Killed for exposing Naroda Patiya case
Courtesy: NDTV Report
An RTI activist actively involved in exposing illegal slaughter houses was killed in Ahmedabad's Juhupura area today. Around 7.45 am on Saturday, unidentified people attacked Nadeem Sayeed with sharp weapons. He died on the spot.
R Tana the police inspector at Vaijalpur, said, "He was out for his usual walk and was attacked by some people. We rushed him to a hospital but he died immediately. Investigations are on." Police officials add the Crime Branch, which is investigating the case, have already detained a few people.
Sayeed had filed several public interest litigations in the Gujarat High Court over sanitation issues in the Juhapura area. He was also a key witness in the Naroda Patiya case, where he exposed some people who were allegedly involved in tampering of evidence. He had been brutally attacked last year.
Activists close to Sayeed are grieving the loss of a brave man. Says Bharat Jala, an activist: "It is a very sad happening. We condemn the open murder. It is a very old issue in the country that whenever a person tries to fight for the rights of others he/she is murdered." Vinod Pandeya another activist adds. "I believe that proper police protection was not given to him. The leaders are provided with security whereas it should be for the activists."
Courtesy: NDTV Report
An RTI activist actively involved in exposing illegal slaughter houses was killed in Ahmedabad's Juhupura area today. Around 7.45 am on Saturday, unidentified people attacked Nadeem Sayeed with sharp weapons. He died on the spot. R Tana the police inspector at Vaijalpur, said, "He was out for his usual walk and was attacked by some people. We rushed him to a hospital but he died immediately. Investigations are on." Police officials add the Crime Branch, which is investigating the case, have already detained a few people.
Sayeed had filed several public interest litigations in the Gujarat High Court over sanitation issues in the Juhapura area. He was also a key witness in the Naroda Patiya case, where he exposed some people who were allegedly involved in tampering of evidence. He had been brutally attacked last year.
Activists close to Sayeed are grieving the loss of a brave man. Says Bharat Jala, an activist: "It is a very sad happening. We condemn the open murder. It is a very old issue in the country that whenever a person tries to fight for the rights of others he/she is murdered." Vinod Pandeya another activist adds. "I believe that proper police protection was not given to him. The leaders are provided with security whereas it should be for the activists."
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During the probe, crime branch officials found that Senior, a local don of Kalupur area, had called Saiyed four months ago and threatened him.
After the cold-blooded murder of Saiyed on Saturday, Senior came under the crime branch scanner during preliminary investigation. According to them, Senior, also an accused in the Kalupur building collapse case, called Saiyed on July 3 this year and asked him to withdraw from the Naroda-Patiya massacre case.
When Senior called him and threatened him, Saiyed was sitting at the residence of his friend, Jayrajsinh Parmar, in Narayan Park area.
After receiving the call from Mehboob on his mobile phone, Saiyed approached Navrangpura police to lodge a compliant against him for the threat call. However, Navrangpura police asked him to approach Gujarat University police.
However, Saiyed’s compliant was not registered by Gujarat University police station either. The Crime branch also learned that it was only after the intervention from a DCP that Saiyed’s compliant was finally lodged at Gujarat University police station on August 4, but no action was taken against Senior.
To get some leads about the motive behind Saiyed’s murder, the crime branch grilled Senior regarding the threats he had made to him. However, Senior told the officials that he had only ‘requested’ and not threatened Saiyed to pull his hand out of the Naroda-Patiya case. Senior also told the officials that he had nothing to do with the activist’s murder.
Crime branch also traced the number from which Saiyed was threatened in July. The mobile number belonged to one Irfan Shaikh, a resident of Saudagar ni pol in Kalupur area. Shaikh also confirmed that the number belonged to him, but it had been used by Senior for a long time.
The crime branch is now investigating the motive behind the call by Senior.