Reporters Without Orders Ep 376: A law weaponised to target Gujarat’s Muslims, and a family’s fight against police excess in Mumbai

Reporters Without Orders

NL Team

This week, host Anmol Pritam is joined by Newslaunndry’s Prateek Goyal, and Basant Kumar.

Reporting from Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, Prateek uncovers a chilling case of alleged police brutality that led to the death of Sadiq Ali Jafri. While the police claim Jafri died of natural causes, his wife and family allege he was killed in a police chokehold as part of a deliberate cover-up. They say the family was harassed in the aftermath – Sadiq’s father was jailed for over a year, one brother remains behind bars, and his wife, Saiba, is now battling a hostile system in her fight for justice.

Prateek’s investigation reveals how the police allegedly tampered with the postmortem report and fabricated witnesses to shield themselves. This harrowing story is part of Newslaundry’s NL Sena series on police impunity.

Meanwhile, Basant reports from Gujarat, uncovering how Muslims remain trapped under the Disturbed Areas Act. In Vadodara, he tells the story of Onali, a local who has spent years fighting to take possession of land he legally purchased.

Onali and his brother-in-law bought a plot in Champaner Darwaza, Fatehpura, back in 2016. But when Onali applied to the deputy collector’s office for permission to transfer the property, as required under the Disturbed Areas Act, his request was denied. He has since been caught in a relentless loop of court hearings and police visits, struggling to claim what is rightfully his.

Onali believes the opposition from local Hindu residents is the key reason behind the continued deadlock.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:29 - How Muslims struggle to buy property in Gujarat

00:09:01 - I can’t breathe: Maharashtra man’s ‘last words in police chokehold’

00:35:04 - Recommendations

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Produced and edited by Tista Roy Chowdhury, recorded by Anil Kumar.

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