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Main gate of the Hamidia Masjid
where the blast had taken place on September 08, 2006
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Malegaon:
On the fifth anniversary of the 2006 Malegaon blast, Muslim
leaders July 17 sat for a dharna inside the Qabristan - one
of the blasts site, and demanded from the government to release
the Muslim youths and arrest the actual perpetrators.
"Today, July 17, 2011 is the fifth
anniversary of the 2006 Malegaon blast that had occurred on
Shab-e-Barat killing scores of innocent people. The blast was
a double blow to the Muslims in Malegaon. For, it was the Muslims
who were killed in the heinous incident and it was the Muslims who
were wrongly framed and arrested in the case", the Kul Jamati
Tanzeem leaders said in the letter addressed to the Maharashtra
Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan.
"Since the last five years, we are
persuading your government for justice. In every meeting we had
with those responsible at the government including you, we were
promised of justice but they are yet to see light of the day",
they wrote to the Chief Minister.
"In the meantime, Swami Aseemanand’s confessional statement once
again proved – this time very strongly, that the Muslim youths
were wrongly framed in the 2006 blast case and grave injustice has
been done to them. This was in addition to the other proofs which
we had presented to the government innumerable times in the past
to substantiate the innocence of the Muslim youths", they added.
Expressing surprise over the government's lackluster attitude,
they wrote, "While the government remains adamant on injustice,
the innocent Muslim youths are languishing in jail for the crime
they are not at all responsible of. Along with them, their
families are also going through the trauma the extent of which can
only be imagined."
"On the eve of the Shab-e-barat today – the 5th anniversary of the
2006 blast, while sitting for a dharna at the blast site, we
members of the Kul Jamaati Tanzeem of Malegaon, once again demand
that:
"Enough injustice has been done to
the Muslim youths and now it is the time that your government
takes quick action so that they are released immediately.
"They have lost valuable time in the prison because of the
mistakes the investigating agencies had done. Hence the government
should compensate them and their families.
"It is strange that while the
innocent Muslim youths are in jail, the real culprits are enjoying
freedom. Hence, immediate efforts should be taken so that the real
culprits who were responsible of the 2006 blast are arrested and
punished.
"It is also strange that even after
existence of ample proofs, the government has not taken any step
to ban the Hindutva organisations that are reportedly and as
claimed by the investigating agencies are involved in terrorist
activities.
"Not taking any action against these
organisations is not only a blatant double standard but also a
clear threat to the National security. Hence we demand that these
organisations are banned immediately and their activists who had
been imparted trainings in terror activities are arrested and
punished as per law."
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