Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s letter to all chief ministers asking them to ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained on charges of terror is a welcome move but the timing is reflective of the dirty tricks played by the Congress Party to woo Muslims. As the 2014 General elections are drawing closer, the Congress wants to ensure that its traditional vote bank is retained. If Mr. Shinde is really serious in what he is telling, he needs to do only two things – one, to appoint special courts to dispose of terror related cases on day-to-day basis which can prevent wrongfully arrested persons from languishing in jails for years together – and the other, to take strict action against the police officials who are found to have arrested innocent persons with a communal mindset.
Syed Sultan Mohiddin
Kadapa, AP