His uncle files FIR against erring police officials. UP Govt. seek CBI probe.
By TwoCircles.net Special Correspondent,
Lucknow: Suspicion of torture and murder of Khalid Mujahid is getting stronger with each passing hour. Eye witness claims his body had ‘torture marks’ and that perhaps he had bleeding from his ears and mouth before his death.
Khalid Mujahid who was arrested on charges of serial blasts in 2007 died while he was returning from Faizabad to Lucknow jail on Saturday. Khalid fainted on way at Barabanki, according to police. He was taken to District Hospital, Barabanki where he was declared brought dead by the doctors. Khalid was under police custody when he died.
Khalid Mujahid
Speaking to TwoCircles.net, Advocate Mohammad Shoaib, chairman of the Rihai Manch (Forum for the Release of Innocent Muslims imprisoned in the name of Terrorism), had confirmed that he, along with his lawyer Randhir Singh Suman, had met Khalid at the Faizabad court and was with him till 3.15 pm. The interesting thing they pointing to now is that he was wearing Kurta-payjama as usual in court. However, the dead body of Khalid was spotted in a tee-shirt and lower.
Jail superintendent has already gone on record, saying Khalid’s health was normal. Early statement by the UP government said that he might have died due to heat stroke.
Rajeev Yadav of Rihai Manch added that the bone of his neck appears to have been broken, and he had several other injury marks on the body.
Speaking to TCN, his uncle Zaheer Alam Falahi, who saw the dead body in the hospital, confirmed that although his nephew was quite fair, his face appeared to have turned black and that his neck was swollen as if someone twisted it.
Zahid’s uncle filed an FIR against 42 erring police officials, including former DGP Vikram Singh, IPS Manoj Kumar, Chiranjeev Lal Sinha, S. Anand as well as against the unknown Intelligence Bureau personnel, in the wee hours of the morning for conspiracy and murder.
When asked if any representative of the UP Government tried to contact the family and expressed sorrow, Falahi said that no one from the government has contacted them.
TwoCircles.net was the first to break the story of the death of Khalid Mujahid, raising doubts of extra-judicial murder.
Speaking to TCN, Rajeev Yadav of Rihai Manch reiterated the demand of CBI enquiry, persecution of erring police officials, including the escort of Khalid Mujahid, as well demanded proper compensation to the family.
L-R: Hakeem Tarique Qasmi and Khalid Mujahid
Meanwhile, on Sunday under pressure from all quarters, UP government has sought a CBI enquiry into the death of Khalid Mujahid.
Khalid 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 he was involved in the serial blasts which occurred in Gorakhpur, Faizabad and Lucknow. Later, Nimesh Commission was constituted headed by Justice R D Nimesh who in its report raised fingers over STF’s claim about the place of arrest.
Later, Samajwadi Party government headed by CM Akhilesh Yadav as per their poll promise had moved a plea to revoke the terror charges but they were turned down by local court in Barabanki. Process was however going on for withdrawing his case from other districts.