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Arrests
of Muslims in terror cases: SC to examine plea seeking investigation
Monday August 27, 2012 08:35:09 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi/Mumbai: The Supreme Court Monday admitted
a plea filed by two Maharashtra organisations demanding a probe
into all terror incidents in India since 2002 to provide justice
to those allegedly implicated in these cases, a lawyer said.
The petition, filed by Jamiat-e-Ulama Hind secretary Gulzar Azmi
and Shiv Raj Party chief Sudhir Sawant, also sought the
appointment of a special committee comprising legal experts and
headed by a sitting or retired Supreme Court judge.
Admitting the petition, a bench comprising Justice T.S. Thakur and
Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla said that they were
admitting the petition and "would examine the matter", said the
petitioners' lawyer Syed Mehdi Imam.
Amarendra Sharan, former additional solicitor general, who
appeared for the petitioners said that several recent instances
had raised a question mark on the kind of investigations carried
out by the government agencies.
"Muslims in general perceive that the community is being unfairly
targeted by investigating agencies which usually carry our biased
and prejudiced probes while the real perpetrators of terror
incidents are not brought to book," petitioner Azmi told IANS.
Claiming that the minority community's perceptions had also been
endorsed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a National
Integration Council meeting, Azmi demanded a free, fair and
impartial probe into all terror incidents in which Muslims were
named as accused.
Besides a fresh probe by the National Investigation Agency in all
terror cases since 2002, the petition demanded punitive action
against police officers who allegedly targeted innocent Muslim
youth.
The central government, Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Haryana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have been made
respondents.
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