Updated Apr 13, 2021 | 10:16 IST
A relative of the inmate, who is lodged in Bhopal Central Jail officials, said 28 prisoners were even denied warn clothes during winters and even disrespected the holy book. The rights body also recommended action against jail doctor Premendra Sharma. | Photo Credit: PTI
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Director General (Prisons) Arvind Kumar said they are looking into the matter
Bhopal: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an action taken report from Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains over inaction against Bhopal Central jail officials for alleged physical and mental torture of 28 prisoners purportedly belonging to banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
2008 Batla House Encounter Convict Ariz Khan Sentenced To Death 2008 Batla House Encounter Convict Ariz Khan Sentenced To Death Ariz Khan, convicted in the killing of police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in the 2008 Batla House encounter, was arrested on February 14, 2018.
Batla House Encounter verdict: The court also fined Ariz Khan Rs 11 lakh.
New Delhi:
Indian Mujahideen terrorist Ariz Khan, convicted in the killing of a police officer in the 2008 Batla House encounter in Delhi, was sentenced to death on Monday. The encounter between the Delhi police and a bunch of terrorists holed up in the South Delhi neighbourhood had led to the death of Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma while two others sustained injuries.
Acquitted after 20 years, ‘terror’ charges spoiled lives of 127 Muslims
By News Desk| Updated: 10th March 2021 5:05 pm IST (Twitter)
Surat: A court in Surat, Gujarat on Saturday acquitted 127 persons who were arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for organizing a meeting to “promote and expand” activities of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in December 2001.
Although the court has removed charges against the accused persons, they faced a lot of difficulties during the past 19 years.
They used to travel hundreds of kilometers to either appear before the police station or the judicial magistrate. Many of them could not get a job for years.
IAMC issues rebuttal to defamatory ‘Islamophobic’ article in Newsweek
By News Desk| Updated: 10th March 2021 1:50 pm IST
Washington: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) on Thursday issued a detailed rebuttal to an article published in Newsweek in December. Calling the article Islamophobic, IAMC asked the newsmagazine to publish the rebuttal immediately.
The piece, titled “COVID Relief Funds Went to Violent Extremists” and published by Newsweek website on December 7, 2020, had alleged that IAMC was connected with the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), an organization that the Indian Government has banned.
“It is disappointing that Newsweek, once one of America’s best news organizations, chose to publish an allegation of terrorism against us without first reaching out to us for comment,” Rasheed Ahmed, Executive Director, IAMC, wrote to Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Nancy Cooper. “Providing the opportunity to respond to an allegation especially one so
New Delhi, India – On the night of December 26, 2001, Mohammad Abdul Hai boarded a train from Jodhpur in northwestern India’s Rajasthan state to Surat city in neighbouring Gujarat to attend a three-day seminar on Muslim education.
The seminar was organised by the All India Minority Education Board, of which Hai – then an associate professor at Jodhpur’s Jai Narain Vyas University – was a member.
The three-day event was expected to be attended by nearly 400 Muslim scholars, activists and community leaders from across India.
Hai was excited about the seminar. But little did he know that the event was going to change his life forever and soon he would not only be called a “terrorist” and “anti-national” but will have to spend the next 14 months in jail.