Why Ghaziabad's Junaid approached the Supreme Court

In the Modi government, a pattern of police action has now been set. Be it any movement or protest, take action against the Muslims who come in support. If that doesn't work, look for a terrorist connection. Under this set pattern, the police have taken action against Mohammad Junaid Malik, an LLB student at a college in Ghaziabad. According to the police, Junaid's only mistake was that he delivered food to the protesters at Jantar Mantar for 35 days.

Junaid has filed a petition in the Supreme Court. He has alleged that the police harassed and detained him.

According to a report by the legal news website 'Live Law' on Tuesday morning, Malik stated in his petition that police officers picked him up from Delhi and kept him in a vehicle for about six hours. He was threatened and intimidated and finally left in a remote area in Dehradun.

The 26-year-old Malik told reporters in Ghaziabad on Monday, "Like hundreds of others, I delivered food to the protesters daily because they were fighting for a cause I support." He mentioned that the very next day, the Delhi Police picked him up.

"When I found out that the police were looking for me, my family called to inform me that on July 23 at 5 PM, the police raided my ancestral home in Nahal village, Mussoorie, Dehradun district, and seized some documents, including my bank passbook and PAN card. My father, Mohammad Mustafa, was also taken to the police station."

He said, "They released my father at 11 PM, but reached my sister's in-laws' place in Meerut and took her father-in-law to the police station." The elderly man was released late at night. Another team of Dehradun police went to Meerut, which is about 220 kilometers from Mussoorie.

Malik has stated that the authorities forcibly took his mobile phone, made him unlock it, and then interrogated him about who was funding him and where he got the money to deliver food and supplies.

During the CJP protests, students and youths praised Malik for providing free food to the protesters at Jantar Mantar. Thousands of people on social media also lauded him for regularly feeding those gathered at the protest site. In his petition, Junaid has alleged that during the police raid at his home, several items were damaged, and he stated that such coercive action against him was taken without any paperwork or adherence to the legal process.

According to the Live Law report, in his petition, Malik has requested the Supreme Court to intervene and direct the police to refrain from taking any further coercive action against his family members, and to ensure that any investigation is conducted strictly in accordance with the law. This plea has been filed through Advocate-on-Record Neha Rathi under a writ petition filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha, seeking action against police violence during the CJP protests.

Sunil Kumar Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police, Mussoorie, said: "We are investigating their financial sources. We brought Mustafa to the police station, but he was allowed to leave after recording his statement." Junaid has urged the Supreme Court to stop the coercive steps being taken by the police against his family members, which he alleges were taken without any basis or proper paperwork. Junaid's plea is filed under a writ petition by RJD Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha, seeking action against police violence during the CJP protests.

The Supreme Court has listed for Tuesday a group of petitions seeking action against the Delhi Police's actions on July 20 against students protesting a leaked examination paper — which included lathi charge, use of tear gas, and alleged firing with pellet guns. Two people allegedly affected by the pellet guns have also approached the Supreme Court. This group includes a petition alleging that the police were attacked during the protest.