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*Indian security forces’ response to Kashmiri stone-throwers had been more
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‘Had it been live ammunition, I wouldn’t be alive. I wish it was’
*Muzamil Jaleel <http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/muzamiljaleel/> *
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Maharaja Pratap Singh Hospital <javascript:keySub(’ Shri Maharaja Pratap
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*Posted: Fri Aug 13 2010, 02:56 hrs **Srinagar: *
*The lights are dim in this ward. A group of men sit around a young man who
is lying on a steel bed, holding a white handkerchief over his eyes. “I am
scared to sleep. I can feel the pain even in my nightmares,” he says. “They
gave me an injection and I fell unconscious. When I woke up, I thought I was
home and all was well. Then I tried to open my eyes and realised that I
can’t see,” he says and takes off the blindfold. “My world is dark now,” he
weeps. *
*At the Shri Maharaja Pratap Singh Hospital (SMSH) the wards are full of
injured boys battling for their lives. In Ward No. 8, Mohammad Sayeed Bhat
(20) is one of the young men who were allegedly hit in the eye by rubber
bullets fired by security personnel. *
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*Ophthalmologists say there are many patients who seem to have been hit by
stones — under attack from stonepelters, the CRPF has been using slingshots
to hit back. *
*A science graduate, Bhat had recently started working at a cousin’s
pharmaceutical company in Sopore, where he lives in the Tawheed Bagh area.
There is a swollen lump of flesh covering his right eye.The trauma has been
so severe that the vision in his left eye is blurred too. * **
*“There were protests in our neighbourhood… I wanted to cross the lane to
go to my uncle’s place. As I was trying to see whether the security
personnel were still there, something very hot pierced my eye. I can’t
describe the pain,” he says, as his father, Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, looks on
with **moist eyes. * **
*Bhat knows doctors will not be able to restore his vision. “It was a rubber
bullet. Had it been live ammunition, I wouldn’t be alive. I wish it was. The
pain drives me mad,” he says. “But when the pain subsides I thank God that I
**am alive.” * **
*“(Chief Minister) Omar Abdullah says it’s a problem of unemployment. Look
at me. I had a job and still I was protesting. I will not stop. They will
have to kill all of us to have permanent silence in Kashmir,” he says. * **
*On the next bed is Abdul Qayoom Dar (20), who lost his right eye to a
rubber bullet. “I was part of a protest march on August 2. We were heading
for Eidgah when the securitymen stopped us at Chattabal. We were shouting
slogans when they suddenly opened fire. I fell down and then it was all dark
around me,” he recalls. * **
*The son of a mason, Dar used to weave Pashmina shawls for a living and has
two brothers and two sisters. “The doctor has * **
*told me that I will be able to see again,” he says. * **
*Incidentally, his diagnosis says he was injured by a stone. “The doctors
said otherwise it will become a police case, and I don’t want to go to the
police station,” Dar says. * **
*The head of the Ophthalmology Department at SMSH, Dr Manzoor Keng, says:
“We have seen a sudden spurt in eye injuries. Most of the patients have lost
their eyes. We have nine faculty members, four registrars and 16 specialists
in our department, and we have been very busy these days,” he says. * **
*A senior ophthalmologist says many patients don’t want to be admitted in
hospital because of fear of the police. “At least 40 cases have come to the
OPD… Last week we operated upon nine patients. All of them were boys aged
between 15 and 22,” he says. * **
*While 16-year-old Mohsin had a dislocated lens with vitreous haemorrhage,
18-year-old Feroz Ahmad of Pulwama had closed globe injury with subluxated
lens, Mohammad Siddiq Najar of Sekidaffar and Mohammad Younis Sheikh of
Rajouri Kadal have corneoscleral tear. Tanvir from Haiderpora (Srinagar) and
Javaid Ahmad of Pattan were hit by stones through slingshots. * **
*There are some who were just caught in the crossfire. Mohammad Hussain of
Kargil, for instance, had come to Srinagar on some work. He was caught in
the middle of protesters and securitymen and was hit by a stone in his eye.
“He has vitreous haemorrhage. By the time he came to the hospital, he had
lost sight in one eye,” the doctor says. * **
*The story of Nissar Ahmad, a truck driver from Banihal, is similar. He was
caught in stone throwing at Bijbehara. “The stones hit the windscreen and
shards of the glass injured his eyes. When he came to us, he had right
corneal tear and left vitreous haemorrhage. We tried to save his eyes but
failed. He is almost blind now.” Similarly, Tulsi, a labourer in Lasjan, was
hit by a stone, shattering her eyeball. She has lost one eye. * **
*CRPF spokesperson Prabhakar Tripathi says CRPF men too have been injured in
stone-throwing. “In the past two months, 400 of our men have been injured.
We are trying our best to show restraint,” he says, adding that the CRPF has
not authorised the use of slingshots to confront stone throwers. However,
sources say, slingshots and marbles are sometimes used by CRPF men as one of
the options to chase away mobs when the protests are intense. * **
*Tripathi adds that they have shown a lot of restraint and fired only in
self-defence. “There are instances where we have acted against our officers
and jawans for opening unwarranted fire. In Khaigam, we initiated action
against an officer and a jawan. We work together with the police. They open
fire and then ask us to open fire. Legally, we don’t need permission to open
fire or fire tear smoke shell. Our jawan is not here to die. He is here to
earn a living. People ask us to leave. How can we do that? We are here to
strengthen the police,” he says.*
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*Mr. Nabi was the 50th person to die in Kashmir’s bloody summer of rage. He
had been shot in the head, his family and witnesses said, during a protest
against **India*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritor…>
*’s military presence in this disputed province. *
*For decades, India maintained hundreds of thousands of security forces in
Kashmir to fight an insurgency sponsored by
**Pakistan*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritor…>
*, which claims this border region, too. The insurgency has been largely
vanquished. But those Indian forces are still here, and today they face a
threat potentially more dangerous to the world’s largest democracy: an
intifada-like popular revolt against the Indian military presence that
includes not just stone-throwing young men but their sisters, mothers,
uncles and grandparents. *
*The protests, which have erupted for a third straight summer, have led
India to one of its most serious internal crises in recent memory. Not just
because of their ferocity and persistence, but because they signal the
failure of decades of efforts to win the assent of Kashmiris using just
about any tool available: money, elections and overwhelming force. *
*“We need a complete revisit of what our policies in Kashmir have been,”
said Amitabh Mattoo, a professor of strategic affairs at Jawaharlal Nehru
University in New Delhi and a Kashmiri Hindu. “It is not about money — you
have spent huge amounts of money. It is not about fair elections. It is
about reaching out to a generation of Kashmiris who think India is a huge
monster represented by bunkers and security forces.” *
*Indeed, Kashmir’s demand for self-determination is sharper today than it
has been at perhaps any other time in the region’s troubled history. It
comes as — and in part because — diplomatic efforts remain frozen to resolve
the dispute created more than 60 years ago with the partition of mostly
Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. Today each nation controls part of Kashmir,
whose population is mostly Muslim. *
*Secret negotiations in 2007, which came close to creating an autonomous
region shared by the two countries, foundered as **Pervez
Musharraf*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/pervez_m…>
*, then Pakistan’s president, lost his grip on power. The terrorist attacks
in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, by Pakistani militants in 2008
derailed any hope for further talks. *
*Not least, India has consistently rebuffed any attempt at outside mediation
or diplomatic entreaties, including efforts by the United States. The
intransigence has left Kashmiris empty-handed and American officials with
little to offer Pakistan on its central preoccupation — India and Kashmir —
as they struggle to encourage Pakistan’s help in cracking down on the **
Taliban*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/t…>
* and other militants in the country. *
*With no apparent avenue to progress, many Kashmiris are despairing that
their struggle is taking place in a vacuum, and they are taking matters into
their own hands. *
*“What we are seeing today is the complete rebound effect of 20 years of
oppression,” said Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chief cleric at Srinagar’s main
mosque and a moderate separatist leader. Kashmiris, he said, are “angry,
humiliated and willing to face death.” *
*This summer there have been nearly 900 clashes between protesters and
security forces, which have left more than 50 civilians dead, most of them
from gunshot wounds. While more than 1,200 soldiers have been wounded by
rock-throwing crowds, not one has been killed in the unrest, leading to
questions about why Indian security forces are using deadly force against
unarmed civilians — and why there is so little international outcry. *
*“The world is silent when Kashmiris die in the streets,” said Altaf Ahmed,
a 31-year-old schoolteacher. *
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HuJI ban takes no note of ‘Hindu terror’ role
NEW DELHI: Contrary to Centre’s growing estimate that alleged Hindu extremists carried out the May 2007 Mecca Mosque blast in Hyderabad, the United States and the United Nations have held the Pakistan-based Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI) responsible for it. The UN has, in fact, termed the blast a joint operation of HuJI and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and listed a number of other terror attacks in India in which these outfits were involved.
HuJI’s role in the Mecca Mosque blast was highlighted both by the US and the UN while banning the outfit as a `terrorist organisation’ and designating its top commander Ilyas Kashmiri as a `global terrorist’ having links with al-Qaeda on Friday. Kashmiri had recently been indicted in the US for providing material support to Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley.
India had also suspected HuJI’s involvement in the Mecca Masjid blasts before stumbling upon evidence linking the terror act to the group aligned with Abhinav Bharat who are suspect in two other attacks on Muslim targets — the blast at a mosque in Malegaon and at the Ajmer Shrine. It is possible that the UN and US authorities did not check with India for fresh updates on investigation into the crimes, going along with the initial line of Indian investigators.
Their "finding" may trigger a controversy because investigators have uncovered more evidence linking the
Mecca Masjid blast which killed 16 people and injured 40 to Hindu extremists.
The US has pointed out that HuJI — which has been operating in India and
Pakistan — had carried out this terror attack besides several others including the one in Varanasi in March 2007.
Justifying its determination, the US department of state in its statement said: "These actions were taken in consultation with the department of the treasury and the department of justice…. These actions will give US law enforcement additional tools needed to restrict the flow of resources to both HuJI and Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri."
The same day, the UN too imposed sanctions on both HuJI and its commander Ilyas Kashmiri, subjecting both the entity and the individual to "the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo". The world body has also listed a number of terror attacks which were carried out by HuJI. Besides the Mecca Masjid blast, these include the twin explosions in Hyderabad in August 2007 and suicide bombing of the US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2006 among others.
Though India had banned the outfit long ago, the UN’s decision may have its implications in Pakistan as all members of the world body would now be required to implement "asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo" against HuJI and Kashmiri.
Although the American decision gave credence to what Indian investigators had initially suspected on the basis of preliminary findings in the Mecca Masjid blast, it contradicted the recent probe suspecting links of perpetrators of this blast with those of the Malegaon (September 2006), Samjhauta Express (February 2007 in Haryana), and the Ajmer Sharif dargah (October 2007) blasts. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was recently handed over the probe of the Samjhauta blast case. The investigation will also look into whether all these blasts were actually carried out by Hindu terror outfit Abhinav Bharat or some other Hindu extremists groups.
Though the initial probe had hinted at involvement of Hindu extremist group in the Samjhauta blast, the twist came when the US last year named one Arif Qasmani of
Karachi as being involved in the Mumbai suburban train blasts of July 2006 and in the Samjhauta Express blast. The NIA will now have to find out the truth.
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‘The Left is playing the Hindutva card against us’
The Kerala CM has accused Popular Front of India leader Nasarudeen Elamaram of Islamising the state. SHAHINA KK grills the PFI boss on the controversy
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Your response to Chief Minister Achuthanandan’s claim that PFI’s agenda is to turn Kerala into a Muslim majority state?
There is a clear shift in the Left’s politics. They are now playing the Hindutva card. They know that minority communities are shifting away from them. The parting with the Kerala Congress and the growing displeasure within the Church has already eroded their hold in the Christian belt. The Indian National League is on the verge of parting with the Left. Abdul Nasar Madani is soon to be arrested. That’s why the CPM is banking on Hindu votes. It explains the targeting of the PFI.
The PFI’S involvement in the chopping of the professor’s hand is becoming clearer. What’s your defence?
We are waiting for the investigation to be over. PFI holds the view that it was an emotional reaction by a group. We never support such brutal acts of violence and strongly condemn this act. At the same time, one should understand the circumstances that lead to such unfortunate incidents. The anti-Muslim sentiment is growing in Kerala. The banning of head scarves in schools, the book on Prophet Mohammed, the police firing in Cheriyathura in Thiruvanathapuram (in which six Muslim fishermen were killed), are indicators of this growing trend of intolerance. I repeat, I am not justifying the brutal action of hand-chopping. I want you to see the other side of the story..
Has any action been taken against PFI members allegedly involved in the incident?
Have they been expelled? It is true the police have taken several PFI activists and sympathisers into custody. We cannot take action against all of them. Besides, we assume Central intelligence has some vested interest in the moves against PFI. The Intelligence Bureau is consistently involved in widening the divide between Muslim groups, and it is trying to inject pseudo-spiritualist and fundamentalist ideas into the community.
What about the inflammatory CDs, leaflets and books seized by the police from your offices?
PFI has published 45 books. All of them are available in the market. You can’t find a single line in any of them that flares up communal divide, or anti-national sentiments. We have documented public programmes and the annual freedom parade conducted by PFI. The CDs also contain documentaries on the Gujarat genocide. Media reports of police having seized CDs of Taliban violence are rumours. We don’t have any such CDs. None of the PFI leaders have been booked under 153A for inflammatory speech, since the organisation’s birth. When six Muslims died in police firing in Cheriyathura last year, there was high tolerance from Muslims on display. PFI played a crucial role in ensuring peace in the area.
What is the PFI’S source of funds?
Nobody asks any other party, including the CPM and Congress, about their source of money. Anyway, we have nothing to hide in this regard. We present the budget and organisational report in the general council meeting, once in a couple of years. The intelligence wing collects these reports regularly. They also monitor the bank deals of the organisation. They take the monthly statement from our bank and we don’t oppose that. As a policy, the PFI does not take foreign funds. We also strongly discourage members from being carriers of hawala money, which is common in Malabar. We have monthly levy system for members. I pay Rs 70 every month. We have almost 30,000 members.
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*The bleeding Kashmir*
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
By Alam Rind
It was the charisma of Bulbul Shah, a Sufi Saint, that persuaded King
Rinchan from Ladakh to embrace Islam. That laid the foundation of Sufiana
Islamic culture where Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists co-existed in perfect
harmony. In 1339, the foundation of Shah Miri dynasty was laid by
Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir. Muslims ruled the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
for about four hundred years. In 1819, Gulab Singh operating under the
auspices of Ranjit Singh annexed Kashmir valley to the Sikh rule and the
Muslims were deprived of their independence. As the history unfolded, the
valley was sold to Gulab Singh by British Raj for Rs 75 lacs. Last of their
ruler, Hari Singh, ascended to the throne of Kashmir in 1925. He unleashed
an unprecedented rain of terror against Muslims. During his rule, life was
made miserable for Muslims through heavy taxes, bonded labor and capital
punishment for even slaughtering a cow. In 1931, consequent to the trial of
Abdul Qadeer at Central Jail, Srinagar, there was widespared unrest and to
subjugate Kashmir’s Dogra army ransacked and destroyed villages of Jandial,
Makila and Dan with their inhabitants burnt alive. In fact, the Kashmiris
had started enduring hardship far before partition of India.
Kashmiris have suffered hardships since 17th Century but the tyranny that
has been unleashed by so called secular government of India since its
partition knows no parallel. According to recent Human Rights report,
between 1989 and mid 2010, the Indian Army and paramilitary forces have
killed 93,274 innocent Kashmiris.
There have been 117,345 arrests and 6,969 custodial killings. Reportedly,
22,728 women have been widowed and 107,351 children rendered orphan. As if
it wasn’t enough, 105,861 houses were razed to ground. Crimes against women
included 9,920 gang rapes.
All this exposes the degree of human rights violation that has been
committed by Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir.
It was India which took the Kashmir problem to the UN Security Council. The
47th (1948) Resolution of 21 April 1948 of UN Security Council noted it with
satisfaction, “That both India and Pakistan desire that the question of the
accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan should be decided
through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.” But India
never allowed this plebiscite to be held. Rather their effort all along has
been to crush the freedom struggle of the people of Kashmir to the extent
that they stop demanding independence.
To realize this dream, they enacted draconian laws like Prevention of
Terrorism Act (POTA), Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act 1990 (TADA)
and Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1990 (AFSPA) that gave right to Indian
security forces to kill anyone in the name of combating terrorism and get
away with it.
Lt Gen B. S. Jaswal, GOC-in-Chief of Indian Army Northern Command has
described AFSPA as a holy book for security forces. For the reason that it
provides immunity to the troops for their atrocities against Kashmiriis.
It was the existence of these black laws that Indian troops opened fire and
killed two Kashmiri youth those who had reported to a Military Medical
Center to seek a job that was advertised by a local military command. The
incident has triggered the recent unrest and agitations in the held Kashmir.
It was like scratching the wounds of Kashmiriis. The pain that resides deep
in their soles erupted in the form of protest and soon it engulfed the
entire Kashmir. Police handed over the situation to the military and curfew
was imposed in Srinagar, Sopore, Baramulla, Kupwara, Handwara, Islamabad,
Koimoh, Pulwama and Kakpora towns.
As is evident from the remarks of GOC-in-Chief of Indian Army Northern
Command the incident will be brushed aside as an encounter with possible
terrorists. The story of fake encounters is not new to the Kashmiriis.
Thousands of Kashmiri men have been killed in such cold blooded manner.
The trauma caused to Kashmiri women due to forced disappearances or killing
of their loved one is simply indescribable. How words can carry the burden
of expressing the grief of a mother who has lost her son or a wife who has
lost her husband or a child who has lost her father. The spite caused by
such acts persists till the atrocities are avenged.
India’s unreasonable attitude and inept handling of Kashmir is one of the
major impediments in its resolution. Her disregard for UN resolutions and
stationing of 700,000 troops in the valley speaks of her unwillingness to
heed to the demands of the people of Kashmir.
That is one of the major reasons that whenever the dialogue process between
Pakistan and India starts and there is a possibility of some headway, the
same is torpedoed by someone from within Indian establishment as was done at
Agra and during the recent foreign minister level dialogue at Islamabad. It
is a positive development that Indian foreign minister has accepted the
ineptness of the statement made by Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai on the
eve of his visit to Pakistan. One only hopes that the next round of talks
scheduled at Delhi proves helpful in bridging the gap between the two
countries for the betterment of Kashmiriis and the people of the region of
which most live below poverty line.
*****
IB has role in growing subversive activities: Popular Front of India
Submitted by admin4 on 30 July 2010 - 12:34pm.
By TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Intelligence Bureau has a decisive role in growing subversive activities in the country, reportedly accused the Popular Front of India. The organisation’s state president Nasarudheen Elamaram and general secretary Abdul Hameed made the accusation in a press conference.
The leaders accused that there was evidence for the role of the IB in incidents including the Marad clashes, according to reports. The IB is trying to bring up certain sections in the Muslim community. Attacks increased after the country established diplomatic relations with Israel. The IB is behind propagating mean publications also. The media and politicians are just repeating what the IB is chanting.
They said that the leaflets and others caught from the houses of PFI activists were not published by the organisation. The organisation does not have any connection with them also. The PFI has condemned the attack on the professor in Muvattupuzha. They added it was only a local incident. Weapons began to be caught from PFI offices after CPI (M) state general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said that the NDF should be kept away from Muslims. This was a drama of the police, they accused.
The statement of the Chief Minister about the PFI is wrong and not suitable for his position, the leaders said. The CM should be ready to reveal from which document of the PFI he got those information. If not, he should resign. All parties use to approach the organisation at the time of elections, they added. CDs and leaflets published by the sate PFI were distributed in the press conference held in the Press Club.
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Encounter Vaqar Fails Terror Plea of Police Exposed
[Bismillahnews-15-07-10] The puzzle of disappearance of three Muslim youths including a Doctor from hyderabad has taken a new turn with hyderabad based Urdu Daily "Etemaad" breaking the News in todays edition [15-07-10] that the attempt to encounter these muslim youths alongwith Vaqar an alleged terror suspect, has been derailed because of the refusal by the state government to do so.[ Viqar confesses killing cop in Ahmedabad]They said Muslims are involved in Macca Masjid blast. The court acquitted all of them and now the real culprits, the Hindu terrorists, have been caught. Hyderabad police should show some concrete proof rather than the confession taken under force and torture.Only a fortnight back the The Times of India had reported ‘Muslims targeted using terror as excuse’ . The Indian government is using counter-terrorism measures to arbitrarily detain large numbers of Muslims, said the news report slamming India’s record of protecting minority rights. No action is being taken against officials who sanction such detentions, even when they are proved illegal, say the authors of the report. The South Asia chapter of the 2010 State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous People, brought out by the London-based Minority Rights Group (MRG) International, was released in the capital on Thursday[1st July 2010].The police failed to execute its plan to encounter Vaqar and three other muslims including the Doctor as our sources tell us mainly because of timely Intervention of Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi M.P.,President of AIMIM and some top grade active journalism by Urdu Daily Etemaad,our hearty congratulations.[ www.etemaaddaily.com ].
Sohail Siddiqui ,Chief Editor & CEO www.bismillahnews.in
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Intelligence sleuths pick up three Ahle Hadees Muslims including a doctor; cops feign ignorance’ *
HYDERABAD:[13-07-10] In a kidnapping like incident, intelligence sleuths have picked up three persons, including a doctor from Musheerabad on Sunday. And even after 48 hours, the family members have not been informed about their whereabouts and the city cops still maintain ignorance over the incident.
According to sources, at about 10.30 am on Sunday, six police personnel in mufti went to the small clinic run by homeopath Mohammed Haneef at Kaladhar Nagar in Musheerabad, covered his face with a black mask and bundled him into a Toyota Qualis and sped away.
An old woman sitting in the clinic raised an alarm thinking the doctor was being kidnapped by hoodlums.
According to sources, Haneef’s wife Ishrat Bano on knowing about the incident sought the help of the doctor’s friend Riyaz Khan of Zeba Bagh, who runs a shoe shop in Nacharam.
Khan in turn called another common friend Mohammed Sayeed and the two went to consult an advocate to help Haneef. However, after some time, Sayeed’s wife, received an SMS from him saying that he and Riyaz were arrested by the police.
"After the SMS, the cellphones of the trio remained switched off," family members said.When contacted, city police denied knowledge of any such development. Musheerabad inspector P Venkata Ramana said that they have not received any missing complaint related to any Dr Haneef and police have not arrested any person.
However, Ishrat Bano’s family members said that they have lodged a complaint with the Musheerabad police station. Senior police officers have also denied knowledge of any arrest of Haneef and others. According to sources, the Counter Intelligence Cell might have taken custody of the three persons on some tip off.
There are reports that they could be linked to the killing of two police constables in the last two years or some other terror related incidents. They also said that the suspects could be produced before the court in a day or two.
The same sources said that Haneef, who is from Ahmedabad, married Ishrat Bano in 1999 and settled down in Hyderabad. He has two children. Haneef belongs to the Ahle Hadees sect of Sunni Muslims and so are his two friends. The police are wary of the people who are followers of Ahle Hadees since some of them had role in violence in other cities, they said.
Intelligence sleuths pick up three Ahle Hadees Muslims including a doctor; cops feign ignorance’
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By Alam Rind
*Indian security forces’ response to Kashmiri stone-throwers had been more
brutal and lethal than that of Israelis to Palestinians*
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*Posted: Fri Aug 13 2010, 02:56 hrs **Srinagar: *
*The lights are dim in this ward. A group of men sit around a young man who
is lying on a steel bed, holding a white handkerchief over his eyes. “I am
scared to sleep. I can feel the pain even in my nightmares,” he says. “They
gave me an injection and I fell unconscious. When I woke up, I thought I was
home and all was well. Then I tried to open my eyes and realised that I
can’t see,” he says and takes off the blindfold. “My world is dark now,” he
weeps. *
*At the Shri Maharaja Pratap Singh Hospital (SMSH) the wards are full of
injured boys battling for their lives. In Ward No. 8, Mohammad Sayeed Bhat
(20) is one of the young men who were allegedly hit in the eye by rubber
bullets fired by security personnel. *
**
*Ophthalmologists say there are many patients who seem to have been hit by
stones — under attack from stonepelters, the CRPF has been using slingshots
to hit back. *
*A science graduate, Bhat had recently started working at a cousin’s
pharmaceutical company in Sopore, where he lives in the Tawheed Bagh area.
There is a swollen lump of flesh covering his right eye.The trauma has been
so severe that the vision in his left eye is blurred too. * **
*“There were protests in our neighbourhood… I wanted to cross the lane to
go to my uncle’s place. As I was trying to see whether the security
personnel were still there, something very hot pierced my eye. I can’t
describe the pain,” he says, as his father, Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, looks on
with **moist eyes. * **
*Bhat knows doctors will not be able to restore his vision. “It was a rubber
bullet. Had it been live ammunition, I wouldn’t be alive. I wish it was. The
pain drives me mad,” he says. “But when the pain subsides I thank God that I
**am alive.” * **
*“(Chief Minister) Omar Abdullah says it’s a problem of unemployment. Look
at me. I had a job and still I was protesting. I will not stop. They will
have to kill all of us to have permanent silence in Kashmir,” he says. * **
*On the next bed is Abdul Qayoom Dar (20), who lost his right eye to a
rubber bullet. “I was part of a protest march on August 2. We were heading
for Eidgah when the securitymen stopped us at Chattabal. We were shouting
slogans when they suddenly opened fire. I fell down and then it was all dark
around me,” he recalls. * **
*The son of a mason, Dar used to weave Pashmina shawls for a living and has
two brothers and two sisters. “The doctor has * **
*told me that I will be able to see again,” he says. * **
*Incidentally, his diagnosis says he was injured by a stone. “The doctors
said otherwise it will become a police case, and I don’t want to go to the
police station,” Dar says. * **
*The head of the Ophthalmology Department at SMSH, Dr Manzoor Keng, says:
“We have seen a sudden spurt in eye injuries. Most of the patients have lost
their eyes. We have nine faculty members, four registrars and 16 specialists
in our department, and we have been very busy these days,” he says. * **
*A senior ophthalmologist says many patients don’t want to be admitted in
hospital because of fear of the police. “At least 40 cases have come to the
OPD… Last week we operated upon nine patients. All of them were boys aged
between 15 and 22,” he says. * **
*While 16-year-old Mohsin had a dislocated lens with vitreous haemorrhage,
18-year-old Feroz Ahmad of Pulwama had closed globe injury with subluxated
lens, Mohammad Siddiq Najar of Sekidaffar and Mohammad Younis Sheikh of
Rajouri Kadal have corneoscleral tear. Tanvir from Haiderpora (Srinagar) and
Javaid Ahmad of Pattan were hit by stones through slingshots. * **
*There are some who were just caught in the crossfire. Mohammad Hussain of
Kargil, for instance, had come to Srinagar on some work. He was caught in
the middle of protesters and securitymen and was hit by a stone in his eye.
“He has vitreous haemorrhage. By the time he came to the hospital, he had
lost sight in one eye,” the doctor says. * **
*The story of Nissar Ahmad, a truck driver from Banihal, is similar. He was
caught in stone throwing at Bijbehara. “The stones hit the windscreen and
shards of the glass injured his eyes. When he came to us, he had right
corneal tear and left vitreous haemorrhage. We tried to save his eyes but
failed. He is almost blind now.” Similarly, Tulsi, a labourer in Lasjan, was
hit by a stone, shattering her eyeball. She has lost one eye. * **
*CRPF spokesperson Prabhakar Tripathi says CRPF men too have been injured in
stone-throwing. “In the past two months, 400 of our men have been injured.
We are trying our best to show restraint,” he says, adding that the CRPF has
not authorised the use of slingshots to confront stone throwers. However,
sources say, slingshots and marbles are sometimes used by CRPF men as one of
the options to chase away mobs when the protests are intense. * **
*Tripathi adds that they have shown a lot of restraint and fired only in
self-defence. “There are instances where we have acted against our officers
and jawans for opening unwarranted fire. In Khaigam, we initiated action
against an officer and a jawan. We work together with the police. They open
fire and then ask us to open fire. Legally, we don’t need permission to open
fire or fire tear smoke shell. Our jawan is not here to die. He is here to
earn a living. People ask us to leave. How can we do that? We are here to
strengthen the police,” he says.*
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*Mr. Nabi was the 50th person to die in Kashmir’s bloody summer of rage. He
had been shot in the head, his family and witnesses said, during a protest
against **India*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritor…>
*’s military presence in this disputed province. *
*For decades, India maintained hundreds of thousands of security forces in
Kashmir to fight an insurgency sponsored by
**Pakistan*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritor…>
*, which claims this border region, too. The insurgency has been largely
vanquished. But those Indian forces are still here, and today they face a
threat potentially more dangerous to the world’s largest democracy: an
intifada-like popular revolt against the Indian military presence that
includes not just stone-throwing young men but their sisters, mothers,
uncles and grandparents. *
*The protests, which have erupted for a third straight summer, have led
India to one of its most serious internal crises in recent memory. Not just
because of their ferocity and persistence, but because they signal the
failure of decades of efforts to win the assent of Kashmiris using just
about any tool available: money, elections and overwhelming force. *
*“We need a complete revisit of what our policies in Kashmir have been,”
said Amitabh Mattoo, a professor of strategic affairs at Jawaharlal Nehru
University in New Delhi and a Kashmiri Hindu. “It is not about money — you
have spent huge amounts of money. It is not about fair elections. It is
about reaching out to a generation of Kashmiris who think India is a huge
monster represented by bunkers and security forces.” *
*Indeed, Kashmir’s demand for self-determination is sharper today than it
has been at perhaps any other time in the region’s troubled history. It
comes as — and in part because — diplomatic efforts remain frozen to resolve
the dispute created more than 60 years ago with the partition of mostly
Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. Today each nation controls part of Kashmir,
whose population is mostly Muslim. *
*Secret negotiations in 2007, which came close to creating an autonomous
region shared by the two countries, foundered as **Pervez
Musharraf*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/pervez_m…>
*, then Pakistan’s president, lost his grip on power. The terrorist attacks
in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, by Pakistani militants in 2008
derailed any hope for further talks. *
*Not least, India has consistently rebuffed any attempt at outside mediation
or diplomatic entreaties, including efforts by the United States. The
intransigence has left Kashmiris empty-handed and American officials with
little to offer Pakistan on its central preoccupation — India and Kashmir —
as they struggle to encourage Pakistan’s help in cracking down on the **
Taliban*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/t…>
* and other militants in the country. *
*With no apparent avenue to progress, many Kashmiris are despairing that
their struggle is taking place in a vacuum, and they are taking matters into
their own hands. *
*“What we are seeing today is the complete rebound effect of 20 years of
oppression,” said Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chief cleric at Srinagar’s main
mosque and a moderate separatist leader. Kashmiris, he said, are “angry,
humiliated and willing to face death.” *
*This summer there have been nearly 900 clashes between protesters and
security forces, which have left more than 50 civilians dead, most of them
from gunshot wounds. While more than 1,200 soldiers have been wounded by
rock-throwing crowds, not one has been killed in the unrest, leading to
questions about why Indian security forces are using deadly force against
unarmed civilians — and why there is so little international outcry. *
*“The world is silent when Kashmiris die in the streets,” said Altaf Ahmed,
a 31-year-old schoolteacher. *
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HuJI ban takes no note of ‘Hindu terror’ role
NEW DELHI: Contrary to Centre’s growing estimate that alleged Hindu extremists carried out the May 2007 Mecca Mosque blast in Hyderabad, the United States and the United Nations have held the Pakistan-based Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI) responsible for it. The UN has, in fact, termed the blast a joint operation of HuJI and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and listed a number of other terror attacks in India in which these outfits were involved.
HuJI’s role in the Mecca Mosque blast was highlighted both by the US and the UN while banning the outfit as a `terrorist organisation’ and designating its top commander Ilyas Kashmiri as a `global terrorist’ having links with al-Qaeda on Friday. Kashmiri had recently been indicted in the US for providing material support to Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley.
India had also suspected HuJI’s involvement in the Mecca Masjid blasts before stumbling upon evidence linking the terror act to the group aligned with Abhinav Bharat who are suspect in two other attacks on Muslim targets — the blast at a mosque in Malegaon and at the Ajmer Shrine. It is possible that the UN and US authorities did not check with India for fresh updates on investigation into the crimes, going along with the initial line of Indian investigators.
Their "finding" may trigger a controversy because investigators have uncovered more evidence linking the
Mecca Masjid blast which killed 16 people and injured 40 to Hindu extremists.
The US has pointed out that HuJI — which has been operating in India and
Pakistan — had carried out this terror attack besides several others including the one in Varanasi in March 2007.
Justifying its determination, the US department of state in its statement said: "These actions were taken in consultation with the department of the treasury and the department of justice…. These actions will give US law enforcement additional tools needed to restrict the flow of resources to both HuJI and Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri."
The same day, the UN too imposed sanctions on both HuJI and its commander Ilyas Kashmiri, subjecting both the entity and the individual to "the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo". The world body has also listed a number of terror attacks which were carried out by HuJI. Besides the Mecca Masjid blast, these include the twin explosions in Hyderabad in August 2007 and suicide bombing of the US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2006 among others.
Though India had banned the outfit long ago, the UN’s decision may have its implications in Pakistan as all members of the world body would now be required to implement "asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo" against HuJI and Kashmiri.
Although the American decision gave credence to what Indian investigators had initially suspected on the basis of preliminary findings in the Mecca Masjid blast, it contradicted the recent probe suspecting links of perpetrators of this blast with those of the Malegaon (September 2006), Samjhauta Express (February 2007 in Haryana), and the Ajmer Sharif dargah (October 2007) blasts. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was recently handed over the probe of the Samjhauta blast case. The investigation will also look into whether all these blasts were actually carried out by Hindu terror outfit Abhinav Bharat or some other Hindu extremists groups.
Though the initial probe had hinted at involvement of Hindu extremist group in the Samjhauta blast, the twist came when the US last year named one Arif Qasmani of
Karachi as being involved in the Mumbai suburban train blasts of July 2006 and in the Samjhauta Express blast. The NIA will now have to find out the truth.
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‘The Left is playing the Hindutva card against us’
The Kerala CM has accused Popular Front of India leader Nasarudeen Elamaram of Islamising the state. SHAHINA KK grills the PFI boss on the controversy
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main46.asp?filename=Ne070810incoldblood.asp
Your response to Chief Minister Achuthanandan’s claim that PFI’s agenda is to turn Kerala into a Muslim majority state?
There is a clear shift in the Left’s politics. They are now playing the Hindutva card. They know that minority communities are shifting away from them. The parting with the Kerala Congress and the growing displeasure within the Church has already eroded their hold in the Christian belt. The Indian National League is on the verge of parting with the Left. Abdul Nasar Madani is soon to be arrested. That’s why the CPM is banking on Hindu votes. It explains the targeting of the PFI.
The PFI’S involvement in the chopping of the professor’s hand is becoming clearer. What’s your defence?
We are waiting for the investigation to be over. PFI holds the view that it was an emotional reaction by a group. We never support such brutal acts of violence and strongly condemn this act. At the same time, one should understand the circumstances that lead to such unfortunate incidents. The anti-Muslim sentiment is growing in Kerala. The banning of head scarves in schools, the book on Prophet Mohammed, the police firing in Cheriyathura in Thiruvanathapuram (in which six Muslim fishermen were killed), are indicators of this growing trend of intolerance. I repeat, I am not justifying the brutal action of hand-chopping. I want you to see the other side of the story..
Has any action been taken against PFI members allegedly involved in the incident?
Have they been expelled? It is true the police have taken several PFI activists and sympathisers into custody. We cannot take action against all of them. Besides, we assume Central intelligence has some vested interest in the moves against PFI. The Intelligence Bureau is consistently involved in widening the divide between Muslim groups, and it is trying to inject pseudo-spiritualist and fundamentalist ideas into the community.
What about the inflammatory CDs, leaflets and books seized by the police from your offices?
PFI has published 45 books. All of them are available in the market. You can’t find a single line in any of them that flares up communal divide, or anti-national sentiments. We have documented public programmes and the annual freedom parade conducted by PFI. The CDs also contain documentaries on the Gujarat genocide. Media reports of police having seized CDs of Taliban violence are rumours. We don’t have any such CDs. None of the PFI leaders have been booked under 153A for inflammatory speech, since the organisation’s birth. When six Muslims died in police firing in Cheriyathura last year, there was high tolerance from Muslims on display. PFI played a crucial role in ensuring peace in the area.
What is the PFI’S source of funds?
Nobody asks any other party, including the CPM and Congress, about their source of money. Anyway, we have nothing to hide in this regard. We present the budget and organisational report in the general council meeting, once in a couple of years. The intelligence wing collects these reports regularly. They also monitor the bank deals of the organisation. They take the monthly statement from our bank and we don’t oppose that. As a policy, the PFI does not take foreign funds. We also strongly discourage members from being carriers of hawala money, which is common in Malabar. We have monthly levy system for members. I pay Rs 70 every month. We have almost 30,000 members.
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*The bleeding Kashmir*
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
By Alam Rind
It was the charisma of Bulbul Shah, a Sufi Saint, that persuaded King
Rinchan from Ladakh to embrace Islam. That laid the foundation of Sufiana
Islamic culture where Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists co-existed in perfect
harmony. In 1339, the foundation of Shah Miri dynasty was laid by
Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir. Muslims ruled the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
for about four hundred years. In 1819, Gulab Singh operating under the
auspices of Ranjit Singh annexed Kashmir valley to the Sikh rule and the
Muslims were deprived of their independence. As the history unfolded, the
valley was sold to Gulab Singh by British Raj for Rs 75 lacs. Last of their
ruler, Hari Singh, ascended to the throne of Kashmir in 1925. He unleashed
an unprecedented rain of terror against Muslims. During his rule, life was
made miserable for Muslims through heavy taxes, bonded labor and capital
punishment for even slaughtering a cow. In 1931, consequent to the trial of
Abdul Qadeer at Central Jail, Srinagar, there was widespared unrest and to
subjugate Kashmir’s Dogra army ransacked and destroyed villages of Jandial,
Makila and Dan with their inhabitants burnt alive. In fact, the Kashmiris
had started enduring hardship far before partition of India.
Kashmiris have suffered hardships since 17th Century but the tyranny that
has been unleashed by so called secular government of India since its
partition knows no parallel. According to recent Human Rights report,
between 1989 and mid 2010, the Indian Army and paramilitary forces have
killed 93,274 innocent Kashmiris.
There have been 117,345 arrests and 6,969 custodial killings. Reportedly,
22,728 women have been widowed and 107,351 children rendered orphan. As if
it wasn’t enough, 105,861 houses were razed to ground. Crimes against women
included 9,920 gang rapes.
All this exposes the degree of human rights violation that has been
committed by Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir.
It was India which took the Kashmir problem to the UN Security Council. The
47th (1948) Resolution of 21 April 1948 of UN Security Council noted it with
satisfaction, “That both India and Pakistan desire that the question of the
accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan should be decided
through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.” But India
never allowed this plebiscite to be held. Rather their effort all along has
been to crush the freedom struggle of the people of Kashmir to the extent
that they stop demanding independence.
To realize this dream, they enacted draconian laws like Prevention of
Terrorism Act (POTA), Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act 1990 (TADA)
and Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1990 (AFSPA) that gave right to Indian
security forces to kill anyone in the name of combating terrorism and get
away with it.
Lt Gen B. S. Jaswal, GOC-in-Chief of Indian Army Northern Command has
described AFSPA as a holy book for security forces. For the reason that it
provides immunity to the troops for their atrocities against Kashmiriis.
It was the existence of these black laws that Indian troops opened fire and
killed two Kashmiri youth those who had reported to a Military Medical
Center to seek a job that was advertised by a local military command. The
incident has triggered the recent unrest and agitations in the held Kashmir.
It was like scratching the wounds of Kashmiriis. The pain that resides deep
in their soles erupted in the form of protest and soon it engulfed the
entire Kashmir. Police handed over the situation to the military and curfew
was imposed in Srinagar, Sopore, Baramulla, Kupwara, Handwara, Islamabad,
Koimoh, Pulwama and Kakpora towns.
As is evident from the remarks of GOC-in-Chief of Indian Army Northern
Command the incident will be brushed aside as an encounter with possible
terrorists. The story of fake encounters is not new to the Kashmiriis.
Thousands of Kashmiri men have been killed in such cold blooded manner.
The trauma caused to Kashmiri women due to forced disappearances or killing
of their loved one is simply indescribable. How words can carry the burden
of expressing the grief of a mother who has lost her son or a wife who has
lost her husband or a child who has lost her father. The spite caused by
such acts persists till the atrocities are avenged.
India’s unreasonable attitude and inept handling of Kashmir is one of the
major impediments in its resolution. Her disregard for UN resolutions and
stationing of 700,000 troops in the valley speaks of her unwillingness to
heed to the demands of the people of Kashmir.
That is one of the major reasons that whenever the dialogue process between
Pakistan and India starts and there is a possibility of some headway, the
same is torpedoed by someone from within Indian establishment as was done at
Agra and during the recent foreign minister level dialogue at Islamabad. It
is a positive development that Indian foreign minister has accepted the
ineptness of the statement made by Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai on the
eve of his visit to Pakistan. One only hopes that the next round of talks
scheduled at Delhi proves helpful in bridging the gap between the two
countries for the betterment of Kashmiriis and the people of the region of
which most live below poverty line.
*****
IB has role in growing subversive activities: Popular Front of India
Submitted by admin4 on 30 July 2010 - 12:34pm.
By TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Intelligence Bureau has a decisive role in growing subversive activities in the country, reportedly accused the Popular Front of India. The organisation’s state president Nasarudheen Elamaram and general secretary Abdul Hameed made the accusation in a press conference.
The leaders accused that there was evidence for the role of the IB in incidents including the Marad clashes, according to reports. The IB is trying to bring up certain sections in the Muslim community. Attacks increased after the country established diplomatic relations with Israel. The IB is behind propagating mean publications also. The media and politicians are just repeating what the IB is chanting.
They said that the leaflets and others caught from the houses of PFI activists were not published by the organisation. The organisation does not have any connection with them also. The PFI has condemned the attack on the professor in Muvattupuzha. They added it was only a local incident. Weapons began to be caught from PFI offices after CPI (M) state general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said that the NDF should be kept away from Muslims. This was a drama of the police, they accused.
The statement of the Chief Minister about the PFI is wrong and not suitable for his position, the leaders said. The CM should be ready to reveal from which document of the PFI he got those information. If not, he should resign. All parties use to approach the organisation at the time of elections, they added. CDs and leaflets published by the sate PFI were distributed in the press conference held in the Press Club.
*****
Encounter Vaqar Fails Terror Plea of Police Exposed
[Bismillahnews-15-07-10] The puzzle of disappearance of three Muslim youths including a Doctor from hyderabad has taken a new turn with hyderabad based Urdu Daily "Etemaad" breaking the News in todays edition [15-07-10] that the attempt to encounter these muslim youths alongwith Vaqar an alleged terror suspect, has been derailed because of the refusal by the state government to do so.[ Viqar confesses killing cop in Ahmedabad]They said Muslims are involved in Macca Masjid blast. The court acquitted all of them and now the real culprits, the Hindu terrorists, have been caught. Hyderabad police should show some concrete proof rather than the confession taken under force and torture.Only a fortnight back the The Times of India had reported ‘Muslims targeted using terror as excuse’ . The Indian government is using counter-terrorism measures to arbitrarily detain large numbers of Muslims, said the news report slamming India’s record of protecting minority rights. No action is being taken against officials who sanction such detentions, even when they are proved illegal, say the authors of the report. The South Asia chapter of the 2010 State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous People, brought out by the London-based Minority Rights Group (MRG) International, was released in the capital on Thursday[1st July 2010].The police failed to execute its plan to encounter Vaqar and three other muslims including the Doctor as our sources tell us mainly because of timely Intervention of Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi M.P.,President of AIMIM and some top grade active journalism by Urdu Daily Etemaad,our hearty congratulations.[ www.etemaaddaily.com ].
Sohail Siddiqui ,Chief Editor & CEO www.bismillahnews.in
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Intelligence sleuths pick up three Ahle Hadees Muslims including a doctor; cops feign ignorance’ *
HYDERABAD:[13-07-10] In a kidnapping like incident, intelligence sleuths have picked up three persons, including a doctor from Musheerabad on Sunday. And even after 48 hours, the family members have not been informed about their whereabouts and the city cops still maintain ignorance over the incident.
According to sources, at about 10.30 am on Sunday, six police personnel in mufti went to the small clinic run by homeopath Mohammed Haneef at Kaladhar Nagar in Musheerabad, covered his face with a black mask and bundled him into a Toyota Qualis and sped away.
An old woman sitting in the clinic raised an alarm thinking the doctor was being kidnapped by hoodlums.
According to sources, Haneef’s wife Ishrat Bano on knowing about the incident sought the help of the doctor’s friend Riyaz Khan of Zeba Bagh, who runs a shoe shop in Nacharam.
Khan in turn called another common friend Mohammed Sayeed and the two went to consult an advocate to help Haneef. However, after some time, Sayeed’s wife, received an SMS from him saying that he and Riyaz were arrested by the police.
"After the SMS, the cellphones of the trio remained switched off," family members said.When contacted, city police denied knowledge of any such development. Musheerabad inspector P Venkata Ramana said that they have not received any missing complaint related to any Dr Haneef and police have not arrested any person.
However, Ishrat Bano’s family members said that they have lodged a complaint with the Musheerabad police station. Senior police officers have also denied knowledge of any arrest of Haneef and others. According to sources, the Counter Intelligence Cell might have taken custody of the three persons on some tip off.
There are reports that they could be linked to the killing of two police constables in the last two years or some other terror related incidents. They also said that the suspects could be produced before the court in a day or two.
The same sources said that Haneef, who is from Ahmedabad, married Ishrat Bano in 1999 and settled down in Hyderabad. He has two children. Haneef belongs to the Ahle Hadees sect of Sunni Muslims and so are his two friends. The police are wary of the people who are followers of Ahle Hadees since some of them had role in violence in other cities, they said.
Intelligence sleuths pick up three Ahle Hadees Muslims including a doctor; cops feign ignorance’
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
By Alam Rind
*Indian security forces’ response to Kashmiri stone-throwers had been more
brutal and lethal than that of Israelis to Palestinians*
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‘Had it been live ammunition, I wouldn’t be alive. I wish it was’
*Muzamil Jaleel <http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/muzamiljaleel/> *
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*Posted: Fri Aug 13 2010, 02:56 hrs **Srinagar: *
*The lights are dim in this ward. A group of men sit around a young man who
is lying on a steel bed, holding a white handkerchief over his eyes. “I am
scared to sleep. I can feel the pain even in my nightmares,” he says. “They
gave me an injection and I fell unconscious. When I woke up, I thought I was
home and all was well. Then I tried to open my eyes and realised that I
can’t see,” he says and takes off the blindfold. “My world is dark now,” he
weeps. *
*At the Shri Maharaja Pratap Singh Hospital (SMSH) the wards are full of
injured boys battling for their lives. In Ward No. 8, Mohammad Sayeed Bhat
(20) is one of the young men who were allegedly hit in the eye by rubber
bullets fired by security personnel. *
**
*Ophthalmologists say there are many patients who seem to have been hit by
stones — under attack from stonepelters, the CRPF has been using slingshots
to hit back. *
*A science graduate, Bhat had recently started working at a cousin’s
pharmaceutical company in Sopore, where he lives in the Tawheed Bagh area.
There is a swollen lump of flesh covering his right eye.The trauma has been
so severe that the vision in his left eye is blurred too. * **
*“There were protests in our neighbourhood… I wanted to cross the lane to
go to my uncle’s place. As I was trying to see whether the security
personnel were still there, something very hot pierced my eye. I can’t
describe the pain,” he says, as his father, Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, looks on
with **moist eyes. * **
*Bhat knows doctors will not be able to restore his vision. “It was a rubber
bullet. Had it been live ammunition, I wouldn’t be alive. I wish it was. The
pain drives me mad,” he says. “But when the pain subsides I thank God that I
**am alive.” * **
*“(Chief Minister) Omar Abdullah says it’s a problem of unemployment. Look
at me. I had a job and still I was protesting. I will not stop. They will
have to kill all of us to have permanent silence in Kashmir,” he says. * **
*On the next bed is Abdul Qayoom Dar (20), who lost his right eye to a
rubber bullet. “I was part of a protest march on August 2. We were heading
for Eidgah when the securitymen stopped us at Chattabal. We were shouting
slogans when they suddenly opened fire. I fell down and then it was all dark
around me,” he recalls. * **
*The son of a mason, Dar used to weave Pashmina shawls for a living and has
two brothers and two sisters. “The doctor has * **
*told me that I will be able to see again,” he says. * **
*Incidentally, his diagnosis says he was injured by a stone. “The doctors
said otherwise it will become a police case, and I don’t want to go to the
police station,” Dar says. * **
*The head of the Ophthalmology Department at SMSH, Dr Manzoor Keng, says:
“We have seen a sudden spurt in eye injuries. Most of the patients have lost
their eyes. We have nine faculty members, four registrars and 16 specialists
in our department, and we have been very busy these days,” he says. * **
*A senior ophthalmologist says many patients don’t want to be admitted in
hospital because of fear of the police. “At least 40 cases have come to the
OPD… Last week we operated upon nine patients. All of them were boys aged
between 15 and 22,” he says. * **
*While 16-year-old Mohsin had a dislocated lens with vitreous haemorrhage,
18-year-old Feroz Ahmad of Pulwama had closed globe injury with subluxated
lens, Mohammad Siddiq Najar of Sekidaffar and Mohammad Younis Sheikh of
Rajouri Kadal have corneoscleral tear. Tanvir from Haiderpora (Srinagar) and
Javaid Ahmad of Pattan were hit by stones through slingshots. * **
*There are some who were just caught in the crossfire. Mohammad Hussain of
Kargil, for instance, had come to Srinagar on some work. He was caught in
the middle of protesters and securitymen and was hit by a stone in his eye.
“He has vitreous haemorrhage. By the time he came to the hospital, he had
lost sight in one eye,” the doctor says. * **
*The story of Nissar Ahmad, a truck driver from Banihal, is similar. He was
caught in stone throwing at Bijbehara. “The stones hit the windscreen and
shards of the glass injured his eyes. When he came to us, he had right
corneal tear and left vitreous haemorrhage. We tried to save his eyes but
failed. He is almost blind now.” Similarly, Tulsi, a labourer in Lasjan, was
hit by a stone, shattering her eyeball. She has lost one eye. * **
*CRPF spokesperson Prabhakar Tripathi says CRPF men too have been injured in
stone-throwing. “In the past two months, 400 of our men have been injured.
We are trying our best to show restraint,” he says, adding that the CRPF has
not authorised the use of slingshots to confront stone throwers. However,
sources say, slingshots and marbles are sometimes used by CRPF men as one of
the options to chase away mobs when the protests are intense. * **
*Tripathi adds that they have shown a lot of restraint and fired only in
self-defence. “There are instances where we have acted against our officers
and jawans for opening unwarranted fire. In Khaigam, we initiated action
against an officer and a jawan. We work together with the police. They open
fire and then ask us to open fire. Legally, we don’t need permission to open
fire or fire tear smoke shell. Our jawan is not here to die. He is here to
earn a living. People ask us to leave. How can we do that? We are here to
strengthen the police,” he says.*
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*Mr. Nabi was the 50th person to die in Kashmir’s bloody summer of rage. He
had been shot in the head, his family and witnesses said, during a protest
against **India*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritor…>
*’s military presence in this disputed province. *
*For decades, India maintained hundreds of thousands of security forces in
Kashmir to fight an insurgency sponsored by
**Pakistan*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritor…>
*, which claims this border region, too. The insurgency has been largely
vanquished. But those Indian forces are still here, and today they face a
threat potentially more dangerous to the world’s largest democracy: an
intifada-like popular revolt against the Indian military presence that
includes not just stone-throwing young men but their sisters, mothers,
uncles and grandparents. *
*The protests, which have erupted for a third straight summer, have led
India to one of its most serious internal crises in recent memory. Not just
because of their ferocity and persistence, but because they signal the
failure of decades of efforts to win the assent of Kashmiris using just
about any tool available: money, elections and overwhelming force. *
*“We need a complete revisit of what our policies in Kashmir have been,”
said Amitabh Mattoo, a professor of strategic affairs at Jawaharlal Nehru
University in New Delhi and a Kashmiri Hindu. “It is not about money — you
have spent huge amounts of money. It is not about fair elections. It is
about reaching out to a generation of Kashmiris who think India is a huge
monster represented by bunkers and security forces.” *
*Indeed, Kashmir’s demand for self-determination is sharper today than it
has been at perhaps any other time in the region’s troubled history. It
comes as — and in part because — diplomatic efforts remain frozen to resolve
the dispute created more than 60 years ago with the partition of mostly
Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan. Today each nation controls part of Kashmir,
whose population is mostly Muslim. *
*Secret negotiations in 2007, which came close to creating an autonomous
region shared by the two countries, foundered as **Pervez
Musharraf*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/pervez_m…>
*, then Pakistan’s president, lost his grip on power. The terrorist attacks
in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, by Pakistani militants in 2008
derailed any hope for further talks. *
*Not least, India has consistently rebuffed any attempt at outside mediation
or diplomatic entreaties, including efforts by the United States. The
intransigence has left Kashmiris empty-handed and American officials with
little to offer Pakistan on its central preoccupation — India and Kashmir —
as they struggle to encourage Pakistan’s help in cracking down on the **
Taliban*<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/t…>
* and other militants in the country. *
*With no apparent avenue to progress, many Kashmiris are despairing that
their struggle is taking place in a vacuum, and they are taking matters into
their own hands. *
*“What we are seeing today is the complete rebound effect of 20 years of
oppression,” said Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chief cleric at Srinagar’s main
mosque and a moderate separatist leader. Kashmiris, he said, are “angry,
humiliated and willing to face death.” *
*This summer there have been nearly 900 clashes between protesters and
security forces, which have left more than 50 civilians dead, most of them
from gunshot wounds. While more than 1,200 soldiers have been wounded by
rock-throwing crowds, not one has been killed in the unrest, leading to
questions about why Indian security forces are using deadly force against
unarmed civilians — and why there is so little international outcry. *
*“The world is silent when Kashmiris die in the streets,” said Altaf Ahmed,
a 31-year-old schoolteacher. *
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HuJI ban takes no note of ‘Hindu terror’ role
HuJI’s role in the Mecca Mosque blast was highlighted both by the US and the UN while banning the outfit as a `terrorist organisation’ and designating its top commander Ilyas Kashmiri as a `global terrorist’ having links with al-Qaeda on Friday. Kashmiri had recently been indicted in the US for providing material support to Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley.
India had also suspected HuJI’s involvement in the Mecca Masjid blasts before stumbling upon evidence linking the terror act to the group aligned with Abhinav Bharat who are suspect in two other attacks on Muslim targets — the blast at a mosque in Malegaon and at the Ajmer Shrine. It is possible that the UN and US authorities did not check with India for fresh updates on investigation into the crimes, going along with the initial line of Indian investigators.
Their "finding" may trigger a controversy because investigators have uncovered more evidence linking the
Mecca Masjid blast which killed 16 people and injured 40 to Hindu extremists.The US has pointed out that HuJI — which has been operating in India and
Pakistan — had carried out this terror attack besides several others including the one in Varanasi in March 2007.Justifying its determination, the US department of state in its statement said: "These actions were taken in consultation with the department of the treasury and the department of justice…. These actions will give US law enforcement additional tools needed to restrict the flow of resources to both HuJI and Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri."
The same day, the UN too imposed sanctions on both HuJI and its commander Ilyas Kashmiri, subjecting both the entity and the individual to "the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo". The world body has also listed a number of terror attacks which were carried out by HuJI. Besides the Mecca Masjid blast, these include the twin explosions in Hyderabad in August 2007 and suicide bombing of the US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, in March 2006 among others.
Though India had banned the outfit long ago, the UN’s decision may have its implications in Pakistan as all members of the world body would now be required to implement "asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo" against HuJI and Kashmiri.
Although the American decision gave credence to what Indian investigators had initially suspected on the basis of preliminary findings in the Mecca Masjid blast, it contradicted the recent probe suspecting links of perpetrators of this blast with those of the Malegaon (September 2006), Samjhauta Express (February 2007 in Haryana), and the Ajmer Sharif dargah (October 2007) blasts. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was recently handed over the probe of the Samjhauta blast case. The investigation will also look into whether all these blasts were actually carried out by Hindu terror outfit Abhinav Bharat or some other Hindu extremists groups.
Though the initial probe had hinted at involvement of Hindu extremist group in the Samjhauta blast, the twist came when the US last year named one Arif Qasmani of
Karachi as being involved in the Mumbai suburban train blasts of July 2006 and in the Samjhauta Express blast. The NIA will now have to find out the truth.Read more:
HuJI ban takes no note of ‘Hindu terror’ role - India - The Times of Indiahttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/HuJI-ban-gives-new-twist-to-Mecca-Masjid-blast-case/articleshow/6272245.cms#ixzz0w04O04lD‘The Left is playing the Hindutva card against us’
The Kerala CM has accused Popular Front of India leader Nasarudeen Elamaram of Islamising the state. SHAHINA KK grills the PFI boss on the controversy
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main46.asp?filename=Ne070810incoldblood.asp
Your response to Chief Minister Achuthanandan’s claim that PFI’s agenda is to turn Kerala into a Muslim majority state?
There is a clear shift in the Left’s politics. They are now playing the Hindutva card. They know that minority communities are shifting away from them. The parting with the Kerala Congress and the growing displeasure within the Church has already eroded their hold in the Christian belt. The Indian National League is on the verge of parting with the Left. Abdul Nasar Madani is soon to be arrested. That’s why the CPM is banking on Hindu votes. It explains the targeting of the PFI.
The PFI’S involvement in the chopping of the professor’s hand is becoming clearer. What’s your defence?
We are waiting for the investigation to be over. PFI holds the view that it was an emotional reaction by a group. We never support such brutal acts of violence and strongly condemn this act. At the same time, one should understand the circumstances that lead to such unfortunate incidents. The anti-Muslim sentiment is growing in Kerala. The banning of head scarves in schools, the book on Prophet Mohammed, the police firing in Cheriyathura in Thiruvanathapuram (in which six Muslim fishermen were killed), are indicators of this growing trend of intolerance. I repeat, I am not justifying the brutal action of hand-chopping. I want you to see the other side of the story..
Has any action been taken against PFI members allegedly involved in the incident?
Have they been expelled? It is true the police have taken several PFI activists and sympathisers into custody. We cannot take action against all of them. Besides, we assume Central intelligence has some vested interest in the moves against PFI. The Intelligence Bureau is consistently involved in widening the divide between Muslim groups, and it is trying to inject pseudo-spiritualist and fundamentalist ideas into the community.
What about the inflammatory CDs, leaflets and books seized by the police from your offices?
PFI has published 45 books. All of them are available in the market. You can’t find a single line in any of them that flares up communal divide, or anti-national sentiments. We have documented public programmes and the annual freedom parade conducted by PFI. The CDs also contain documentaries on the Gujarat genocide. Media reports of police having seized CDs of Taliban violence are rumours. We don’t have any such CDs. None of the PFI leaders have been booked under 153A for inflammatory speech, since the organisation’s birth. When six Muslims died in police firing in Cheriyathura last year, there was high tolerance from Muslims on display. PFI played a crucial role in ensuring peace in the area.
What is the PFI’S source of funds?
Nobody asks any other party, including the CPM and Congress, about their source of money. Anyway, we have nothing to hide in this regard. We present the budget and organisational report in the general council meeting, once in a couple of years. The intelligence wing collects these reports regularly. They also monitor the bank deals of the organisation. They take the monthly statement from our bank and we don’t oppose that. As a policy, the PFI does not take foreign funds. We also strongly discourage members from being carriers of hawala money, which is common in Malabar. We have monthly levy system for members. I pay Rs 70 every month. We have almost 30,000 members.
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*The bleeding Kashmir*
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
By Alam Rind
It was the charisma of Bulbul Shah, a Sufi Saint, that persuaded King
Rinchan from Ladakh to embrace Islam. That laid the foundation of Sufiana
Islamic culture where Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists co-existed in perfect
harmony. In 1339, the foundation of Shah Miri dynasty was laid by
Shams-ud-Din Shah Mir. Muslims ruled the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
for about four hundred years. In 1819, Gulab Singh operating under the
auspices of Ranjit Singh annexed Kashmir valley to the Sikh rule and the
Muslims were deprived of their independence. As the history unfolded, the
valley was sold to Gulab Singh by British Raj for Rs 75 lacs. Last of their
ruler, Hari Singh, ascended to the throne of Kashmir in 1925. He unleashed
an unprecedented rain of terror against Muslims. During his rule, life was
made miserable for Muslims through heavy taxes, bonded labor and capital
punishment for even slaughtering a cow. In 1931, consequent to the trial of
Abdul Qadeer at Central Jail, Srinagar, there was widespared unrest and to
subjugate Kashmir’s Dogra army ransacked and destroyed villages of Jandial,
Makila and Dan with their inhabitants burnt alive. In fact, the Kashmiris
had started enduring hardship far before partition of India.
Kashmiris have suffered hardships since 17th Century but the tyranny that
has been unleashed by so called secular government of India since its
partition knows no parallel. According to recent Human Rights report,
between 1989 and mid 2010, the Indian Army and paramilitary forces have
killed 93,274 innocent Kashmiris.
There have been 117,345 arrests and 6,969 custodial killings. Reportedly,
22,728 women have been widowed and 107,351 children rendered orphan. As if
it wasn’t enough, 105,861 houses were razed to ground. Crimes against women
included 9,920 gang rapes.
All this exposes the degree of human rights violation that has been
committed by Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir.
It was India which took the Kashmir problem to the UN Security Council. The
47th (1948) Resolution of 21 April 1948 of UN Security Council noted it with
satisfaction, “That both India and Pakistan desire that the question of the
accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan should be decided
through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.” But India
never allowed this plebiscite to be held. Rather their effort all along has
been to crush the freedom struggle of the people of Kashmir to the extent
that they stop demanding independence.
To realize this dream, they enacted draconian laws like Prevention of
Terrorism Act (POTA), Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act 1990 (TADA)
and Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1990 (AFSPA) that gave right to Indian
security forces to kill anyone in the name of combating terrorism and get
away with it.
Lt Gen B. S. Jaswal, GOC-in-Chief of Indian Army Northern Command has
described AFSPA as a holy book for security forces. For the reason that it
provides immunity to the troops for their atrocities against Kashmiriis.
It was the existence of these black laws that Indian troops opened fire and
killed two Kashmiri youth those who had reported to a Military Medical
Center to seek a job that was advertised by a local military command. The
incident has triggered the recent unrest and agitations in the held Kashmir.
It was like scratching the wounds of Kashmiriis. The pain that resides deep
in their soles erupted in the form of protest and soon it engulfed the
entire Kashmir. Police handed over the situation to the military and curfew
was imposed in Srinagar, Sopore, Baramulla, Kupwara, Handwara, Islamabad,
Koimoh, Pulwama and Kakpora towns.
As is evident from the remarks of GOC-in-Chief of Indian Army Northern
Command the incident will be brushed aside as an encounter with possible
terrorists. The story of fake encounters is not new to the Kashmiriis.
Thousands of Kashmiri men have been killed in such cold blooded manner.
The trauma caused to Kashmiri women due to forced disappearances or killing
of their loved one is simply indescribable. How words can carry the burden
of expressing the grief of a mother who has lost her son or a wife who has
lost her husband or a child who has lost her father. The spite caused by
such acts persists till the atrocities are avenged.
India’s unreasonable attitude and inept handling of Kashmir is one of the
major impediments in its resolution. Her disregard for UN resolutions and
stationing of 700,000 troops in the valley speaks of her unwillingness to
heed to the demands of the people of Kashmir.
That is one of the major reasons that whenever the dialogue process between
Pakistan and India starts and there is a possibility of some headway, the
same is torpedoed by someone from within Indian establishment as was done at
Agra and during the recent foreign minister level dialogue at Islamabad. It
is a positive development that Indian foreign minister has accepted the
ineptness of the statement made by Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai on the
eve of his visit to Pakistan. One only hopes that the next round of talks
scheduled at Delhi proves helpful in bridging the gap between the two
countries for the betterment of Kashmiriis and the people of the region of
which most live below poverty line.
*****
IB has role in growing subversive activities: Popular Front of India
By TwoCircles.net,
Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Intelligence Bureau has a decisive role in growing subversive activities in the country, reportedly accused the Popular Front of India. The organisation’s state president Nasarudheen Elamaram and general secretary Abdul Hameed made the accusation in a press conference.
The leaders accused that there was evidence for the role of the IB in incidents including the Marad clashes, according to reports. The IB is trying to bring up certain sections in the Muslim community. Attacks increased after the country established diplomatic relations with Israel. The IB is behind propagating mean publications also. The media and politicians are just repeating what the IB is chanting.
They said that the leaflets and others caught from the houses of PFI activists were not published by the organisation. The organisation does not have any connection with them also. The PFI has condemned the attack on the professor in Muvattupuzha. They added it was only a local incident. Weapons began to be caught from PFI offices after CPI (M) state general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said that the NDF should be kept away from Muslims. This was a drama of the police, they accused.
The statement of the Chief Minister about the PFI is wrong and not suitable for his position, the leaders said. The CM should be ready to reveal from which document of the PFI he got those information. If not, he should resign. All parties use to approach the organisation at the time of elections, they added. CDs and leaflets published by the sate PFI were distributed in the press conference held in the Press Club.
*****
[Bismillahnews-15-07-10] The puzzle of disappearance of three Muslim youths including a Doctor from hyderabad has taken a new turn with hyderabad based Urdu Daily "Etemaad" breaking the News in todays edition [15-07-10] that the attempt to encounter these muslim youths alongwith Vaqar an alleged terror suspect, has been derailed because of the refusal by the state government to do so.[ Viqar confesses killing cop in Ahmedabad]They said Muslims are involved in Macca Masjid blast. The court acquitted all of them and now the real culprits, the Hindu terrorists, have been caught. Hyderabad police should show some concrete proof rather than the confession taken under force and torture.Only a fortnight back the The Times of India had reported ‘Muslims targeted using terror as excuse’ . The Indian government is using counter-terrorism measures to arbitrarily detain large numbers of Muslims, said the news report slamming India’s record of protecting minority rights. No action is being taken against officials who sanction such detentions, even when they are proved illegal, say the authors of the report. The South Asia chapter of the 2010 State of the World’s Minorities and Indigenous People, brought out by the London-based Minority Rights Group (MRG) International, was released in the capital on Thursday[1st July 2010].The police failed to execute its plan to encounter Vaqar and three other muslims including the Doctor as our sources tell us mainly because of timely Intervention of Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi M.P.,President of AIMIM and some top grade active journalism by Urdu Daily Etemaad,our hearty congratulations.[ www.etemaaddaily.com ].
Sohail Siddiqui ,Chief Editor & CEO www.bismillahnews.in
Intelligence sleuths pick up three Ahle Hadees Muslims including a doctor; cops feign ignorance’ *
HYDERABAD:[13-07-10] In a kidnapping like incident, intelligence sleuths have picked up three persons, including a doctor from Musheerabad on Sunday. And even after 48 hours, the family members have not been informed about their whereabouts and the city cops still maintain ignorance over the incident.
According to sources, at about 10.30 am on Sunday, six police personnel in mufti went to the small clinic run by homeopath Mohammed Haneef at Kaladhar Nagar in Musheerabad, covered his face with a black mask and bundled him into a Toyota Qualis and sped away.
An old woman sitting in the clinic raised an alarm thinking the doctor was being kidnapped by hoodlums.
According to sources, Haneef’s wife Ishrat Bano on knowing about the incident sought the help of the doctor’s friend Riyaz Khan of Zeba Bagh, who runs a shoe shop in Nacharam.
Khan in turn called another common friend Mohammed Sayeed and the two went to consult an advocate to help Haneef. However, after some time, Sayeed’s wife, received an SMS from him saying that he and Riyaz were arrested by the police.
"After the SMS, the cellphones of the trio remained switched off," family members said.When contacted, city police denied knowledge of any such development. Musheerabad inspector P Venkata Ramana said that they have not received any missing complaint related to any Dr Haneef and police have not arrested any person.
However, Ishrat Bano’s family members said that they have lodged a complaint with the Musheerabad police station. Senior police officers have also denied knowledge of any arrest of Haneef and others. According to sources, the Counter Intelligence Cell might have taken custody of the three persons on some tip off.
There are reports that they could be linked to the killing of two police constables in the last two years or some other terror related incidents. They also said that the suspects could be produced before the court in a day or two.
The same sources said that Haneef, who is from Ahmedabad, married Ishrat Bano in 1999 and settled down in Hyderabad. He has two children. Haneef belongs to the Ahle Hadees sect of Sunni Muslims and so are his two friends. The police are wary of the people who are followers of Ahle Hadees since some of them had role in violence in other cities, they said.
By Alam Rind