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Publication: The Telegraph
Date: November 4, 2004
URL: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/nation/story_3963569.asp?headline=Naxalites~root~for~cleric
Naxalites have added their
voice to the Dasargah-e-Jehad-e-Shahadat's demand for Maulana Naseeruddin's
unconditional release, reports our special correspondent.
Naseeruddin was arrested in Hyderabad
by Gujarat police on Sunday in the Haren Pandya murder case. A mob had
stormed a police officers' complex here that day demanding his release,
which resulted in a youth's death in police firing.
Naseeruddin was remanded in seven
days' police custody on Tuesday by a special anti-terror law court in Gujarat.
Calling the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy
government "anti-Muslim", Naxalite leader Ramakrishna in his letter to
the media also demanded the suspension of officers who permitted the arrest,
filing of a criminal case against Gujarat police, public condemnation of
its action and a public apology by it.
The Andhra secretary of the newly
formed Communist Party of India (Maoist) also wanted the state to issue
a blanket order to prevent police from entering Muslim houses or areas
without permission.
