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L A I C E P S F K A W www.thenews.co.in `50 Dear Readers, What we are bringing out is only a tip of the iceberg. A lot needs to be unearthed which re - quires a lot of time and painstaking efforts. The ‘Wakf Special’ contains a few stories which explain the deceitful tactics of the politi - cians - particularly the MIM and Congress lead - ers, corrupt officials of various government departments and the Wakf Board. During the course of collecting information under the Right to In - formation Act, it has been observed that the Wakf Board never both - ered to conduct real time survey of wakf properties based on the original records (Muntakabs), prepared during Nizam and Qutb Shahi regimes. The properties attached to masjids as shown in the current records of the Wakf Board had been prepared based on hearsay and The special issue is compiled by on the instructions of influential people including politicians and offi - MOULLIM MOHSIN BIN HUSSAIN cials resulting in huge loss to the Muslim community. AL KASARY, Journalist, Wakf Protection and Me and my family had to face severe hardships including false RTI Activist criminal cases, harassment by police and rejection by several people while working for the cause. But I believe in the Quranic verse, “Allah The News You Like has full knowledge of your enemies, and Allah is Sufficient as a Wali Phone: 9701141377, 9848133363 (Protector), and Allah is Sufficient as a Helper.” S. 4:45 E-mail: [email protected] Website: thenews.co.in Expressing my gratefulness to the Almighty for giving me the op - portunity to bring out this special issue, let me assure you, I would never stop as long as the blessings of Almighty are with me. Address for correspondance: #3-5-890, Flat No. 106, Paras Chambers, Beside AP I also thank all those people who stood by me through my trou - Tourism Bldg, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad- bled period and the management of The News Publications for allowing 500029. Phone: 98481 33363, 97011 me to publish this ‘Wakf Special’. 41377. email: [email protected] I take sole responsibility for the contents of this special issue. I [email protected] am only responsible for any legal issues arising out of this special issue. I appeal to my brethren to come together and work for the pro - Printed, Published And Owned By tection of wakf properties in the interest of the society. Ramya Sree , Printed At S.M.S. Press, H.No.11-38, Pragathi Nagar, P&T Colony, Saroor Nagar, Dist Ranga Reddy – 60, Published At The News Publications, H.No.334,B , Prajay Sai Gardens, Keesara (MOULLIM MOHSIN BIN HUSSAIN AL KASARY) Mandal, Dist - Ranga Reddy, A.P Journalist, Wakf Protection and RTI Activist WAKF SPECIAL | APRIL 2014 | 1 Index The journalists who dared Mosque sacri<iced for Local Arab youth to create awareness money? deprived of their 3 17 bene<its Masjid-E-Sultanbagh, Masjid committee 28 Victim of late Abdul headed by Afsar Khan MNC’s grab Wahed Owaisi 4 helps land grabbers 19 Dargah lands 32 Malakpet MLAs brother RTI activists are MIM leader grabs wakf land anti-social elements: mortgages Wakf 7 AP Wakf Board Property for loan Land sharks grab 21 35 property attached to Fence eats the crop, Over 1000 acres of Mecca Mosque 8 Masjid properties wakf land sold 37 vanish 23 Masjid-e-Omar Farooq Wakf property worth awaits reconstruction Hazrath Mir Mahmood 100 cr grabbed 15 Dargah lands grabbed 26 ` 39 2| WAKF SPECIAL | APRIL 2014 Zahid Ali Khan Syed Vicaruddin Khan Lateef Mohd Khan The journalists who dared to create awareness Muslim masses across the globe in contributed scores of reports un - general and Hyderabad city in par - covering the irregularities and ticular were kept in dark about the scams related to wakf properties. existence of wakf properties for There was a period when long. Leaders of two political parties scamsters and land grabbers with – Congress and All India Majlis-e- Siasat editor Zahid Ali Khan, their clout in law enforcement agen - Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) – reporter Ather Moin injured in cies made covert attempts to brand MIM attack made big money out of the proper - Ather Moin as an agent of terror ties by treating the wakf properties In this backdrop, editors of outfits and threatened with getting as their own. three Urdu newspapers took the re - him eliminated in an encounter. The general Muslim popula - sponsibility on their shoulders of However, the Siasat manage - tion has constantly been misled by creating awareness among the Mus - ment stood by Ather Moin and ex - the selfish and corrupt politicians lim masses and unearth the irregu - tended its support to the reporter, through provocative speeches and larities taking place in connection thereby reiterating the newspaper’s drove the anger towards right wing with the wakf properties. commitment to the cause of wakf forces. Little did they do to eradicate Siasat Editor Zahid Ali Khan, properties. illiteracy and create awareness Rahnuma-e-Deccan Chief Editor The commitment to the cause among the Muslim masses on the Syed Vicaruddin and Musif Editor- of wakf properties invited the wrath need for education. in-Chief Khan Lateef Mohammed of corrupt politicians who orches - Also, they never disclosed in Khan played very important role in trated a deadly attack on Siasat edi - black and white the existence of bringing out scandals related to tor Zahid Ali Khan and reporters thousands of acres of wakf lands wakf properties and the irregulari - Ather Moin and Mubasshir Ahmed. and valuable properties. These lead - ties going on in the Wakf Board. Fortunately, they survived the at - ers had the opportunity to take These three editors encour - tack with injuries. Prior to this at - steps for the generation of reason - aged their reporters who worked tack, corrupt politicians and land able revenue out of the wakf prop - hard and generated stories on any sharks through their henchmen at - erties and utilized the same for the kind of irregularities related to wakf tacked Zahid Ali Khan with filth welfare of the poor Muslims. In - properties. Khaja Atheruddin aka collected from sewer. stead, these leaders were always in - Ather Moin and Mubasshir of Despite these developments, terested in usurping the wakf Siasat, senior journalists the three newspapers continue to properties and become rich Basheeruddin of Munsif and play key role for the protection of overnight. Abubakar of Rahnuma-e-Deccan wakf properties. WAKF SPECIAL | APRIL 2014 | 3 Masjid - E - Sultanbagh under encroachment. (Inset: Abdul Wahed Owaisi) Masjid-E-Sultanbagh, Victim of late Abdul Wahed Owaisi’s collusive carelessness 4| WAKF SPECIAL | APRIL 2014 Lower Tank Bund and intention - the Wakf Board. However, follow - ally lost the legal battle against the ing their death, their widows and land grabbers. minor children of both the fami - This case relates to the Wakf lies executed a sale deed in favour properties attached to Masjid-e- of DS Lakshmi, wife of Col. D San - Sultan Bagh. Today, reputed star jeeva Rao and C Mohan Kumari, hotel, Marriot, is run on the Wakf wife of C Satyanarayana on August land, which was acquired by en - 3, 1964 claiming that it was ances - croachers and land grabbers. tral property. Abdul Wahed Owaisi, the The Wakf Board officials ap - then chief of MIM and a learned pear to have been slack in prevent - advocate, was supposed to file a ing the illegal sale transaction suit for perpetual injunction in the despite having documentary High Court since in the year 1965 proofs such as Muntakhab (copy of the lower court had no jurisdiction endowment register) dated 22-2- to deal with a case involving prop - 1350 Fasli and 21-7-1355 Fasli. There erty valued at Rs 1.5 lakh. Despite were several other documents to knowing very well about this, the show that the 4 acre land belonged then MIM chief seems to have to Wakf Board. filed the suit in the First Addi - Yet, the land grabbers man - tional Chief Judge Court, whose aged to sell the property while the pecuniary jurisdiction extends buyers knowing very well about only up to Rs 5,000. the facts, purchased the property. Old timers say the then MIM A bottling unit was run on the land chief deliberately filed the case in before it was converted into a lux - a lower court and made a deal with ury hotel, owned by one P Prab - the land grabbers at the cost of hakara Reddy. Almighty’s properties. It is because The House Committee on of this reason he did not even Wakf Properties summoned Prab - bother to file an appeal before the hakara Reddy to record his ver - High Court. Of course, some sion. On October24, 1995, the members of the Wakf Board were managing director of Palace also involved in the shady deal, Heights Hotels Limited, Prab - they allege. hakara Reddy gave in writing to The four acre land is currently the House Committed that the worth crores of rupees. What is property was purchased through sickening is that several graves on registered sale deed and a bottling the Wakf land had been raged to unit was run for about 30 years be - develop the star hotel. The more fore converting it into a hotel. Nec - disturbing fact is that the entire essary permissions were obtained t appears the collusion be - file related to this Wakf Institution from the authorities concerned tween All India Majlis Itte - mysteriously disappeared from the and nobody disturbed with the hadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Wakf Board when the present peaceful enjoyment of the prop - Ileaders and the grabbers of Wakf chief of MIM, Asaduddin Owaisi, erty ever until summoned by the lands did not begin with the cur - was a member of the Board.