Bukhari for independent inquiry into terror arrests

Bukhari said “innocents” have “been termed terrorists and SIMI activists” by the Government and the police “to prove that SIMI is a terrorist organisation” even though they are yet to establish “any credible link”. He also defended Abu Bashir, who was arrested from Azamgarh in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts. Alleging that the VHP and RSS could be behind the fundamentalist organisation that calls itself Indian Mujahideen, the Shahi Imam said, “There is a need to conduct a fair probe to expose the government’s propaganda.”