As salaamu alaikum (Peace be Upon you)
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.
Something is seriously wrong with this society, A change is necessary and the change is not possible until and unless we reform ourselves.
May Allah guide us all to the straight path, Aameen.
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