By Mohd. Ismail Khant
Hyderabad: The 5000-km long, ten-day yatra that began from Batla House in Delhi on 12th April with an aim to create awareness regarding illegal arrests of Muslims, ended at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on April 21. The caravan named “Safar-e-Insaf-o-Bhaichara” was organised jointly by Khudai Khidmatgar, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Mission Bhartiyam, Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations, and Sadbhav Mission. The members of this caravan included Faisal Khan of Khudai Khidamatgar from Delhi, Balwant Singh Yadav from Himachal Pradesh, Inamul Hassan from Pondicherry, Advocate Bilal Kaghzi from Gujarat, Mohd. Faizan from Uttar Pradesh, Shabber Hussain from Kashmir, and Rahil iqbal from Delhi. The caravan was accompanied by Amjedullah Khan, leader of Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT). After Mecca Masjid, the caravan visited the house of Sheikh Abdul Kaleem, one of the accused of Mecca Masjid bomb blast, but later acquitted by the court. A public meeting was also organised by Siasat Urdu daily at Mehboob Hussain Jigar hall. n
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