Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Surat

Muslim man beaten to death while in Gujarat police’s custody

Irshad Sheikh, a resident of Surat was allegedly beaten to death by cops while in custody at Chowk Bazar Police Station in Surat on Wednesday.

Muslim blogger in coma after brutal police attack in Surat

A 22-year-old blogger and social media influencer Samir Ansari from Umra village in Gujarat's Surat district who was brutally attacked by cops for not wearing a mask is in hospital in a critical condition, the family said.

“I have lived all these years with taint of being anti-national,” 85-year-old Islamic scholar after being acquitted in Surat SIMI case

"I have lived all these years with the taint of being an anti-national. Now we will at least die free," says Maulana Ataur Rehman Wajdi, now 85-year-old, after being acquitted in a 20-year old case.

After 20 years, Surat court acquits 126 Muslim activists in SIMI case

After 20 years of trial, the district court in Surat in Gujarat has acquitted 126 Muslim activists who were arrested in 2001 and jailed for two years under the draconian UAPA charges in the Surat Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) convention case.