General Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Nusrat Ali has expressed deep sorrow over the brutal death of Khalid Mujahid on way to Lucknow from Faizabad court. This is not just brutal death of an innocent noble youth but also murder of human rights and outrage of the soul of justice, law and constitution, he said in a press statement on 20 May. He strongly demanded the Uttar Pradesh government to award a compensation of Rs one crore to the family of deceased, Khalid as he was in the custody of government which could not ensure him justice nor protect his life. He also demanded arrest of the policemen who wrongly arrested him and prosecution of the jail authorities who pushed him to death.
In his statement, Jamaat’sGeneral Secretary further said that though the report of RD NimeshCommission on the arrest of Khalid Mujahid and Tariq Qasmi is satisfactory but the commission took a long time in preparing the report which was against the demands of justice and the hope of justice ended as the government did not present the report in the assembly even though it was leaked in the media and did not take any effective measure to ensure release of Khalid Mujahid and Tariq Qasmi.
The whole responsibility of mysterious death of Khalid Mujahid rests on the present and previous governments of Uttar Pradesh, so by giving adequate compensation to his family and by prosecuting the guilty policemen and jail officials the demands of justice can be met. The Jamaat leader expressed hope that the government of Uttar Pradesh won’t make any delay in fulfilling these demands and would release all arrested innocent Muslim youths.