mar 23rd, 2009
but his sins are always swept under the carpet because everybody is scared of the mohammedans rioting, or they want to appease them for their votes.
it goes to show once again that there are no 'moderate' mohammedans, because not one mohammedan has stood up and questioned madani's activities.
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Madani row worsens; CM summons ATS head
19/03/2009 15:25:34
PNS | Thiruvananthapuram
The controversies over the CPI(M)'s links with PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Madani gathered momentum on Thursday with LDF Government's Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan summoning Deputy Inspector General TK Vinod Kumar, head of the Kerala Police's anti-terror squad (ATS), investigating the cases related to the killing of four Malayalee militants in Kashmir in October last.
The Chief Minister summoned Vinod Kumar after reports appeared that the Home Ministry, looked after by CPI(M)'s Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, had put a freeze on the investigations by the ATS not to antagonise Madani to avoid embarrassment in the polls. The CPI(M) was depending heavily on Madani for winning Muslim votes in Ponnani and other certain other seats.
However, Vinod Kumar, who had met Achuthanandan with Director General of Police Jacob Punnoose, told him that there were no hindrances in the probes by the ATS. Jacob Punnoose told the Chief Minister that the squad had come across several crucial evidences but these could not be shared with the media at this juncture.
Achuthanandan had on Wednesday told newsmen that he would look into the reports about the connections of Madani and his wife Sufiya with the militants killed in Kashmir, the terror operatives arrested by the ATS and those who were yet to be trapped. According to reports, the arrested militants with links to Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Indian Mujahiddeen had told the police that they had been in close contact with Madani and his wife.
However, within hours of the Chief Minister's promise, Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said that there would be no new probes against Madani as all the new reports related to old events.
The police had known that Indian Mujahideen's southern commandant Sainuddeen alias Abdul Sattar, now in the custody of Karnataka Police had close contacts with Madani and Sufiya. Sattar's daughter Fazeela Begum had been attending school in Kochi staying at Sufiya Madani's house. It was also reported that Madani had attended religious camps in Hyderabad with his help.
School principal Suja had told the police that Fazeela's school records had shown Sufiya as the local guardian of the girl. But after the search for Sainuddeen and other militants intensified, the girl was reportedly shifted to a secret place. Mani alias Yufuf, a Tamilian by origin and who had looked after Madani in the Coimbatore prison, had worked in Sufiya's shop in Ernakulam.
The police had also learned that the four militants killed in Kashymir had earlier celebrated Id at Sufiya's place. The police had got several witness depositions that Sufiya had been the source of inspiration for the burning of Tamil Nadu bus at Kalamassery on September 9, 2005. The allegation was that even after getting all these information, the ATS had not been allowed to question Madani or Sufiya or to carry the probe further.
Reports also said that the CPI(M) did not want to disturb its relationship with Madani which would be detrimental to the interests of the party and the LDF it led. There were allegations that Madani was deciding several matters related to LDF's poll strategies. Madani was said to have proposed the name of Hussein Randathani as the Left Independent candidate in Ponnani seat, which had also led to a standoff between the CPI and the CPI(M).
Meanwhile, Opposition leader Oommen Chandy asked the Chief Minister to exercise his special powers to investigate the allegations being raised against Madani. He said in New Delhi that the approach of Kodiyeri that even issues related to national security were not serious should be seen seriously.
"Kodiyeri is saying that the allegations against Madani are not new. What does he mean by that? Malayalee militants get killed in Kashmir, a clandestine meeting takes place in Aluva and militants hold training camp in Vagamon. But still the Home Minister does not view any of these as new," said Chandy.
"The Chief Minister is saying he would look into the allegations against Madani. But the Home Minister says there will be no inquiry. The people of Kerala want to know about what is going to happen," he added.
At the same time, BJP national vice-president Vehkiah Naidu said in Kochi that probe would be held against Madani if the NDA came to power after the coming Lok Sabha election.
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