Radical Ahle Hadees Cleric Maulana Sheikh Mehraj Rabbani incited bombing of Dargahs and Temples...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The lawyer for Sunni Muslims on Tuesday submitted additional incriminating evidence to the Sessions Court against ‘hate preacher’ Maulana Sheikh Mehraj Rabbani of the radical Ahle Hadees sect.

Rabbani was booked by the Ghatkopar police in January for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Barelvi Sunni Muslims by making abusive remarks against saint Khwaja Garib Nawaaz, whose shrine at Ajmer is India’s most famous Sufi shrine. On Tuesday, Sessions Judge R G Avchat rejected his anticipatory bail plea. Before the order, lawyer Rizwan Merchant presented a VCD containing another inflammatory speech in which Rabbani allegedly asks his followers to carry out bomb blasts to demolish dargahs and temples. “These VCDs are manufactured in Bangalore, but are being distributed by Rabbani’s organisation all over India and hence his custodial interrogation is essential,” Merchant told the court. Merchant also filed a plea stating, “Rabbani’s grave provocation to demolish and bulldoze dargahs and pull off tombs, if need be by blasting them with bombs, is suggestive of his proposed subversive activities in India” The lawyer said, “If this is the extent of Rabbani’s views, he should also be probed for his role in the recent Ajmer Sharif blast.” Another lawyer, S K Halwasia, also submitted some material from the Internet that apparently indicates Rabbani has links with alleged LeT operative David Headley and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. The court took both the lawyers’ contentions on record, and granted Rabbani interim protection from arrest for two more days so that he can appeal before the HC. Rabbani’s lawyer, Sudeep Pasbola, said he is unaware of the VCD or other revelations, and that they have already moved the HC. Courtsey:Mumbai Mirror