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'Cops beat us. We just wanted to pray on Eid'
Updated On: 08 October, 2009 06:51 AM IST | | Anshuman G Dutta
Terror accused lodged in Jaipur jail say officials rejected their request for a community prayer and beat them up. Two cops suspended.
Terror accused lodged in Jaipur jail say officials rejected their request for a community prayer and beat them up. Two cops suspended.
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar could draw inspiration from this incident for his next movie Jail.
It occurred in Jaipur Central Jail on September 21, when about 15 accused terrorists, lodged in connection with last year's serial blasts across the country, approached the jail authorities to let them pray with other Muslim inmates on Eid.u00a0
Reportedly, the cops denied the plea and when the inmates sat on a dharna, they were beaten up by jail guards.
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On Eid, 15 inmates accused in the Jaipur blasts ask prison authorities to let them pray with other Muslim prisoners |
'Police tyranny'
"The inmates wanted to offer namaz with fellow Muslims. It was a simple request but the jail staff abused them for it. The inmates sat on a dharna to protest but the guards beat them up," said Mohammad Asim, the uncle of one of the inmates, Mohammad Saravar.
Asim, a native of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, met his nephew two days after Eid and was shocked when Saravar and other inmates narrated the incident. "It's the worst form of human rights violation. Unfortunately, it has been happening for a long time in Jaipur jail. My nephew was picked up by the Rajasthan police as they suspected his role in last year's serial blasts in the country, including in Jaipur," said Asim.
He alleged the inmates are abused and beaten by the jail staff on petty pretexts and extra precaution is taken by the jail administration to keep the incidents under wraps. "There are at least 15 young terror accused in the Jaipur Central Jail. They are allowed to meet their families only once in 15 days, that too under heavy police presence," said Asim.
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