NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary gets bail in Oct 30 bomb blast case

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,

Guwahati: The prime accused of the ill-famed October 30 bomb blast of India’s northeastern state Assam Ranjan Daimary was granted bail by Court of District and Sessions Judge, Kamrup on Thursday in Guwahati.

Daimary’s counsel Manas Sarania told reporters that the court has imposed certain conditions while allowing Daimary to go on bail, which include restriction on the movement of the accused outside Assam, without prior permission. The Court also asked the banned militant outfit leader to deposit his passport and driving license at the earliest.

Ranjan Daimary

Further, he was asked not to involve in any anti-national activities or act on behalf of the banned outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). Daimary was granted against a bail amount of Rs 3 lakh with two sureties of the like amount. However, NDFB chief is to get bail from five other cases.

The bail petition of Ranjan Daimary, who was arrested on May 2010 in Bangladesh, was moved on December 20 and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was recently asked to reply as whether it had any objection if the NDFB chief is allowed to go on bail.

October 30 of 2008 happens to be one of the deadliest day in the history of the state as more than 100 innocent people lost their lives in a series of explosions across the state causing major damage in the capital.

Hijab causes trouble in Assam school

By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,

Guwahati: Probably for the first time in India’s north-eastern state Assam has witness this incident that a girl has been asked not to come to school wearing a hijab (a scarf which covers the head which is particularly worn by Muslim women). The incident took place at Kristo Jyoti School, Bokakhat in Golaghat district.

Fathima Beebi, a four year old Nursery student was served notice by the school authority to remove the hijab which she wears around her head or to stop from coming to school anymore.

Fathima Beebi a four year old Nursery student was served notice by the school authority to remove the hijab

Now, the parent of the student has knocked the door of court seeking justice to follow their tradition. The girl who was admitted in the school in the month of November in 2012 was asked by the school authority on March 21 this year not to wear the hijab. But when she disobeyed the authority, the principal Father Jose Vargsees served a notice to the parents on March 28 to remove the hijab within 15 days of time or not to come to school.

“We were shocked at the behaviour of the school authority. They have serious problem with my daughter wearing a piece of cloth around her head which is a tradition for ages. They were adamant with their say which is quite baseless. So, we have no other option left but to seek justice from the judicial system of the country,” an angry Shanamon AR, the father of Fathima Beebi, told Twocircles.net as he files a Writ Petition at Gauhati High Court.

Kristo Jyoti School, Bokakhat in Golaghat district

Shanamon who is posted in Nagaland in Assam Rifles originally hails from Kerala. However, her mother, Alee Ahmed is a local resident of Bokakhat area. The parents also alleged that they were even threatened by the school principal to follow his orders.

“I know that India is a secular country and every citizen has its right to follow its own tradition. I have not seen such type of thing anywhere in the country. I hope justice will be done to my daughter,” he added. Accordingly, advocate Jayanta Kumar Goswami has filed a Writ Petition on April 8.

However, the school authority is adamant with their stand of expelling the girl if she continues to wear the hijab. “Her dress code violates the norm of our school. We wanted that her parents send her to school respecting the rules and regulations of the school,” said principal Father Jose Varghese.

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