The speakers narrated how the system has falsely implicated many Muslim youths in the country as terrorists and created a stereotype about the community. Even a section of media is prejudiced,” Mr Ketkar said. “If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife cannot get a passport in the country it is wrong to expect justice in the country. Recalling his time in prison, Mr Khan is apprehensive about kind of experience the future generation will have to face due to the biases found in society. (Photo: Asian Age)090416-1BS_1.jpg Journalists Niranjan Takle, Jatin Desai, author Mohammad Aamir Khan, journalist Kumar Ketkar and professor Ram Puniyani during the launch of the book at Mumbai Press Club. Mr Khan, who was picked up by the police in February 1998 and spent the next 14 years in Tihar jail after being charged as a terrorist, also expressed the need for rehabilitation of youths who have been languishing in jail for years under similar false charges.
The book was released at Mumbai Press Club on Saturday in presence of senior journalist Kumar Ketkar, activist Ram Punyani, journalist Niranjan Takle and activist Jatin Desai. Mr Khan was picked up by plainclothes policemen in February 1998 when he was 19 years old in a by-lane near his house in Old Delhi. “After (being released from prison) also I feel traumatised and am undergoing treatment for that. Then came youths like me under charges of terrorism. “When I was in jail, there were many Sikh prisoners. But there are many youngsters who are languishing in jail for years without trials,” said Mr Khan.
T Journalists Niranjan Takle, Jatin Desai, author Mohammad Aamir Khan, journalist Kumar Ketkar and professor Ram Puniyani during the launch of the book at Mumbai Press Club. Criticising the “biased” system, Kumar Ketkar said expecting justice in India is wrong. Now Muslims youths are charged for having links with ISIS. I was lucky to get acquitted and write this book narrating my experience. Not only me but also my family suffered for years.end-ofLocation: India, Delhi, New Delhi. I get scared of Khaki Vardi as I was picked up one night by police and thrown into
China Knitted Fabric Factory jail under charges of terrorism. Mr Khan was speaking while releasing his book Framed As A terrorist on Saturday in Mumbai, which he has written with Nandita Haksar, a human rights lawyer. I worry about next generation and wonder what kind of a life my daughter could have after 15-18 years ” he added. (Photo: Asian Age)Despite being falsely charged and jailed for 14 years as a terrorist, Mohammad Aamir Khan is grateful to the secular fabric of India which he says gave him the “strength to live”.
