It is shocking to read in all newspapers that Dolphy DSouza, President Bombay Catholic Sabha and Fr. Cedric Prakash, s.j. are continuously stating that it is only Hindu organizations who have been attacking Christians, but in the Free Press Journal newspaper of 30th November, 2008, it states death penalty for 11 in Karnataka church blast case where, in a landmark verdict, a special court on Saturday awarded death sentence to 11 muslim criminals/activists and life imprisonment to 12 muslim criminals/activists of the banned muslim outfit Deendar Channabasaveshwara Anjuman who were convicted on November 11, 2008, in the sensational serial church blasts in 2000. These muslim criminals were also accused of involvement in similar blast cases in Andhra Pradesh and Goa.
This proves that Dolphy Dsouza, President of the Bombay catholic sabha, and Fr. Cedrick Prakash s.j. are deliberately misinforming the public in general and the Christians in particular, for their own unexplained and inexplicable personal agenda. FREE PRESS JOURNAL 30/11/2008 DEATH PENALTY FOR 11 IN KARNATAKA CHURCH BLAST CASE, BANGALORE In a landmark verdict, a special court on Saturday, awarded death sentence to 11 persons, life imprisonment to 12 and acquitted 4 others of a banned outfit in the sensational series church blasts in 2000. 34 additional city civil and session judge S.M.Shivanagoudar announced the quantum of sentence on the activists of the Deendar Channabasaveshwara Anjuman, who were convicted on November, 11, 2008. The judge had deferred the announcement of the quantum of sentence to Saturday. The serial explosion that rocked churches in J. J. Nagar, Magadi road, keshwapur, in Hubli and Wadi in Gulbarga district had created panic among people. Some of the accused were nabbed while excaping in a car after carrying out a blast in JJ Nagar Church. Their arrest unraveled the conspiracy and led to the arrest of others by Corps of detectives, which probed the case. They were also accused of involvement in similar blast cases in Andhra Pradesh and Goa. Those awarded capital punishment are:- Mohammmed Ibrahim, Shaikh Hasham Ali, Hasnuzama, Abdul Rehaman Saith, Amanath Hussein Mulla, Mohammed Sharfuddin, Sayed Muneerudin Mulla, Mohammed Akhil Ahmed, Ijahar Baigh, Sayed Abbas Ali and Mohammed Khalid choudhary. The court awarded life sentence to :- Mohammed Farook Ali, Mohammed Siddiqi, Abdul Habeeb, Shamshuzama, Shaikh Fardin Vali, Sayed Abdul Khaber, Zilani, Mohamad, Giyasuddin, Meerasab, Koujalagi, Rish Hiremath, Basheer Ahmed, Mohmad Husain, and Sangli Basha. Mohammed Riyazuddin, Mohammed Jafer, Ismail Akki and Ameer Hamza were acquitted for lack of evidence. Sincerely yours, Shanta Patil
