprisoned in the name of Terrorism, had leaked the report, which had raised fingers over STF’s claim about the place of arrest.
Rihai Manch is on indefinite dharna for 14 days now outside the UP Assembly demanding arrest of police officers involved in Khalid Mujahid’s murder, issuing the RD Nimesh commission report, and the immediate release of innocent Muslim youth imprisoned in the name of terrorism.
Chairman of the Rihai Manch, Mohamamd Shoaib had demanded on Monday that they have already released the Nimesh Commission report and so mere report is not sufficient and they expect from the government to also tell the public what actions they have taken on the report.
Khalid had died under mysterious circumstances on his way back from Faizabad near Ram Sanehi Ghat last Saturday. He was declared brought dead by the doctors at district hospital in Barabanki. Later, on the complain of his uncle Zahir Alam Falahi, a case was registered against 42 police officers including former DGP Vikram Singh, ADG Brijlal and others who were on duty during the time of Khalid’s arrest.