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by General Reporter on Sep 05, 2007 03:55 PM
Hyderabad: Alleging police harassment in the name of investigations into the Aug 25 twin bomb
blasts, the families of some arrested youth Tuesday threatened to come out on the streets if their wards were not
released immediately.
Civil rights activists have claimed that police have picked up over 40 youths since the blasts that claimed 44 lives,
but neither were their arrests declared nor were they produced in court.
The mothers and sisters of the youngsters, who included daily wage earners, told a news conference here that they were
picked up by plainclothes policemen from different places in the city but their fate was unknown.
"My younger son Wasey was taken away by police from my house on Thursday. As a precaution I had sent his elder brother
Rafey with him. But none of them has returned. I don't know where they are. I have lost my sleep. Have mercy on us and
please return my sons," said Mujeebunnisa, an elderly widow.
Zaheda Begum, mother of Rayees Ahmad, said that he was taken away by two policemen in civil dress when he was
returning home from work in Secunderabad area.
"He has already faced a lot of harassment at the hands of the police since the blast in the (May 18) Mecca Masjid. He
lost his earlier job and his engagement was broken because of the police action," she said with tears rolling down her
cheeks.
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