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

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  • The Rajasthan police have come to the aid of Dr Amanullah Jamaly in the unlikeliest of ways, even after detaining him twice for questioning in the ongoing May 13 Jaipur blasts probe.

    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.

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    However, his homecoming was ruined by a letter from the Pali chief Medical Health Officer (CMHO), Dr Ramesh Mathur, which terminated his contract. The next day, his landlord asked him to vacate his house under pressure from his neighbours and right-wing organisations, who still believed he was a “terrorist.”

    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.

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