Banglore, Jun 25: A delegation of Welfare Party of India has met Karnataka home minister K J George and exhorted him to give justice to jailed PDP Abdun-Nasar Madani, who had been allegedly fixed by police in two major serial bomb blast cases.
Madani was initially arrested in April 1998 in connection with Coimbatore serial blasts case. Police had called him as him as the mastermind of bomb blasts occurred on February 14, 1998, during BJP leader LK Advani's visit to address poll rallies. After spending nearly a decade in jail, he had been released on August 1, 2007, following his acquittal by a special court. However, he was once again arrested by Karnataka police in August 2010 in connection with 2008 Bangalore serial blasts. Madani's supporters believe that he was fixed by Karnataka police in Bangalore blast case during BJP rule for political reasons.
The WPI delegation led by its vice-president Dr B T Lalitha Naik brought to the notice of the home minister that due to police atrocity Madani was suffering from multiple diseases such as chronic diabetics and cervical spondulosis. With vision power of one eye fully lost, the other one is 80% affected. He had also lost one of his legs in a bomb attack in 1992 allegedly by RSS.
The delegation also alleged that many of his diseases aggravated and health condition deteriorated in Parappana Agrahara as he was denied proper health care. Moreover, his treatment expense at the Soukhya Hospital, where he was admitted for a short period, was met, not by the Karnataka government but by his family and friends.
The delegation also reminded the home minister that people of the state expected much from the Siddaramaiah led government, which came to power after several years of BJP rule in Karnataka.
The government should take necessary steps to provide all treatments to Madani and give bail on humanitarian grounds besides speeding up the trial by setting up a fast track court and to conduct the trial in an open court.
Mr George assured the delegation to look into the demand for bail to Mr Madani.
P.C. Hamza, WPI national General Secretary, Akbar Ali Udupi, WPI Karnataka State President were also present in the delegation.
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