Chekannur Maulavi
P.K. Mohammed | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 |
| Disappeared | 29 July 1993 (aged 56–57) |
| Status | Missing for 30 years, 10 months and 12 days |
P. K. Mohammed or Chekannur Maulavi (born in 1936) was an Indian modern Islamicist from Chekannur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India.[1] He is the founder of the Quran Sunnath.[2] He disappeared on 29 July 1993. His death is uncertain.[3]
Disappearance and investigation[edit]
The CBI took over the case in 1996, and in 2000 arrested two members of the ultra orthodox Muslim sect under suspicion of murder.[4][5][6]
The case was hampered by the disappearance of a number of witnesses, whose property was seized when they fled abroad rather than appear to testify in 2008.[7]
Mohammed’s wife filed a petition seeking to arraign A.P. Aboobacker Musaliyar as a murder suspect through her lawyer, Advocate S.K. Premraj which was allowed.[5] The court had found that Mohammed’s body was disposed of in some mysterious manner so as never to be recovered,[8] which was dismissed by High Court later[3][9]
A Decision Bench of the Kerala High Court in 2018 acquitted the first accused.[10] With this, all accused in the case, including the first accused V. V. Hamsa, who had been sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment in 2010 have been let off.[9][11] Even Chekannur Moulavi's death could not be proved.[10]
In popular culture[edit]
His disappearance is the subject of a 2009 documentary, Ore Oru Chekannur.[12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Roland E. Miller (1992). Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A Study in Islamic Trends. Orient Longman. p. 339. ISBN 9780863112706. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Meet Jamitha Teacher, India's first woman Imam". India Today. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Moulavi case: CBI closing in on main culprit?". The Hindu. 18 December 2000. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018.
- ^ a b 'Court orders trial of Kanthapuram'
- ^ Girja Kumar (1997). The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India. Har-Anand Publications. p. 34. ISBN 9788124105252. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Chekannur Maulavi murder case: CBI court orders confiscation
of assets of witnesses - Newindpress.com[permanent dead link] - ^ "The Hindu : States / Kerala : Maulavi case accused gets double life imprisonment". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Prime accused in Chekannur Moulavi case acquitted". OnManorama. Paragraph 3. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
With this, all accused in the case have been let off.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "HC acquits prime accused in Chekannur Maulavi murder case". Kamudi Online.
- ^ Documentary on Chekannur Maulavi