Lost job for being terror suspect, gets it back with cop help

Jamaly was sacked from his job for being absent without leave and ousted from his house in Pali. After the Rajasthan police vouched for his credentials stating he was “assisting” them in the investigation, Jamaly, a Unani doctor, was reinstated as a medical officer under the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) in a community health centre in Bhagdi in Pali district.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the blasts detained Jamaly first from June 19 to June 22 and then from August 10 to August 24. Sources in the police said that Dr Jamaly was suspected of writing the Terror email that was sent minutes after the May 13 serial blasts in Jaipur. Jamaly, a graduate in Unani medicine from Aligarh Muslim University, was released on August 24 and was given a clean chit.

The letter from the CHMO stated, “Dr Jamaly’s contract has been terminated following his unwarranted absence from August 11 to August 23.” “They refused to believe I was in police detention at the time.

Also, the termination was illegal as my NRHM contract states I can be terminated only if I am absent for 15 days," he said.

He then approached higher authorities in the department of health with the help of civil liberty activists in Jaipur. "We had to exert some pressure on the state Government and some health department officials to get Dr Jamaly his job back. This along with the threat of legal action managed to get things moving," said Kavita Srivastava from Peoples Union fro Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan.

On September 24, the police wrote to the health department about Jamaly's absence from August 10 to August 23. The letter said: "Dr Jamaly was with the police in the said period and was assisting a police investigation and that the police are verifying documents." The letter to Principal Secretary, Department of Health, R K Meena helped cut red-tape and got Jamaly his job back.

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