‘I Was Never Involved In Communal Thought, I Became A Victim of It’: Ex-Law College Principal Booked Over ‘Hinduphobic’ Book Gets SC Relief
Anand Mohan J | 17 May 2024 | The Indian Express
As the principal of Government New Law College in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, Inamur Rahman dreamt of modelling the college on the National Law University to “train some of the best judicial officers”. Then, Madhya Pradesh police booked him in December 2022 for allegedly keeping a “Hinduphobic and anti-national book” in the college library. Facing protests from the ABVP, Rahman resigned two years ago.
But in a big relief for Rahman, the Supreme Court Tuesday quashed the FIR. Justice B R Gavai, presiding over a two-judge bench, said the FIR over the book – Collective Violence and Criminal Justice System by Farhat Khan – is an “absurdity”…