Gulled Karnataka Police – Jeering the fundamental right

The above gasped message is from Ms Shahina Nafeesa (Facebook profile) from Tehelka!! This is undoubtedly a little too much! It’s indeed obnoxious o have booked a journo U/S IPC 506 because she interviewed a witness in a case. Looks like it’s a jolt to the Karnataka Police as they got gulled Shahina as a Muslim protagonist which is contrary.

Nonetheless, being the broader perspective, it’s absolutely against the press freedom and fundamental freedom of expression the Constitution entitles us!!! There are different angles to look at this story. Has the state adopted a modality of suppressing anyone who goes against its standpoint beyond the entitlement of freedom to expression? Is there any institution under/within the state who has a private agenda as corroborated by SM Mushrif, an ex-Inspector General of Police in his book ‘Who Killed Karkare?” ?

Indian constitution entitles its citizens of the freedom of expression as long as it is not anti-national, so does the freedom of press. Paradoxic to this, A Tehelka journalists has been booked under section 506 IPC just because she interviewed a couple of witness in Madani’s case. (Ms Shahina can be contacted on shahina@tehelka.com.  The latest developments cause to burp the above concerns. There are believable suspicion in this case as the Karnataka is governed by BJP Govt. BJP propound Hindutwa and its mother/sister department RSS is astute in their strategies over the years to establish their agenda. Mind you, The Chief Minister of Kanataka Mr Yeddyurappa is a veteran RSS leader in th state. This has been their mode of operandi in BJP led states; perusal of history would testify it.

There has been a gross human right violation when one is accused in India until the adjudication. The unprecedented time the legal proceedings take is hilarious and that itself is the biggest cruelty and torture against the accused in case he/she is innocent. No court or Govt would compensate for enormous the trauma one accused would go through. I myself can testify it as I’m the prime accused in a fabricated 498a case where the authorities are still drowsy from making the inevitable amendment despite of the blatant abuse of the sections. It’s highly vital to speedup the judicial process in order for people to keep their faith and trust in the judiciary. False suits would only darken the muck and make it further snailing.

Blink: Being a Muslim, I seriously objurgate Madani’s (perhaps earlier) stand he had adopted in the context of Babri Masjid demolition that led to a gigantic polarization in Kerala in terms of the religious harmony. It’s not only contrary to Islamic perspective explicitly, so is it against democratic perspective too. His then naive and emotional stand has caused unprecedented divide in the society as it adversely affected the communal harmony than ever.

Let us look at his case in a different perspective at all. He was incarcerated for several years related to the Coimbatore blast case and exonerated eventually as the prosecution perhaps failed to corroborate or it was false false allegation. God knows!! Justice delayed is justice denied. Madani was not even submitted his charge sheet for years together that itself shows the scorn. Why would the police arrest someone is there is no primafacie evidence? If there is a Prima Facie evidence, it wouldn’t be so hard to prepare a charge sheet,

Verdict: Democracy is undoubtedly phenomenal that is not going to be strengthened without citizen’s participation.  Terrorism a social menace despite of its color and creed that needs to be abolished, so does Saffron and Muslim terror. Human Right needs to be protected and disciplined. Freedom of expression need to be utilized effectively and in the right direction. Media should not be biased

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