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SP legislator pitching for 'suspected
terrorist's' surrender
Saturday May 05, 2012 05:53:26 PM,
Agencies
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Lucknow:
Buoyed by the Uttar Pradesh government's moves seeking dropping of
charges against 'innocent Muslims' framed in bomb blasts in Faizabad and Lucknow
courts, an alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative is "trying to
work out a way to surrender" in a Delhi court.
And pitching for him is Samajwadi Party legislator Wasim Ahmad,
also the minister of state for basic education, who is reported to
have put up his case with the party leadership including Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav and the party president Mulayam Singh
Yadav.
Confirming that he was batting for "dozens of innocent Muslims who
had been framed by the Congress as easy fodder for trigger happy
policemen", Wasim told IANS that the party leadership was seized
of the matter and he would "do all under his might to resolve the
issue amicably".
Reliable sources while refusing to get into the "political entry
point" of the matter told IANS that the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of
UP and the home department had been informally asked to study the
matter and brief the top bosses on the workability of the possible
surrender.
A senior SP leader avoided a direct question on whether Mulayam
Singh Yadav was in receipt of a letter by Javed Akhtar, father of
one of the alleged terrorists.
But he said the leadership was "seized of many such matters" and
that the party was seriously working towards finding a solution on
all those who have been falsely framed and to get them justice.
This particular case pertains to Asadullah Khan and Ariz Khan of
Azamgarh who escaped from Delhi after the Batla House encounter of
Sep 19, 2008.
Understood to be hiding in UP for the last three years, the two
alleged IM operatives have the Delhi Police in hot pursuit. Their
families fear for their lives now.
Together, the duo carries a reward of Rs.6 lakhs on their heads.
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