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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | ‘Just 4 of 26 hanged since ’91 Muslims’ -Himanshi Dhawan

‘Just 4 of 26 hanged since ’91 Muslims’ -Himanshi Dhawan

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published Published on Aug 11, 2015   modified Modified on Aug 11, 2015
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Just four of the 26 persons executed in India since 1991 belonged to the Muslim community, and yet a perception has been created by some media channels in the aftermath of the hanging of Yakub Memon that members of the minority community are being targeted, said government sources.

An internal report by the I&B ministry has taken exception to the "tenor of discussion'' in the four channels — Aaj Tak, ABP News, NDTV India and NDTV 24X7 — and argued it was a "serious threat to national security'' and had "sown seeds of distrust between communities.'' The common thread in their reporting was that Supreme Court had been unfair to Memon.

The ministry feels that, at the very least, an explanation should be demanded from these channels. "Repeated examples of the death sentence of Beant Singh being commuted are being cited. Truth is both of them are on death row. Similarly in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, it was the Congress government that delayed consideration of the mercy petition that led to SC converting their death sentence to life imprisonment,'' said a source who had reviewed the report.

The channels have been charged with telecasting content that was denigrating to the President, judiciary, could incite violence and against national security. The ministry has prepared grounds for justifying their action against the channels pointing out that two Hindi channels broadcast wanted gangster Chhota Shakeel's interview without editing out comments that clearly suggested unleashing of communal violence and made disparaging comments on the judiciary.

"The world has seen what you did with Yakub Memon... We don't believe in your judiciary. This was justice based on revenge. You people took revenge from one person...'' Chhota Shakeel told Aaj Tak. And he told ABP News: "The world has seen how you have executed an innocent man... After Babri Masjid people had taken action and many things had happened. For every action, there is a reaction... there are many people besides us (who can take action).''

The anchor on NDTV India described the order to hang Memon as "unfortunate'' and said that the courts only found merit in the prosecution's case while NDTV 24X7 in an interview of lawyer Majeed Memon broadcast remarks against the Indian judicial system. Memon was quoted commenting on the pardon given to accused Usmann Jaan Khan saying, "If you show this pardon to any person outside India, UK authorities or US authorities or the best brains in the world as far as criminal law is concerned, they will laugh at you. They will laugh at you; they'll say is this justice? Usmaan Jaan Khan has played a role in this whole operation 10 times more than Yakub.''

The ministry has also pointed out that former Congress minister Manish Tewari's claim that no notices were issued under UPA government was incorrect.

The Times of India, 11 August, 2015, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Just-4-of-26-hanged-since-91-Muslims/articleshow/48430762.cms


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