P.K. Mohammed or Chekannur Maulavi (born in 1936) was an Indian secular Islamist 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]
Career
Maulavi founded Quran Sunnath Society which is known for Jamitha Teacher, the first Indian woman imam.[2]
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 found that Mohammed’s body was disposed of in some mysterious manner so as never to be recovered.[8]
A Decision Bench of the Kerala High Court acquitted the accused.[9] Even Mohammed’s death could not be proved.[9]
In popular culture
His disappearance is the subject of a 2009 documentary, Ore Oru Chekannur.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A Study in Islamic Trends{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Orient Longman(1992). ISBN 9780863112706
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Meet Jamitha Teacher, India's first woman Imam. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ↑ Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off. The Hindu(16 October 2018). Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ↑ Moulavi case: CBI closing in on main culprit?. The Hindu(2000-12-18).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 'Court orders trial of Kanthapuram'
- ↑ The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(1997). ISBN 9788124105252
- ↑ Chekannur Maulavi murder case: CBI court orders confiscation
of assets of witnesses - Newindpress.comTemplate:Dead link - ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off. The Hindu(16 October 2018). Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ↑ Documentary on Chekannur Maulavi