P.K. Mohammed | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 (age 89ā90) |
| Disappeared | Template:Disappeared date |
| Status | Missing for 33 years |
| Era | Modern era |
P.K. Mohammed or Chekannur Maulavi (born in 1936) was an Indian secular Islamist from Chekannur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India.[1] He is the founder of the Quran Sunnath.[2]
He disappeared on 29 July 1993. His death is uncertain.[3]
Career[edit | edit source]
Maulavi founded Quran Sunnath Society which is known for Jamitha Teacher, the first Indian woman imam.[2]
Disappearance and investigation[edit | edit source]
The CBI took over the case in 1996, and in 2000 arrested two members of the ultra orthodox Muslim sect under suspicion of murder.[4][5][6]
The case was hampered by the disappearance of a number of witnesses, whose property was seized when they fled abroad rather than appear to testify in 2008.[7]
Mohammedās wife filed a petition seeking to arraign A.P. Aboobacker Musaliyar as a murder suspect through her lawyer, Advocate S.K. Premraj which was allowed.[5] The court found that Mohammedās body was disposed of in some mysterious manner so as never to be recovered.[8]
A Decision Bench of the Kerala High Court acquitted the accused.[9] Even Mohammedās death could not be proved.[9]
In popular culture[edit | edit source]
His disappearance is the subject of a 2009 documentary, Ore Oru Chekannur.[10]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ā Roland E. Miller (1992). Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A Study in Islamic Trends. Orient Longman. p. 339. ISBN 9780863112706. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ā 2.0 2.1 "Meet Jamitha Teacher, India's first woman Imam". India Today. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ā "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ā "Moulavi case: CBI closing in on main culprit?". The Hindu. 18 December 2000. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018.
- ā 5.0 5.1 'Court orders trial of Kanthapuram'
- ā Girja Kumar (1997). The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India. p. 34. ISBN 9788124105252. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ā Chekannur Maulavi murder case: CBI court orders confiscation
of assets of witnesses - Newindpress.com[permanent dead link] - ā "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ā 9.0 9.1 "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ā Documentary on Chekannur Maulavi