Author: IANS
Publication: The Times of India
Date: November 14, 2008
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Rs_10_lakh_help_for_Jamia_suspects_announces_Amar_Singh/rssarticleshow/3713957.cms
The Samajwadi Party has announced that the
party will give Rs1 million (10 lakh) to the Jamia Millia Islamia students
who were arrested on the charge of being allegedly involved in Sep 13 blasts
in Delhi.
Amar Singh, general secretary of the Samajwadi
Party, made the announcement on Thursday evening while attending a meeting
of Jamia Old Boys Association on the issue of Jamia Nagar shootout.
"We have decided to provide support to
Jamia students arrested on the charges of their alleged involvement in the
blasts," said Amar Singh.
Mohammad Shakeel, a second-year MA student,
and Zia-ur-Rehman, a third-year BA student, were arrested from New Delhi on
Sep 21 for their alleged involvement in serial blasts. Delhi Police have said
they, along with 10 others arrested, were part of the Indian Mujahideen that
has claimed responsibility for the serial bombings in the national capital
as well as other cities in recent months.
Singh also said that atrocities on minorities
in the Congress ruled states have put a big question mark on the secular character
of the Congress.
"Killings of young boys in Delhi in the
name of terrorism and burning alive of people in Adilabad, such atrocities
on the minorities in the states in which Congress is in power is putting a
big question mark on the secular character of the Congress," he said.
Communal violence and subsequent incidents
had claimed 10 lives in Andhra Pradesh's Adilabad district in October.
"We had organised the meeting to discuss
the issue of the way the image of the university is being tarnished. In this
meeting Amar Singh made the announcement of providing financial help to the
students of Jamia University arrested on the charges of alleged involvement
in the blasts," Javed Aalam, president of Jamia Old Boys Association
said.
Jaya Prada and Kamal Akhter, Samajwadi Party
parliamentarians, were also present at the meeting. Kamal Akhter is a former
student of the varsity.
Two alleged terrorists were gunned down in
Jamia Nagar on Sep 19 followed by arrests by the Delhi and the Uttar Pradesh
police of those suspected to be involved in the Sep 13 Delhi serial bombings.
