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Updated: Feb 04, 2020 15:47 IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): IUML leader MK Muneer on Tuesday said that the two students who were arrested
by the State police and charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for alleged Maoist links are being "compulsorily" pushed
His statement pertains to the NIA case against two students Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fasal, who were arrested by State police and charged
under UAPA for alleged Maoist links."The police is unable to specifically say that there is evidence in this matter
They had pamphlets of Maoist literature
Apart from that, they had Marxist Communist Party's manifesto and some other books which are not related to Maoism, so reading is not an
These students are compulsorily being pushed to be Maoists," said Muneer
"If this is not an offence then how come UAPA was charged on them? If the State government approaches the Central government, this can be
redirected to the State enquiry officers itself but the government is not taking any initiative," he added
Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the Kerala Government will not encourage any kind of Maoist activities and
law will take its own course regarding the NIA case against the two students
Replying to a notice of adjournment motion moved by the Opposition demanding to discuss arrest and NIA case against Allan and Thaha Pinarayi
Vijayan said: "CPI (M) stand is very clear
We oppose Maoism and we are against Naxalism too
Everybody knows what Maoists do
But Mao (Mao Zedong) was not a leader who asked to snatch peoples' money or kill people
Mao never supported such things
The term 'Maoists' is wrong
The extreme Maoists ideas should never be encouraged
The government will not interfere in the police case
Law will take its own course." (ANI)
