Post-Babri Masjid demolition riots: SC gives split verdict

By TwoCircles.net staff reporter

New Delhi: Two courts of different status, two cases related to the nation-wide communal riots following the demolition of Babri Masjid, and two different verdicts, but what is similar is the time the procedure took: full 15 years.

On 3rd May the Supreme Court of India gave a split verdict on confirming the conviction of five persons accused of murder during the communal riots of 1992-1993 in Assam. As the two-judge bench comprising Justices S.B. Sinha and H.S. Bedi had different opinions, the matter has now been placed before the Chief Justice of India. The Chief Justice will refer the case to a larger bench.

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Muslims court arrest to demand right to pray at Nawab Masjid

By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net

Vellore (Tamilnadu): A sea of Muslims disciplined and peacefully descended on the famous Vellore Fort to demand their right to pray. Located within Vellore Fort, Muslims are not allowed to pray in 250 years old Nawab Masjid. Muslims of Tamilnadu have been demanding for a long time that the masjid be opened up for prayers. On Friday, about ten thousand Muslims under the banner of Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) marched towards the fort to be allowed to pray. They were prevented from entering the fort, as a result they offered prayers outside the fort on the road. More than two thousands of them detained and later released.

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ULFA gave US$6 MN to Bangladesh parties

Submitted by Indian-Muslim on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 10:50.

NEW DELHI, Feb 25 (NNN-PTI) The banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is reported to have pumped in over US$6 million to fund major political parties in the forthcoming Bangladesh elections, a leading US think-tank has said.

The funds have gone to at least 15 candidates belonging to both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Awami League, Strategic Foresight Inc said, claiming that the ULFA was "hedging its bets in order to protect its militant and business operations in Bangladesh should either party win".

In a report on the general elections, which are expected to be held later this year, and the prevailing political situation in Bangladesh, the think-tank said the ULFA's core leadership is believed to have been living in luxury in that country for 15 years "under the protection of its political allies in Dhaka".

The think-tank, also known as Stratfor, said "as long as ULFA can continue funding the appropriate candidates, it can ensure that the Bangladesh government will resist caving into Indian demands to crack down on the militant group".

Observing that six million dollars was a "handsome contribution" coming from an Indian militant outfit, the report said the ULFA was "no ordinary organisation".

Its chief Paresh Barua was "an enormously wealthy racketeer worth approximately 110 million dollars" with business operations throughout India, Bangladesh and the Persian Gulf, it said.

--NNN-PTI

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