[Reader-list] fwd:An Open Letter to Hon'ble Prime Minister

[A.K. Malik]

Dear Mr Murali,
                I am of the opinion that custodial killings need to be deplored whosoever is the perpetator.If one state/govt has done it, that doesn't give a license to the other govt to let it allow in the other state.
Yes, I agree people make it selective news to target Modi for anything wrong done in Gujarat whether at peon's level or constable's level.
What I see in this forum, I see a similarity in media reporting where anything wrong is highlighted or reported in small print or not reported at all depending upon bias of the media person.
Regards,

(A.K.MALIK)


--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] fwd:An Open Letter to Hon'ble Prime Minister
> To: "anupam chakravartty" <c.anupam at gmail.com>
> Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 6:02 PM
> Custodial killings were rampant
> during the emergency period. However,
> custodial killings became rampant in Kerala throughout the
> last three
> decades of the post-emergency period during the
> dispensations of both
> the CPI (M) and Congress-led governments. According to the
> NHRC, there
> were a total of 54 custodial deaths in Kerala during
> 2002-2003, of
> which 4 were in police custody and 50 in judicial custody.
> 
> Regards,
> V Murali
> 
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > And also selectively picking up people labelling them
> as terrorists, staging
> > selective encounters, with selected guns, and selected
> police officers,
> > selected threat perceptions for the selected Cheif
> ministers because they
> > have selectively killed people. are we talking about
> natural selection here?
> > i dont think so, Peace be Upon Darwin.
> >
> > -anupam
> >
> > On 9/9/09, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Selective awakening and selective amnesia!!
> >> Regards,
> >> V Murali
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Rajendra Bhat
> Uppinangadi
> >> <rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Dear all members in the reader list,
> >> >   often I am confused by the fuss and hue
> and cries raised by some for
> >> > selective amnesia if the encounters happen in
> the nation, often, few CMs
> >> > become targets of annoyance, amused talks,
> and ofcourse of the disgust. A
> >> > death by encounter is a death, which has no
> justification as rules of
> >> laws
> >> > are not followed when a person is killed, and
> if the person is deviant,
> >> > accused criminal, the utmost care for the law
> keepers is to not to kill,
> >> but
> >> > over power by ways of even using the fire
> power, to hurt and over power,
> >> so
> >> > there is no justification for encounter
> killings as such, but such
> >> deviants
> >> > have to be prosecuted and dealt with as per
> rule of laws..
> >> >
> >> >  But the some ids seem to have made it a
> practise to charge the CMs whom
> >> > they have prejudice, a party to blame, as we
> in this continent always
> >> love
> >> > the blame game, and conveniently be selective
> of the deaths by faith,
> >> caste
> >> > and region.?
> >> >
> >> >   Was the encounter death in Manipur  not
> to be condemned,? Was the CM of
> >> > Delhi  not responsible by the same
> standards, why no letters , no hue and
> >> > cries for the deaths in some places for some
> people, is it because they
> >> are
> >> > of different faiths.?
> >> >
> >> >   It is really amusing at times when we see
> the individuals in turn,
> >> > support the anti national acts and the law of
> lands is silent and faith
> >> is
> >> > brought in  to save the enemies of the
> society because they belong to any
> >> > faith, all those guilty of deviant acts in
> society must be taken care by
> >> the
> >> > rule of laws, by the system of laws
> expeditiously, but when judges fudge
> >> > with prosecutions, prosecutions are negligent
> with biryani eating
> >> accused,
> >> > investigative agencies are all powerful to
> ignore the swabs of the
> >> victims,
> >> > forensic evidence leads,   to doctored
> evidence, may be law keepers
> >> become
> >> > executors.?
> >> >
> >> >  Such acts of executors does not augur well
> for the society, nor the acts
> >> > of selective protests for the followers of
> any selective faith, as
> >> society
> >> > will doubt the credibilty of such acts of
> selective protests, and
> >> ofcourse
> >> > we have enough socialite social workers,
> artists with art as their credo
> >> > living on immoral artistic expressions, and
> those who are unethical and
> >> >  immoral in their profession of journalism.
> Great cobinations of
> >> > permutations and combinations to make the
> society of a nation of jungle
> >> law.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Rajen.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Inder Salim
> <indersalim at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> An Open Letter to Hon'ble Prime Minister
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Dr. Manmohan Singh
> >> >> Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
> >> >> September 8, 2009, 1.02am
> >> >> Dear Dr Manmohan Singh.
> >> >>
> >> >>                            
>         I had written a small article in
> >> >> The Hindustan Times in June 2004. It was
> called ‘Come Shoot Me: I am a
> >> >> Terrorist’. It was to express my
> anguish on Ishrat Jahan’s killing in
> >> >> Gujarat.
> >> >> The Magisterial Enquiry, which is
> mandatory in every encounter case
> >> >> (and which was never done in the Batla
> House encounter) has finally
> >> >> termed it Ishrat jahan’s killing as a
> fake encounter yesterday in a
> >> >> metropolitan court. It is not a matter of
> surprise for us as we knew
> >> >> that she was killed in cold blood.
> Perhaps you will also agree that
> >> >> such things are happening and happened in
> Gujarat under Modi. But I am
> >> >> not writing to talk about how bad Modi
> is.
> >> >> I am writing this to ask you a small
> favour.
> >> >> I know you have absolutely hectic
> schedules and thousands of issues to
> >> >> handle so I am putting down here the
> facts, gathered from various
> >> >> media reports.
> >> >> On June 15, 2003, the Ahmedabad city
> crime branch, then headed by the
> >> >> now jailed IPS officer D G Vanzara, shot
> four young people –Ishrat
> >> >> Jahan, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai,
> Amjad Ali Rana  and Jisan
> >> >> Johar. It was propagated that these four
> young people were alleged
> >> >> Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives who were
> allegedly on mission to kill
> >> >> chief minister Narendra Modi.
> >> >> Ishrat, was a 19-year old student of
> Khalsa College in Mumbra, a Mumbai
> >> >> suburb.
> >> >> Ishrat's mother filed a petition in the
> high court in 2004 demanding
> >> >> death compensation and a CBI probe.
> Ishrat Jahan’s mother’s Petition
> >> >> alleged that it was a fake encounter as
> one of the many that the
> >> >> present government regime in Gujarat
> headed by Narendra Modi had done
> >> >> to achieve Political Mileage to publicly
> create panic and sympathy
> >> >> that the Chief Minister was sought to be
> assassinated.
> >> >> The crime branch carried out the
> operation and the same agency
> >> >> conducted investigation.
> >> >> When the petition was heard by Justice KS
> Jhaveri , he immediately
> >> >> proposed, almost on line taken by the
> Supreme Court in the infamous
> >> >> Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, for
> which Vanzara was jailed along
> >> >> with other policemen, that a five-member
> team - all of the rank of
> >> >> additional DGP - should probe this case.
> >> >>  The encounter was done by the infamous
> D. G. Vanzara and his team who
> >> >> are presently arrested under Orders of
> the Hon’ble Supreme Court in
> >> >> the case of fake encounter of Sohrabuddin
> and his wife Kausarbi.
> >> >> Sohrabuddin’s encounter has been
> admitted by the state to be fake and
> >> >> recently on 11/08/2008, they have agreed
> to deposit an amount of Rs.
> >> >> 10.00 Lakhs as interim ex-gratia
> compensation for being paid to the
> >> >> Kith and Kin of the two.
> >> >> There are allegedly 28 encounters which
> were fake and have been covered
> >> up.
> >> >> In Ishrat Jahan’s matter the CBI was
> impleaded as a Party and it took
> >> >> a stand that if the Court so orders they
> are willing to carry out
> >> >> fresh investigations and unearth the
> truth. Such stand triggered panic
> >> >> with the State Government and it seems
> even with some Officers of
> >> >> Central Home Ministry.  After UPA came
> to power some tainted CBI
> >> >> officers placed in Gujarat during the NDA
> with questionable track
> >> >> record were removed after  a lot of
> pressure and almost two years but
> >> >> they soon found plush positions in Delhi
> under UPA regime.
> >> >> To our dismay we realized last month
> through the media reports that
> >> >> the Ministry of Home Affairs in an
> affidavit stated that Ishrat, Javed
> >> >> and two others Jisan Johar and Amjad Ali
> Rana were all operatives of
> >> >> Pakistan-based terror group
> Lashkar-e-Toiba.
> >> >> Maintaining that the four were
> terrorists, the Union government told
> >> >> the high court, "No proposal for CBI
> investigation is under
> >> >> consideration of the Centre nor does it
> consider the present case fit
> >> >> for CBI probe."
> >> >> Moreover, the Centre claimed that there
> is no question of independent
> >> >> inquiry, as an additional DGP (CID &
> Intelligence) had carried out an
> >> >> independent probe into the incident and
> the officer is neither working
> >> >> with crime branch nor is he a subordinate
> to the crime branch, which
> >> >> carried out the operation and later
> investigated the case itself."
> >> >> If you remember Hon’ble prime Minister
> when I met you regarding the
> >> >> Package for the Gujarat 2002 victims
> along with other activists from
> >> >> Gujarat I had jokingly said, “The news
> that UPA has replaced NDA at
> >> >> the centre has not reached your Home
> Ministry as yet’. I had said this
> >> >> precisely in the connection of how the
> tainted officers promoted by
> >> >> the BJP were still being pampered under
> the UPA.
> >> >> The reason behind filing of the Affidavit
> by the Central Government
> >> >> was to dissuade the Court from appointing
> a strong S I T and give a
> >> >> message that even the Central Government
> had approved the act of fake
> >> >> encounter. But for the magisterial
> enquiry the Central Home Ministry
> >> >> had left no stone unturned to prove that
> Ishrat deserved to be killed.
> >> >> The logic used always is what will happen
> to the morale of the
> >> >> officers. My question is what happens to
> the morale of the officers
> >> >> when they torture innocent young people,
> when they kill them, when
> >> >> they illegally detain them, beat them.
> What happens to their morale
> >> >> then? Do they just go home and sleep?
> >> >> Why don’t we as nation stop playing the
> farce of being a secular
> >> >> nation and why don’t we remove the
> article from the constitution which
> >> >> says all citizens are equal?
> >> >> The affidavit filed by the Home Ministry
> is a proof of the fact that
> >> >> in Ishrat Jahan’s fake encounter case
> UPA has connived with the
> >> >> Gujarat government in a blatantly
> communal manner. With 3 days to go
> >> >> before assembly bye election in 7 seats
> in Gujarat 5 more innocent
> >> >> boys have been picked up in Baroda and
> declared' terrorists'.
> >> >> I do not know if this letter will be also
> lost on the way and find
> >> >> itself in a dustbin as I have never
> received any acknowledgment from
> >> >> your office, so I will be forced to
> circulate it to others to lodge a
> >> >> strong protest against this blatant
> connivance of the Home Ministry
> >> >> with the Gujarat government.
> >> >> My request to you is that if your
> government has any political will
> >> >> then please ask your home ministry to
> tender a public apology for
> >> >> filing the affidavit against the innocent
> girl who was so brutally
> >> >> murdered. It requires some courage and
> conviction.
> >> >> You are fond of poetry.
> >> >> Faiz ke chand lines apki nazar kar rahi
> hoon:
> >> >>
> >> >> Tujh ko kitnon ka lahoo chahiye ae
> arz-i-watan, Jo tiray arz-i-berang
> >> >> ko gulnaar karein
> >> >> Kitni aahon se kaleja tira thanda hoga,
> Kitne aansoo tiray sehraon ko
> >> >> gulzaar karein
> >> >>
> >> >> (The blood of how many do you need O
> motherland;That which will
> >> >> brighten your colourless earth;
> >> >> How many sighs will soothe your heart;
> How many tears will cause your
> >> >> deserts to bloom.)
> >> >>  Sincerely Yours
> >> >> Shabnam Hashmi
> >> >> Member, National Integration Council
> >> >> Cc: Media & fellow human rights
> activists
> >> >>
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