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Police
across India communalised, frame Muslims in terror cases: Bhushan
Monday February 27, 2012 11:49:03 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Team Anna member and
Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan Monday claimed that police
across the country were "communalised".
"Police throughout the country are clearly communalised. Narendra
Modi has communalised the entire state through his propaganda
campaigns," said Bhushan, speaking after a documentary film show
here to mark 10 years of communal riots in Gujarat.
"In August 2008 people's tribunal, we saw a trend that police
across the country systematically frame Muslims in terror
investigations when they can't find the culprits. In such cases,
they pick up anyone around whom a credible story could be spun,"
said Bhushan.
Cautioning that such victimisation could even result in wrong
convictions if the victim did not have resources to fight for
justice, he claimed that even if acquitted, the victims lose five
to six years fighting the case and suffer from social stigma of
being labeled a terrorist.
He blamed sections of media for sensationalising such stories.
"Some of the terrorism could also be result of such false
victimisation. It won't be surprising to say 2 percent of these
victims turn to terrorism due to such atrocities," Bhushan added.
The documentary, directed by Shubhradeep Chakravorty, portrays the
hardships faced by seven Muslims who were wrongly accused of
different terror incidents in the country, even after they were
acquitted.
"Such documentaries put a human face to such stories and help
create empathy in the public for such people," said Bhushan.
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