Farook was killed by a radical group days after he posted a photo of one of his children holding a placard with the handwritten slogan “Kadavul illai, Kadavul illai, Kadavul illai (No God, No God, No God)”
The father of Farook, the atheist who was murdered in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 10 days ago, allegedly by members of a Muslim radical group, has said that if his son was killed for his views, he too would become an atheist.
In an interview with The Indian Express, R Hameed said that the group killed his son using the wrong interpretation of the Quran. “The Quran is one holy book that insists on and allows the right of dissent since the time of the Prophet. If they killed him for being an atheist, I have decided to join his organisation and do what he did.”
Farook, a member of the Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam (DVK), was hacked to death, 15 days after he posted a photo of one of his children holding a placard with the handwritten slogan “Kadavul illai, Kadavul illai, Kadavul illai (No God, No God, No God)”.
According to Coimbatore police, six people have been arrested in the case, all daily-wage labourers, including the main accused Saddam Hussein, Abdul Munaf and Jaffer Ali, who were known to Farook. Police said all of them have confessed to their role in the murder.
According to police, clues from Farook’s mobile phone, which was found at the murder spot, led to the arrests. Munaf called Farook out from home, at around 11.20 pm, on the night of the murder, they said. “Before the murder, there were three outgoing calls from Farook’s phone to the same number,” an officer said.
Rationalists, off late, have been targetted by several radical groups. In Maharashtra, Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare, two rationalists, were killed on separate occasions for their role in propagating rationalism, and telling people to not believe in superstitions and black magic. In Karnataka, MM Kalburgi was killed in 2015 because of his strong views on idol worship.
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