Muslim
Organisations Demand
Judicial Enquiry
Into The Delhi Encounter Killings
By Cordination Committee Of Indian Muslims
26 September,
2008
Countercurrents.org
A rally of prominent citizens of Delhi was organized today under the auspices of the Coordination Committee of Indian Muslims today, Friday, September 26, 2008 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. The rally was attended by leaders of major Muslim organizations, leftist and secular leaders, students, youths, social activists, intellectuals and concerned citizens. They condemned all disruptive and terrorist acts committed by anyone as well as the incidents of State brutality. The rally demanded the following:
1) The Government of India should take note of the pertinent questions
raised by several citizens’ inquiry teams about the questionable
nature of the 19 September 2008 “encounter” at Batla House,
Jamia Nagar. A high level judicial time-bound enquiry should be conducted
into the whole incident to find out the truth and its findings must
be made public.
2) Without proper inquiry and tangible evidence, no person or organization should be blamed for terrorist acts.
3) All innocent persons picked up by the police in Delhi, Azamgarh, Mumbai and other places should be immediately released. No one should be arrested without substantial grounds which should be made public.
4) The heavy police deployment in Okhla since 19 September 2008 should be withdrawn forthwith in order to remove uncertainty, sense of insecurity prevailing in the area.
5) Harassment of common people in Delhi should be stopped. Landlords should not be harassed and coerced into evicting their tenants.
6) Police should desist from torture and third degree methods and should respect the guidelines of the Supreme Court in this regard.
7) Even minors are being picked up by the Police. They should be immediately released.
8) Some of the arrested students have clear evidence available of their innocence. They should be immediately released.
9) In conducting raids and detaining people for questioning, the police should take the residents associations and leading personalities of the area into confidence.
10) The media must be made to behave in a responsible, unbiased and impartial manner. The rally condemns the blatant anti-Muslim bias exhibited by a section of the media which rushes to conclusions, blows up and in effect blames the whole Muslim community and entire regions of committing/abetting terrorism.
11) The Government should respect the verdict of the Justice Geeta Mittal Tribunal and lift the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). It should note that dozens of former SIMI activists have been acquitted by courts across the country.
Mujtaba Farooq, Convenor, Coordination Committee & Secretary, Jamaat-e Islami Hind
Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, President, All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat
Ml. Abdul Hameed Nomani, Acting General Secretary, Jamiat Ulama-e Hind
Ml. Abdul Wahab Khilji, Asstt General Secretary, All India Milli Council
Ml. Mahmoodul Hasan, President, Jamiat Ahl-e Hadees, Delhi Pradesh
Dr Taslim Rahmani, President, Muslim Political Council
Ml. Zeeshan Hidayati, Chairman, Majlis-e Fikr-o Amal
Irfanullah Khan, Chairman Jamia Nagar Coordination Committee
Ml. Jalal Haidar Naqvi, Secretary, Majlis-e Ulama-e Islam
26 September 2008
