Community-targeted killings need to be probed by NIA, says forum
Mangaluru: All India Practising Lawyers Council president and high court advocate S Balan demanded that the murders of Ashraf and Abdul Rahiman be handed over to the
National Investigation Agency
(NIA).
Balan told reporters here on Saturday that the murders of Ashraf and Abdul Rahiman are 'community-targeted killings', which is a scheduled crime.
He demanded an NIA probe into it, besides invoking the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the accused in both cases.
Balan, who led a fact-finding delegation of the council, said that Rahiman of Kolthamajalu was a victim of community-targeted murder. "The accused in the Rahiman murder case were very close to the family of the deceased. We visited Rahiman's house and interacted with the family and relatives.
Those accused participated in the protest meeting held in Bajpe, where leaders made provocative speeches. The police should not have allowed the VHP to hold a public rally in Bajpe after the murder of Suhas Shetty," he said.
Further, Balan said that Ashraf, who was mob lynched in Kudupu, did not have any connection to the communal crimes reported in the district. He said that Ashraf was killed only because of his religious identity.
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He accused the central govt of demonstrating a discriminatory attitude towards Muslims by not referring the two murder cases to the NIA, despite their qualification for the same. He said that the murder case of rowdy-sheeter and Hindutva activist Suhas Shetty was referred to the NIA, even though it was an 'individual targeted revenge killing', a non-scheduled crime. "Handing over Shetty's murder to the NIA is a misuse of constitutional provisions and political power," he said.
On the involvement of PFI members in the murder of Shetty, which was considered a ground for an NIA probe, Balan said PFI is not a declared terrorist organisation, but only an unlawful association.
Balan stressed the need for the state govt to amend the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act, stating that existing laws cannot curb hate speech.
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