PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-37300
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takes whole teams there were protesters. Most of the attention was on Ghalib, Afzal's angelic.
of top lawyers to looking little son. Kind-hearted people, not sure of what to do with a young boy.
coax it out of its whose father was going to the gallows, were plying him with ice-creams and.
lair. cold drinks. As I looked around at the people gathered there, I noted a sad.
little fact. The convener of the protest, the small, stocky man who was.
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nervously introducing the speakers and making the announcements, was.
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S.A.R. Geelani, a young lecturer in Arabic Literature at Delhi University..
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Accused Number Three in the Parliament Attack case. He was arrested on December 14, 2001, a day after.
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the attack, by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police. Though Geelani was brutally tortured in custody, though his.
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family--his wife, young children and brother--were illegally detained, he refused to confess to a crime he.
.
hadn't committed. Of course you wouldn't know this if you read newspapers in the days following his arrest..
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They carried detailed descriptions of an entirely imaginary, non-existent confession. The Delhi Police.
.
portrayed Geelani as the evil mastermind of the Indian end of the conspiracy. Its scriptwriters orchestrated a.
.
hateful propaganda campaign against him, which was eagerly amplified and embellished by a hyper-.
.
nationalistic, thrill-seeking media. The police knew perfectly well that in criminal trials, judges are not.
.
supposed to take cognisance of media reports. So they knew that their entirely cold-blooded fabrication of a.
.
profile for these 'terrorists' would mould public opinion, and create a climate for the trial. But it would not come.
.
in for any legal scrutiny..
.
Here are some of the malicious, outright lies that appeared in the mainstream press:.
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'Case Cracked: Jaish behind Attack'.
The Hindustan Times, Dec 16, 2001: Neeta Sharma and Arun Joshi.
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"In Delhi, the Special Cell detectives detained a Lecturer in Arabic, who teaches at Zakir Hussain College.
(Evening)...after it was established that he had received a call made by militants on his mobile phone.".
Another column in the same paper said: "Terrorists spoke to him before the attack and the lecturer made a.
phone call to Pakistan after the strike.".
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'DU Lecturer was terror plan hub'.
The Times of India, Dec 17, 2001.
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"The attack on Parliament on December 13 was a joint operation of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and.
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist groups in which a Delhi University lecturer, Syed A.R. Gilani, was one of the.
key facilitators in Delhi, Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma said on Sunday.".
.
'Varsity don guided fidayeen'.
The Hindu, Dec 17, 2001: Devesh K. Pandey.
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"During interrogation Geelani disclosed that he was in the know of the conspiracy since the day the 'fidayeen'.
attack was planned.".
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'Don lectured on terror in free time'.
The Hindustan Times, Dec 17, 2001: Sutirtho Patranobis.
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"Investigations have revealed that by evening he was at the college teaching Arabic literature. In his free time,.
behind closed doors, either at his house or at Shaukat Hussain's, another suspect to be arrested, he took and.
gave lessons on terrorism...".
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'Professor's proceeds'.
The Hindustan Times, Dec 17, 2001.
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"Geelani recently purchased a house for 22 lakhs in West Delhi. Delhi Police are investigating how he came.
upon such a windfall..."..
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'Aligarh se England tak chaatron mein aatankwaad ke beej bo raha tha Geelani (From Aligarh to.
England Geelani sowed the seeds of terrorism).
Rashtriya Sahara, Dec 18, 2001: Sujit Thakur.
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Trans: "...According to sources and information collected by investigation agencies, Geelani has made a.
statement to the police that he was an agent of Jaish-e-Mohammed for a long time.... It was because of.
Geelani's articulation, style of working and sound planning that in 2000 Jaish-e-Mohammed gave him the.
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4 of 15 09/02/2013 11:41.
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-37300
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www.outlookindia.com | www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?232979.
.
takes whole teams there were protesters. Most of the attention was on Ghalib, Afzal's angelic.
of top lawyers to looking little son. Kind-hearted people, not sure of what to do with a young boy.
coax it out of its whose father was going to the gallows, were plying him with ice-creams and.
lair. cold drinks. As I looked around at the people gathered there, I noted a sad.
little fact. The convener of the protest, the small, stocky man who was.
.
nervously introducing the speakers and making the announcements, was.
.
S.A.R. Geelani, a young lecturer in Arabic Literature at Delhi University..
.
Accused Number Three in the Parliament Attack case. He was arrested on December 14, 2001, a day after.
.
the attack, by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police. Though Geelani was brutally tortured in custody, though his.
.
family--his wife, young children and brother--were illegally detained, he refused to confess to a crime he.
.
hadn't committed. Of course you wouldn't know this if you read newspapers in the days following his arrest..
.
They carried detailed descriptions of an entirely imaginary, non-existent confession. The Delhi Police.
.
portrayed Geelani as the evil mastermind of the Indian end of the conspiracy. Its scriptwriters orchestrated a.
.
hateful propaganda campaign against him, which was eagerly amplified and embellished by a hyper-.
.
nationalistic, thrill-seeking media. The police knew perfectly well that in criminal trials, judges are not.
.
supposed to take cognisance of media reports. So they knew that their entirely cold-blooded fabrication of a.
.
profile for these 'terrorists' would mould public opinion, and create a climate for the trial. But it would not come.
.
in for any legal scrutiny..
.
Here are some of the malicious, outright lies that appeared in the mainstream press:.
.
'Case Cracked: Jaish behind Attack'.
The Hindustan Times, Dec 16, 2001: Neeta Sharma and Arun Joshi.
.
"In Delhi, the Special Cell detectives detained a Lecturer in Arabic, who teaches at Zakir Hussain College.
(Evening)...after it was established that he had received a call made by militants on his mobile phone.".
Another column in the same paper said: "Terrorists spoke to him before the attack and the lecturer made a.
phone call to Pakistan after the strike.".
.
'DU Lecturer was terror plan hub'.
The Times of India, Dec 17, 2001.
.
"The attack on Parliament on December 13 was a joint operation of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and.
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist groups in which a Delhi University lecturer, Syed A.R. Gilani, was one of the.
key facilitators in Delhi, Police Commissioner Ajai Raj Sharma said on Sunday.".
.
'Varsity don guided fidayeen'.
The Hindu, Dec 17, 2001: Devesh K. Pandey.
.
"During interrogation Geelani disclosed that he was in the know of the conspiracy since the day the 'fidayeen'.
attack was planned.".
.
'Don lectured on terror in free time'.
The Hindustan Times, Dec 17, 2001: Sutirtho Patranobis.
.
"Investigations have revealed that by evening he was at the college teaching Arabic literature. In his free time,.
behind closed doors, either at his house or at Shaukat Hussain's, another suspect to be arrested, he took and.
gave lessons on terrorism...".
.
'Professor's proceeds'.
The Hindustan Times, Dec 17, 2001.
.
"Geelani recently purchased a house for 22 lakhs in West Delhi. Delhi Police are investigating how he came.
upon such a windfall..."..
.
'Aligarh se England tak chaatron mein aatankwaad ke beej bo raha tha Geelani (From Aligarh to.
England Geelani sowed the seeds of terrorism).
Rashtriya Sahara, Dec 18, 2001: Sujit Thakur.
.
Trans: "...According to sources and information collected by investigation agencies, Geelani has made a.
statement to the police that he was an agent of Jaish-e-Mohammed for a long time.... It was because of.
Geelani's articulation, style of working and sound planning that in 2000 Jaish-e-Mohammed gave him the.
.
4 of 15 09/02/2013 11:41.
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