endorsed - Wilfred Dcosta, Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF) On 19 May 2013 10:08, Mahtab Alam <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Order CBI enquiry into the Custodial Killing of Khalid Mujahid* > > *Arrest the guilty Police Officers without delay* > > > > Khalid Mujahid, proclaimed by the police as one of the executors of the > serial blasts that rocked UP courts in November 2007, died in police > custody yesterday (18th May 2013). This young man, with no past medical > record, the police claim died of sudden medical complications, on his way > back to Lucknow prison, having made his appearance in court in Barabanki in > connection with the serial blasts case. In 2011, a report, *Torture in > India*, had documented how custodial killings were rampantly passed off > as sudden medical complications and natural deaths (ACHR, p. 8). > > *Foul Play Obvious:* > > - The DIG, Faizabad, Dharmendra Singh Yadav, first announced that > his death had been caused by ‘heat wave’ and then the story quickly changed > to ‘heart attack’. > > - His lawyer, Md. Shoaib, who met Khalid in the court, and in fact > was with him till 3 in the afternoon, had found him to be normal, healthy > and in high spirits. Eyewitnesses who saw the body before it was sent for > autopsy found signs of bleeding from his mouth and ear. > > - Moreover, Advocate Md. Shoaib has pointed out that whilst he was > wearing a kurta pyajama in the court appearance earlier in the day, the > dead body wore lowers and T-shirt, clearly indicating foul play. > > - Why was the inquest conducted in such a hurried manner without > the presence of Mujahid’s family and lawyer? Indeed, had it not been for > the large public mobilization, the police and local administration were > planning to conduct the autopsy quickly and secretively. > > It may be recalled that while the UP STF had claimed to have arrested > Mujahid and Qasmi from the Lucknow Charbagh railway station 22 December > 2007, the two has actually been picked up days before in full public view, > triggering fears of abduction. There had been demonstrations at the local > administration demanding for their release as well as filing of a missing > persons complaint before the sensational press conference by the STF > announcing their arrests. > > The long struggle by the democratic forces in UP against the blatant > framing of Khalid Mujahid and Tariq Qasmi in the serial court blasts case, > which led to the institution of R.D. Nimesh Commission, and the subsequent > dismissal of the police claims about the timing and place of arrest of > Mujahid and Qasmi, had made the police establishment in UP very nervous. It > was obvious that the public pressure was not simply to release the duo but > also to seek the prosecution of those policemen, then in the STF, who had > falsely framed them. > > In these circumstances the ‘heart attack’ theory looks implausible and a > brazen attempt to hide a blatant case of custodial killing. > > We reject the UP Chief Minister’s announcement of a High powered enquiry > committee packed with senior bureaucrats and high ranking UP police > officers. We demand that: > > 1) Khalid Mujahid’s death be treated as a case of custodial killing and > a case of murder be booked against those police officers escorting him; > > 2) Those policemen named in the FIR filed by Khalid Mujahid’s family in > the early hours today, should be arrested without delay > > 3) A CBI enquiry be ordered into the incident; > > 4) The post mortem report and the videography of the postmortem be made > public; > > 5) The Chief Minister should assure the safety and protection of Tariq > Qasmi and other accused in the case; > > 6) The Chief Minister should immediately order compensation to the > family of Khalid Mujahid. > > Sd/- > > Teesta Setalavad (activist, Mumbai); Shabnam Hashmi (ANHAD), Kavita > Srivastava (PUCL); Ahmed Sohaib (JTSA); Mansi Sharma (activist, Delhi); > Mahtab Alam (activist, Delhi); Manisha Sethi (JTSA) > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights 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 email to [email protected] > . > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- RESIST globalisation COMBAT communalism DEFEND democracy<http://insafindia.net> Peoples Front against IFIs call in English & Hindi<http://www.pfifi.org/2013/04/our-planet-is-not-for-sale-call-by.html> INSAF V/S FCRA <http://insafvsfcra.blogspot.in/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights 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 email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
