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HC order a relief, BJP’s IT army threatening & humiliating me: Delhi minority panel chief
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafarul-Islam Khan said it was unfair to target the Tablighi Jamaat community.
ANEESHA BEDI 13 May, 2020 2:26 pm IST
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New Delhi: The Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafarul-Islam Khan expressed relief at the Delhi High Court granting him interim protection from arrest until 22 June but continues to stand by his controversial tweet.
He, however, told ThePrint that in his official capacity as the head of a minority panel, the tweet could have been avoided and was ill-timed.
Khan has been booked on sedition charges by the Delhi Police for a tweet on 28 April in which he put out a statement thanking “Kuwait for standing with Indian Muslims”, warning that Indian Muslims should not be pushed to reaching out to the Arab and Muslim world, while also praising the controversial preacher Zakir Naik. He has since apologised for his post.
In an exclusive interview with ThePrint Tuesday, Khan said the Delhi High Court order was a relief in that police “won’t gather in large numbers” outside his house.
“I am not afraid of these things but relieved in the sense that cops won’t gather outside my place in large numbers to take me with them to the station,” he said.
Khan added that last week, Delhi Police officials spent two hours trying to convince him to go with them to the police station, insisting it was for his own good, but he knew that wasn’t the case.
The minorities commission chief said he told the police he won’t accompany them until he was sent a written notice. The police later sent a notice asking Khan for his device/laptop that was used to share the Twitter and Facebook posts.
“I submitted my laptop to the police, but I have said in writing that I am doing it under duress, as I fail to understand why they need it as there is a record of the tweet or social media post available online,” he told ThePrint.
He added that there was “nothing in the case” and that the FIR was malafide.
In its order Tuesday, the Delhi High Court, which heard Khan’s plea for anticipatory bail through video-conferencing, had made it clear to the Delhi Police that prior notice should be given to Khan well in advance if he has to be called for an investigation.
https://theprint.in/india/hc-order-...liating-me-delhi-minority-panel-chief/420492/
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafarul-Islam Khan said it was unfair to target the Tablighi Jamaat community.
ANEESHA BEDI 13 May, 2020 2:26 pm IST
File image of Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafarul-Islam Khan | Facebook
Text Size:
New Delhi: The Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafarul-Islam Khan expressed relief at the Delhi High Court granting him interim protection from arrest until 22 June but continues to stand by his controversial tweet.
He, however, told ThePrint that in his official capacity as the head of a minority panel, the tweet could have been avoided and was ill-timed.
Khan has been booked on sedition charges by the Delhi Police for a tweet on 28 April in which he put out a statement thanking “Kuwait for standing with Indian Muslims”, warning that Indian Muslims should not be pushed to reaching out to the Arab and Muslim world, while also praising the controversial preacher Zakir Naik. He has since apologised for his post.
In an exclusive interview with ThePrint Tuesday, Khan said the Delhi High Court order was a relief in that police “won’t gather in large numbers” outside his house.
“I am not afraid of these things but relieved in the sense that cops won’t gather outside my place in large numbers to take me with them to the station,” he said.
Khan added that last week, Delhi Police officials spent two hours trying to convince him to go with them to the police station, insisting it was for his own good, but he knew that wasn’t the case.
The minorities commission chief said he told the police he won’t accompany them until he was sent a written notice. The police later sent a notice asking Khan for his device/laptop that was used to share the Twitter and Facebook posts.
“I submitted my laptop to the police, but I have said in writing that I am doing it under duress, as I fail to understand why they need it as there is a record of the tweet or social media post available online,” he told ThePrint.
He added that there was “nothing in the case” and that the FIR was malafide.
In its order Tuesday, the Delhi High Court, which heard Khan’s plea for anticipatory bail through video-conferencing, had made it clear to the Delhi Police that prior notice should be given to Khan well in advance if he has to be called for an investigation.
https://theprint.in/india/hc-order-...liating-me-delhi-minority-panel-chief/420492/
