Mangalore: Senior Advocate Sees Police Hand in Malbari Lawyer's Murder
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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore(RS/SP)
Mangalore, Apr. 10: "The policemen have killed my boy. Naushad Kasimji was defending a number of victims who suffered torture in the hands of policemen and several cases involving human rights violation," charged K Purushoththam Poojary, senior advocate of Naushad Kasimji, who was allegedly killed by unknown shooters on Thursday, April 9.
After filing a police complaint personally giving detailed information to N R Mukri, Circle inspector of police in Pandeswar Police station, Purushottam Poojary said, that his complaint is against Venkatesh Prasanna, circle inspector in the District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) and Jayanth Shetty, deputy commissioner of police, Shivaprakash, sub-inspector, Ullal Police station and Velantine D’souza, circle inspector, Panambur, as they are the main suspects in his junior Naushad’s Murder.
"I urge for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the First Information Report should be handed over to to that agency for enquiry," he demanded
"My boy was brilliant, he was able to quote any judgment relating to any High Court in India and also the Supreme Court, and he could reproduce what he had read once. He was such a brilliant person," he said about Naushad.
He was defending many cases of police atrocities and the police had an eye on him, Poojary said, giving examples of cases relating to fake encounters, arrest of suspected terrorists and many atrocity cases on minors.
Purushottam Poojary is a well known criminal lawyer as well as a senior citizen. Most of the criminal lawyers in the city were trained under him. He is held in high esteem by other lawyers in Mangalore for his seniority and ability to win even complicated criminal cases in criminal, backed by an experience of about 55 years in the line.
" If policemen do not register my complaint, I will follow my own way to ensure that justice is done. I have many legal options to get justice," he added.
In the said complaint, Poojary quoted the Naushad as saying that he had heard a policemen telling him,"you will have no more arguments’ and this happed in the court premises, after the conclusion of his argument in the court objecting to any extension of policeice custody of Rashid Malabari, who was arrested in connection with underworld connection.
Police killed my boy
Most of his cases were against the police department, like the onces where police tortured people belonging to minority community, poor and cases in which police violated the human rights. So the police were absolutely nursing a grouse against him. So they killed him, alleged Purushottham Poojary.
The police were knowing about his activities and had collected information that he had planned to go to Bhatkal on Friday for attending the marriage of his cousin. He had also distributed invitation to his lawyer friends, duly requesting them to participate in the function. On the basis of this, the killers planned the murder after coming to know that there is no one in his apartment, Poojary said.
"My wife and me had planned to attend the said marriage and his wife had been to Bhatkal to take part in the marriage function. So, he was alone here and I had invited him to stay with me at my home," he said.
Killed with sword, not with bullets
I have seen his body at the spot of murder, the bullets were live as they were lying near his body. His neck had serious wounds inflicted by sharp weapon like a sword and Naushad breathed his last because because of the injury to neck not due to bullet shots, he Poojary claimed..
Why did Ravi Poojary have to kill him?
Underworld criminal Ravi poojary has owned up his murder. But Why did he have to kill Naushad?, asked Poojary. If Poojary is arrested, he also will need a lawyer. His confession is misleading and false, because there is some conspiracy, he said.
`My boy`
Purushoththam Poojary, referred to Naushad as 'my kid' and 'my boy' while speaking to daijiworld, which shows the level of his affection towards Naushad.
" The law was at his fingers, he had a bright future but what to do? he commented, feeling a lump in his throat. Finally he said, these things are happening because of those who are at the helm in the state. The BJP, which is the ruuling party, has brought disrepute to democratic principles, where an advocate defending his client is treated as wrong.
A copy of the complaint has also been sent to the state Human Rights Commission, Minority Commission, chairman of the state Bar Council and also the inspector general of police. Advocates Dinesh Hedge Ulepady and Narayan were with Poojary at the press conference.