Appeals CJI to take suo moto cognizance of continuous detention of Er Rasheed
Srinagar April 19 (KNB): Welcoming release of Assam independent MLA Akhil Gogoi who was booked under UAPA by NIA, Er Rasheed’s Family has urged chief Justice of India Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud to take suo moto cognizance of continuous detention of Er Rasheed jailed under UAPA since 2019.
In a statement issued to news agency Kashmir News Bureau-KNB the family said that while Er Rasheed was signed out from the folk of politicians on eve of abrogation of article 370 and packed in Tihar only for raising legitimate rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir, other politicians detained and treated like VIPs in guest houses and posh hotels.said Rasheed’s Family
“The courts are of course the hope for those who are victims of political considerations, but Er Rasheed could not approach the Supreme Court or High Court as the family had no reach to competent lawyers nor are in a position to arrange a huge fee to do so”. The statement added.
“We humbly request Chief Justice Of India to take cognizance as Er Rasheed has neither committed any crime nor has ever supported violence to raise legitimate issues of people of Jammu and Kashmir. Never has there been any FIR registered as against him anywhere in or outside J&K from the day he gave up the government job and joined politics in 2008. We are not asking for mercy but liberty is at State”.statement added
Statement further reads, His political career is like an open book and even his worst critics can’t accuse him of earning even nominal fortune for creating any nominal assets. He was voice of voiceless and his only fault is that he has neither political Godfathers nor hails from any elite class.
Rasheed’s Family further said in the statement, honorable supreme court must ensure his release as not only his personal liberty has been snatched but his continuous detention is insult to people’s mandate who always showed their faith in Er Rasheed and thus stand a sore in the eyes of those who are building their empire by sufferings of Kashmir. (KNB)