[While the Congress has been receiving a barrage of criticism over this both on the news channels as well as on social media, in all this din, one rather crucial point has been missed: whether Jahan was killed in a fake encounter has nothing to do with what the Congress did. ***Any extra-judicial killing by the police is illegal ‒ even of a person with suspected Lashkar links*** (emphasis added). Once Indian society is placed on the slippery slope of justifying one police killing, the possibilities of abuse of state power are immense. Indeed, while Pillai’s statements put Chidambaram in a spot, they also virtually confirm that Jahan was killed illegally. In an interview with Times Now, Pillai called the operation a “trap”, leading to demands by Jahan’s lawyers for the bureaucrat to be made a prosecution witness.]
http://scroll.in/article/804444/the-daily-fix-the-most-troubling-part-of-the-ishrat-case-is-easy-acceptance-of-extra-judicial-killing The most troubling part of the Ishrat case is easy acceptance of extra-judicial killing Shoaib Daniyal · Today · 09:08 am Encounter politics Two years after the United Progressive Alliance lost power in the 2014 elections, its administration ‒ specifically its Home Minister, P Chidambaram ‒ has come under intense media and political fire over the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter killing in Gujarat. Jahan, a 19-year-old student from Mumbai, was shot dead by the Ahmedabad Police in 2004. They claimed that she and three men were on a mission to kill Narendra Modi, who was Gujarat chief minister at the time. In 2009, the Ahmedabad Metropolitan court ruled that the killing of Ishrat Jahan was a fake encounter. Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah was accused in this case, and was even sent to jail for this. In 2014, however, after the BJP government was sworn in at the Centre, the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a report before a special court in Ahmedabad that it did not have prosecutable evidence against Shah. Last week, former home secretary GK Pillai hit out against his former boss Chidambaram, accusing the UPA government of changing its affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan case in order to remove references to the college student’s alleged links with the Pakistan-based terror group, the Lashkar-e-Toiba. The BJP's accusations rest on the fact that this change was done for political reasons and was driven by the Congress High Command. ***While the Congress has been receiving a barrage of criticism over this both on the news channels as well as on social media, in all this din, one rather crucial point has been missed: whether Jahan was killed in a fake encounter has nothing to do with what the Congress did. Any extra-judicial killing by the police is illegal ‒ even of a person with suspected Lashkar links. Once Indian society is on placed on the slippery slope of justifying one police killing, the possibilities of abuse of state power are immense.*** [Emphasis added.] ***Indeed, while Pillai’s statements put Chidambaram in a spot, they also virtually confirm that Jahan was killed illegally. In an interview with Times Now, Pillai called the operation a “trap”, leading to demands by Jahan’s lawyers for the bureaucrat to be made a prosecution witness.*** [Emphasis added.] (Also look up: 'GK Pillai claims intel mole lured Ishrat group to Gujarat, UPA faces heat' at: <http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/intelligence-mole-lured-ishrat-jahan-group-to-gujarat-former-union-home-secretary-g-k-pillai/>.) -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
