Batla House encounter: Father of a slain terrorist moves HC

Father of a suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, who was killed in Batla House encounter here, today approached the Delhi High Court seeking its direction to initiate criminal proceeding against police officials involved in the shootout.

Ansarul Hassan, a resident of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, has written a letter to chief justice of the High Court, AP Shah, pleading that an FIR should be filed against the police personnel claiming his son Mohd Sajid was innocent.

In a three-page letter addressed to the chief justice, Hassan said he had to approach the court as the police refused to file an FIR in the case and the NHRC also refused to take action on his plea.

The Court is likely to take into consideration the letter and would take cognisance tomorrow.
    
Atif Amin and Mohd Sajid, the two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists allegedly involved in the September serial blasts in the capital, were killed on September 19, 2008 and two other IM suspects Mohd Saif and Zeeshan were arrested from the Batla House area.

The incident took place a week after serial blasts had rocked the capital killing 26 people and injuring 13 others.