SC notice to Telangana over mom’s three-year search for son

HYDERABAD: After a nearly three-year relentless effort, Nazima Begum on Wednesday received some hope after the Supreme Court issued notices to the Telangana government on the petition filed by her asking the whereabouts of her son, who was allegedly kidnapped.
On September 3, 2018, Nazima Begum, a housewife and a resident of Hafez Baba Nagar area, filed a complaint with the Dabeerpura police about the missing of her only son Mohammed Akram Ali aka Furqan from a madrassa.The police registered a case under IPC section 363 (kidnapping) and took up investigation.

Though the mother was persistently following up with the police to trace her son, one day the police claimed that her missing son has been found dead on a railway track at Shadnagar. A post mortem examination was conducted, later the body was buried in a graveyard.
“My son was 12 years old with a height less than 4.5 ft, whereas the FSL report concluded that the bones of the body belonged to a person of 20 years, who had a height of over 5ft,” said Nazima.
Nazima Begum and her husband Mohammed Asif Ali did not rely on the police version and continued to pursue the missing case of her son with the police higher-ups, but to her disappointment, all officials insisted she accept the version of the investigating officer of Dabeerpura police station.
“How can I accept this? I have decided to find out where my son is,” she said.
Nazima started a legal battle to trace her missing son. She, through a lawyer Khaja Aijazuddin, filed a habeas corpus in Telangana High Court, but the HC while relying on the FSL report, ordered that since the petitioner's missing son was no longer alive, the writ of Habeas Corpus petition cannot be issued by the court and disposed off the plea.
The mother approached the Supreme Court seeking reinvestigation in the matter by an independent specialized agency like CBI and to trace the details of her missing son. “I requested the apex court through my petition to take into consideration the oral, documentary and scientific evidence (post mortem report) which directly raised a strong suspicion on the genuineness of the FSL report,” she added.
On Wednesday, a Supreme Court bench headed by the Chief Justice SA Bobde upon hearing the argument of her lawyer, issued a notice to the state and directed it to file a counter affidavit within four weeks. “She is determined to dig out the truth and I am trying to help her get to that truth and help her find her son,” Aijazuddin said.