Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: The Jamat-e-Islami Hind on Tuesday filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against the city police for issuing a circular in March this year about its sister wing, Girls Islamic Organization (GIO).
The special branch (SB) police had issued a fortnightly report to city cops which stated that GIO was trying to “motivate girls towards Islam and asking them to practise the religion”. The report had indicated that the GIO was preparing Muslim girls for jihad.
TOI, in its March 31
edition, had carried a story titled, ‘Women’s group under the scanner of
Mumbai police’. This sparked off protests and people associated with
GIO met SB additional police commissioner, Nawal Bajaj, who assured them
of a probe. “We waited for the probe report and even sent a letter
asking about it but got no reply. We had no option but to file a
defamation suit against the Mumbai Police,” said Taufique Aslam Khan,
president of Jamat. Bajaj could not be contacted.
The Times of India, September 25, 2013
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