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The
retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Abdul Kareem,
who successfully appealed in the Supreme Court against the
release of TADA detenus during the crisis following the
abduction of the film star, Mr. Rajkumar, has expressed
regret that the State Government has failed to reimburse
the cost of litigation incurred by him.
In
a press statement, Mr. Kareem, whose son, Sub-Inspector
of Police, Shakeel Ahmed, was killed by Veerappan's gang,
said the Chief Secretary and the State Government had failed
to reimburse the cost of litigation incurred by him, despite
a directive from the Governor, Ms. V. S. Rama Devi's office,
to take action in this regard.
He
said that in a letter dated January 5, 2001, he requested
the Governor to direct the Chief Minister, the Home Minister
and the Law Minister to consider the legal notice he had
issued to them and the Chief Secretary on December 20, 2000
for reimbursement of the cost of litigation in the Apex
Court.
Despite
a direction dated May 9, 2001 from the Governor's Secretariat,
to consider his demand for the reimbursement of the cost
of litigation of Rs. 5. 5 lakhs, the Chief Secretary and
the Government of Karnataka had not cared to take any follow-up
action, Mr. Kareem said in a statement.
He had issued a leader notice to the Government for reimbursement
of the cost of litigation I the Supreme court. He had initiated
litigation to stall the release of TADA detenus, as the
Government had "surrendered" to the sandalwood smuggler,
Veerappan's tactics of blackmail during the abduction of
Mr. Raj Kumar, he said,
Mr. Kareem said: " I was compelled to dispose of my site
and a piece of land to meet the enormous expenses of the
litigation which was trust upon e, as I had to fight for
justice for my brave son, Shakeel Ahmed, a high - profile
officer of the Karnataka STF, who was gunned down along
with Superintendent of Police, Harikrishna, on August 14,
1992 in an ambush,"
He said he had to go it alone on account of the "follies
and foibles " of the Government, betrayed in its "highly
arbitrary and illegal decisions".
Mr. Kareem said his claims were sustainable in terms of
the Supreme Court's ruling in the Olga Telis vs. Bombay
Municipal Corporation case.
In
his memorandum to the Governor dated January 5. 2001 Mr.
Kareem contended that by conceding the illegal demands of
the brigand, the Chief Minister, the Home Minister and the
Law Minister had failed to discharge their legitimate powers
as responsible representatives of the people.
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