By TwoCircles.net newsdesk
New Delhi: Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA) will observe Sept 19th as Black Day. This is the day last year with Batla House encounter took place resulting in the death of two young Muslim students Atif and Sajid and Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma.
The daylight encounter had raised many questions and human rights organizations had raised the demand for a judicial enquiry which was rejected by the government. Even NHRC gave clean chit to Delhi Police, though activists said that its report was seriously flawed since the report was based on Delhi Police affidavit and they never talked to the witnesses.
JTSA has been leading the campaign for investigation on this incident since last year and what it calls a ‘fake encounter.’ Since the release of Tamang Report calling Ishrat Jahan encounter a fake, activists have again raised the demand for enquiry into Batla House encounter.
JTS will organize a torchlight procession in Batla House, Jamia Nagar to mark one year of the Batla House encounter and to reassert the demand for Judicial Probe. JTSA also demands speedy justice for the accused and arrested youth and “an end to communal stereotyping and Minority witch-hunting in the name of ‘war against terror’.”
JTSA also appeals to everyone who supports these demands to wear black bands on 19th September – the 1st anniversary of the Batla House ‘Encounter’. Later, please post these black bands with the words ‘Judicial Probe into Batla House Encounter Now!’ to Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi.
JTSA urged those who are not in Delhi and agree with the demands of judicial probe could show solidarity with the demands by observing 19th September as Black Day.
Appeal by JTSA
JOIN Torch Light procession in massive numbers on the eve of the
1st anniversary of the Batla House ‘Encounter’.
Re-assert the Struggle for TRUTH and JUSTICE
Assemble at Khalillulah Masjid (Jamia Nagar, New Delhi),
18th September (Friday), 6. 45 pm
JTSA also appeals to everyone to observe 19th September as BLACK DAY. Please wear black bands to protest ‘encounter killings’
For further details, contact:
Manisha Sethi (98116225577), Adeel Mehdi (9990923027), Sanghamitra Misra (9910236948), Ahmed Sohaib (9899462042), Tanweer Fazal (9968822925), Farah Farooqui (9818461817), Anwar Alam (9958993485) on behalf of Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association.