The mysterious disappearance of an Indian engineer Fasih Mahmood from his flat in Saudi Arabia has caused concern among the Supreme Court.
The mysterious disappearance of an Indian engineer Fasih Mahmood from his flat in Saudi Arabia has caused concern among the Supreme Court.
Mahmood was allegedly picked up from his home in Al Jubail by Saudi Arabian and Indian intelligence agencies in a joint operation on May 13.
According to a habeas corpus petition filed by his wife Nikhat Parveen in the Supreme Court, four persons in plainclothes came to their home, searched through their belongings and picked up Mohamed’s laptop and mobile phone before leading him away.
“Fasih had told me he was being taken for questioning and may not come back. I was then told he was being deported,” Parveen said.
Addressing a press conference here, Parveen said the Saudi police who raided their home were accompanied by two Indian officials.
Saudi media had reported that Mahmood was arrested and deported to India. According to reports, he was taken into custody immediately after his arrival in India. However, sources in Indian government have denied that he was in custody of the Indian police.
Parveen was shocked to see media reports that claimed that Mahmood had links with the Indian Mujahideen terror group. She contacted the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia and also Saudi officials. They denied having any information regarding him.
Subsequently, she returned to India and moved the top court.
Taking serious cognizance of Parveen’s petition, a Supreme Court bench of Justices KS Radhakrishnan and JS Khehar directed the external affairs ministry, the home ministry and different state governments to file their responses by June 1.
According to Parveen, after the matter was widely reported in the media, Mahmood’s mother received a call on May 20 from a Saudi Arabian phone number 00966-38449527 and Mahmood talked to her assuring that he was well. “However, when we tried to call this number, nobody picked up the phone and now this phone is switched off,” Parveen said
She further said, “He cannot be held just because he is from a particular village or because he has a degree from a college in Bhatkal.”
Mahmood belongs to Barsamela village in Darbhanga district of Bihar. His family also approached authorities in Karnataka in view of the fact that he had studied there and also the Karnataka police has made 14 arrests in Darbhanga district in the recent months.
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