தஸ்லீமாவை தாக்கிய இந்திய எம் எல் ஏக்கள் விடுதலை

தஸ்லீமா நஸ்ரீனை காங்கிரஸ் கட்சியின் ஆதரவு கட்சி எம் எல் ஏக்கள் தாக்கியதை எல்லா டெலிவிஷன்களும் காட்டின. அதன் பின்னர், ஹைதராபாதுக்கு வந்தால், அவரது தலையை துண்டிப்போம் என்று பகிரங்கமாக அறிவித்தனர். இருந்தும், அந்த எம் எல் ஏக்கள் விடுதலை செய்யப்பட்டனர்.

காங்கிரஸ் கட்சிக்கு ஆதரவு எம் எல் ஏக்கள் என்பதால் இவர்கள் விடுவிக்கப்பட்டார்களா அல்லது சிறுபான்மையினருக்கு மற்றவர்களது தலையை துண்டிக்க உரிமை உண்டு என்று இவர்களை விடுவித்த்தார்களா என்று தெரியவில்லை.

தஸ்லீமாவை தாக்கியவர்கள் தண்டிக்கப்படுவார்கள் என்று சொன்ன காங்கிரஸ் முதல்வருக்கு டெல்லியில் என்ன அடி விழுந்தது என்று தெரியவில்லை.

Dithering cops let off MIM MLAs
11 Aug 2007, 0304 hrs IST,TNN
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HYDERABAD: MIM legislators openly abused Taslima Nasreen using unprintable language. They also attempted to assault her, and all this was watched by TV viewers all over the country. After the incident, a top MIM leader even threatened to behead the Bangladeshi writer if she stepped on Hyderabad soil. But Hyderabad’s police bosses are still seeking ‘legal opinion’ on how to deal with the offending legislators. They were booked under certain sections of the IPC, but let off shortly thereafter on bail.

Hyderabad police commissioner Balwinder Singh, when quizzed at a press conference about the whole issue, said; “We went through the reports of the utterances of the MIM leaders only this morning. We will seek legal opinion and take necessary action,” he said.

The commissioner, however, was delivered a bouncer by newspersons: he was asked whether he would still seek legal opinion, if the same person threatened to behead him (the commissioner) if he visited the south zone limits in the city.

"Will you seek legal opinion if the same legislators issue a veiled threat to you?" the newspersons asked, leaving the police commissioner without a cover.

"Do not stretch the matter too far," the city police boss said reaching for a glass of water.

Balwinder Singh also found it difficult to reply why the accused were not booked under Sec 307 (attempt to murder) for allegedly making a pre-planned attack on the writer.

It may be recalled that Congress legislator P Janardhan Reddy’s son Vishnuvardhan Reddy was booked under Sec 307 in a road rage incident at Jubilee Hills a few days back. The complainant in the case was chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s brother.

"We cannot take suo motu notice of the case as an FIR was lodged by the complainant. The sections imposed are strictly according to the complaint and anybody is open to ask a lawyer if the case is being diluted," the city police commissioner said.

"If any lenience is found in slapping the sections we will take disciplinary action against the officials concerned," he added.

Balwinder Singh also said there was no intelligence failure resulting in the attack on Taslima Nasreen.
"The visit of any person or dignitary is intimated by the organisers and they did not inform the police about Taslima’s programme at the Press Club. It was a low-profile function and very few people attended it," Balwinder Singh said.

Interestingly, intelligence sleuths keep a watch at the press clubs at Basheerbagh and Somajiguda apart from other venues where most of the media conferences of various political and social organisation take place.

Meanwhile, journalist unions staged a demonstration at Basheerbagh protesting the attack on Taslima Nasreen. They deplored the Taliban-like situation created by the ‘fundamentalists’ and demanded action against the accused.
A rally was taken out from Press Club, Basheerbagh, to Ambedkar statue where an effigy of ‘fundamentalism’ was burnt.