KOZHIKODE:
Samastha Kerala Yam-Iyyathul Ulema
state president
Syed Muhammad Jiffri Muthukoya Thangal
has visited the house of
Abdurehman Aouf
, the
DYFI worker
who was murdered by a group of
Muslim Youth League
(
MYL
) workers on December 24.
Thangal reached the house at Kalluravi in Kanhangad in Kasaragod district on Wednesday and talked to the friends and relatives of the victim. Aouf was an active worker of Sunni Students Federation (SSF), the feeder organisation of Kanthapuram faction of Sunnis, and the main accused Irshad was a worker of the Samastha Kerala Sunni Students Federation (SKSSF), the student outfit of the rival faction of the Sunnis.
Thangal, who is also the Khasi of the Kanhangad Samyuktha Jamaat, said the culprits should be punished at any cost. “Those who are involved in the conspiracy should also be brought to light. No political party should encourage violence and the parties should inculcate moral values among the cadres,” he said.
Thangal added that it is imperative to control one’s anger and should not let things end in murders. He said he is not inclined to make any political statements.
Thangal interacted with Aouf’s uncles Hussein Moulavi, Abdurehman Saqafi and Abdul Khader. MYL state president Panakkad Syed Munvvar Ali Shihab Thangal also visited the house of Aouf.
Three MYL workers have been arrested in the case and the Crime Branch team is investigating the case.
Koottampara Abdurehman Darimi, leader of the Kanthapuram faction of Sunnis, alleged that the IUML always targeted the religious leaders among the Sunnis.
Speaking at the laying of the foundation stone ceremony for the house to be built for Aouf’s family in Kanhangad, he said the Kanthapuram faction surmounted all the attacks with courage. “We should understand that there was no such attack against any of our religious leaders in the past four-and-a-half months of the LDF rule in Kerala,” he said.
Syed Ibrahim Khaleel Bukhari Thangal, general secretary of the Kerala Muslim Jamaat, inaugurated the meeting.
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