By TCN Special Correspondent,
Azamgarh: Anger against terror arrest of Muslim youths has begun to spill over on the street though peacefully. When thousands of people were marching under the hot sun on the roads of Darbhanga district of Bihar on Wednesday, several thousand others around the same time were holding protest demonstration here in Azamgarh against the arrest of two Kashmiri students of Jamiatul Falah, a reputed madrasa.
Maulana Tahir Madani leading the protest march in Azamgarh on 30th May 2012
Hundreds of students of the madrasa — which stands out as a modern and moderate seminary whose graduates easily become part of mainstream workforce – and thousands of people, Muslims and Non-Muslims from various villages, gathered at Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Park in Bilariyaganj locality of the district, holding placards with slogans seeking release of the Kashmiri students. They were shouting slogans against the police and government.
Rashtriya Ulema Council had announced support to the demonstration. Addressing the gathering, Maulana Amir Rashadi, president of the party threatened to hold state-wide demonstration if the two Kashmiri boys are not released safely within five days.
Talking to TCN over phone, Maulana Tahir Madani, director of Jamiatul Falah, said if government did not listen to our demand, we will hold bigger demonstration. He said the students are bona fide and innocents. They were going to Delhi to meet their elder brother when on 24th May morning they were picked up from Kaifiyat Express at Aligarh Railway Station.
Maulana Amir Rashadi, Maulana Tahir Madani talking to press at demonstration site in Azamgarh on 30th May 2012
Maulana Madani said around five thousand people attended the protest demonstration. Heads of various other madrasas of the district also took part in the demonstration.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday a petition was filed with National Human Rights Commission seeking inquiry into the disappearance of the two boys.