If Rahin enters active politics then she can become the voice of those people who are marginalised says Mohammed Farooq Ghosi.
Mohammed Farooq Ghosi has written a letter to Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav urging him to induct Yakub Memon’s wife Rahin Memon in active politics and make her a MP. According to him, the Memon family has undergone several hardships in life after the occurrence of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. They are mourning the death of Yakub Memon who was hanged to death on 30th July, 2015. Ghosi also added that the family has become helpless after Yakub’s death and injustice has been meted against them. Several family members of Yakub Memon were among the accused in the case and some of them were discharged for want of evidence. Yakub’s wife Rahin was also arrested along with her husband in the 1993 bomb blast case. She too faced charges of aiding and abetting terror acts, but was acquitted in September 2006 due to lack of evidence.
In the letter written to Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ghosi mentioned, “You are our leader and you are known to help the poor and needy persons. According to me, Rahin has become helpless and there are many women in the country who are living miserable lives like her. We have to come forward to help these women. Today, Muslims are considered as vote bank and they are being sidelined by the mainstream political parties. I hope that you will consider my request.”
When AV asked Ghosi why he is supporting Rahin who has been convicted for the Mumbai bomb blasts incident, he said, “People are confused between Rubina and Rahin Memon. Rubina is Suleiman’s wife who is serving life sentence but Rahin was acquitted.”
“Rahin had live without her husband for 21 years and injustice has been meted against her. If Rahin enters active politics then she can become the voice of those people who are marginalised. Therefore, I am urging Mulayam Singh Yadav to make her a MP” he added.
Suleiman’s wife Rubina was convicted by the TADA court and sentenced to life imprisonment, as a Maruti van used in the bomb blasts was registered in her name. This van was found abandoned at Worli and Ak-56 rifles and hand grenades found in it.
The accused had abandoned this vehicle as they heard noise and thought that it was an explosion. They were allegedly on a mission to go to the municipal headquarters in south Mumbai and open fire at the corporators.
Rubina, however, defended herself saying she was a housewife and that certain property of the family was registered in her name though she had not taken any part in the bomb blasts conspiracy.
The 1993 bomb blasts case was one of the longest in the history of Indian judicial system, having lasted for 14 years.
