Jaipur: Civil rights body PUCL (People’s Union for Civil Liberties) welcomed the Rajasthan high court’s acquittal of all the four men convicted and sentenced to death by the trial court for the Jaipur bomb blasts, and demanded action against the police team that, according to the high court judgment, had manipulated evidence.
The PUCL also demanded compensation for the 15 years that the accused had spent in jail while their families suffered the ignominy of having produced “terrorists”.
“The court has rightly identified the numerous flaws in the investigation. The judgment talks of gaping holes in the investigation, reiterating the point of slipshod work by the police,” the PUCL said in a statement.
In 2008 itself, many civil society organisations had raised the issue of false arrests and the framing of young men of the Muslim community as terrorists.
“In 2008 when the four were arrested, except for Shahbaz, all were under twenty-five. It is imperative that all be compensated,” the People’s Union for Civil Liberties further said.
It sought a fresh investigation in the bomb blast cases so that justice is delivered to the kin of the deceased and the injured.
The PUCL also demanded compensation for the 15 years that the accused had spent in jail while their families suffered the ignominy of having produced “terrorists”.
“The court has rightly identified the numerous flaws in the investigation. The judgment talks of gaping holes in the investigation, reiterating the point of slipshod work by the police,” the PUCL said in a statement.
In 2008 itself, many civil society organisations had raised the issue of false arrests and the framing of young men of the Muslim community as terrorists.
“In 2008 when the four were arrested, except for Shahbaz, all were under twenty-five. It is imperative that all be compensated,” the People’s Union for Civil Liberties further said.
It sought a fresh investigation in the bomb blast cases so that justice is delivered to the kin of the deceased and the injured.
