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End of trauma for them

Youth falsely accused in bomb blast case felicitated by rights forum

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Home-coming: Relatives felicitating youth who were recently acquitted, at a programme organised by the Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee in Hyderabad on Sunday.

HYDERABAD: The lucky ones who came out unscathed, although badly bruised with mental scars, from the dreaded ordeal are now sporting a winsome smile. They knew that they have been to hell and back. And, now is the time to soak in the warm and glowing words of consolation, support coming from friends, relatives, well-wishers and parents.

On Sunday, six youth from twin cities, out of the 18 recently acquitted youngsters who were picked up by police for their alleged involvement in bomb blasts, were felicitated by the near and dear. The felicitation programme was organised by Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC).

“No one can compensate the one academic year my son lost because of the ordeal. During his arrest, even our relatives stopped coming or calling us. Police should punish the guilty, not innocent and intelligent youngsters like my son,” says Fayaz Ali Akhtar, father of Dr. Ibrahim Ali Junaid.

Junaid recently managed to complete his degree in Unani medicine from Nizamia Tibbi College, Charminar and he is happy about his achievement. “I still have a dull pain in my head during nights because of the mental and physical suffering . Yet, I am looking forward to a good future,” he says.

Md. Raisuddin, Md. Abdul Rahim, Arshad Khan, Kaleem, Shujahuddin and Dr. Junaid were the six youth who felicitated in the programme. “The metropolitan sessions judge of city courts on December 31 acquitted us.We were falsely implicated by the police. ,” they said.

Compensation

Most of them were also worried because of reluctance of the society to accept them back to its fold. “Some of us are facing difficulty in getting back to jobs. We lost our previous jobs and these days it is quite hard to find new ones,” says Arshad.

CLMC General Secretary Lateef Md. Khan demanded that the government compensate the acquitted with Rs. 20 lakh each and conduct inquiry into the police personnel who had foisted false cases on them.

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