P.K. Mohammed
Born1936 (1936)
Chekannur, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Disappeared29 July 1993 (aged 56–57)
StatusMissing for 30 years, 5 months and 10 days

P. K. Mohammed or Chekannur Maulavi (born in 1936) was an Indian mordern Islamicist from Chekannur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India.[1] He is the founder of the Quran Sunnath.[2] He disappeared on 29 July 1993. His death is uncertain.[3]

Disappearance and investigation

The CBI took over the case in 1996, and in 2000 arrested two members of the ultra orthodox Muslim sect under suspicion of murder.[4][5][6]

The case was hampered by the disappearance of a number of witnesses, whose property was seized when they fled abroad rather than appear to testify in 2008.[7]

Mohammed’s wife filed a petition seeking to arraign A.P. Aboobacker Musaliyar as a murder suspect through her lawyer, Advocate S.K. Premraj which was allowed.[5] The court had found that Mohammed’s body was disposed of in some mysterious manner so as never to be recovered,[8] which was dismissed by High Court later[3][9]

A Decision Bench of the Kerala High Court in 2018 acquitted the first accused.[10] With this, all accused in the case, including the first accused V. V. Hamsa, who had been sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment in 2010 have been let off.[9][11] Even Chekannur Moulavi's death could not be proved.[10]

His disappearance is the subject of a 2009 documentary, Ore Oru Chekannur.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roland E. Miller (1992). Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A Study in Islamic Trends. Orient Longman. p. 339. ISBN 9780863112706. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Meet Jamitha Teacher, India's first woman Imam". India Today. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Moulavi case: CBI closing in on main culprit?". The Hindu. 18 December 2000. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 'Court orders trial of Kanthapuram'
  6. ↑ Girja Kumar (1997). The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India. Har-Anand Publications. p. 34. ISBN 9788124105252. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Chekannur Maulavi murder case: CBI court orders confiscation
    of assets of witnesses - Newindpress.com
  8. ↑ "The Hindu : States / Kerala : Maulavi case accused gets double life imprisonment". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  9. 1 2 "Prime accused in Chekannur Moulavi case acquitted". OnManorama. Paragraph 3. Retrieved 11 March 2022. With this, all accused in the case have been let off.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. 1 2 "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "HC acquits prime accused in Chekannur Maulavi murder case". Kamudi Online.
  12. ↑ Documentary on Chekannur Maulavi
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