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| Mansoor Peerbhoy a scapegoat, says family |
| 2008-10-07 |
| The family of software engineer Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy (31), who was arrested by the Mumbai police on Monday, is vehement that he has been falsely implicated in the case and see his arrest as an attempt to "defame the Muslim community". Speaking to TOI, one of the family members, who refused to be identified, said, "We don't how he has been targeted and implicated in the case. He was earning a handsome salary and we know that he will not do anything wrong. Now that we have come to know of his arrest, we will seek legal opinion to save him. We came to know of his arrest only after his name was made public by the Mumbai crime branch on Monday evening. Mohammed is a highly qualified person and we are a very respectable family." The family, which lives in a posh flat in the Pune cantonment area, said Mohammed was working for a multinational company. They, however, but refused to name the firm. They said they last saw Mohammed when he had gone to work a few days back. Mohammed's father said his son was picked up by the Mumbai crime branch for questioning on September 28. "It was the 27th roza. The police did not release him after that but we were allowed to meet him in Mumbai on a few occasions. He was not tortured," he added. The senior Peerbhoy said the family members asked the Mumbai police what Mohammed had been charged with. "We were told that the police wanted to know something about cyber information for the ongoing investigations. The police said they would release him soon but today we have learnt that he has been arrested," he said. The father said that Mohammed, who is married, was a computer engineer but refused to divulge any information about his schooling or the names of institutions where he had studied. He said Mohammed has been living in Pune since his childhood. "My son is not related to SIMI. He is innocent, talkative and always shares information. We feel some people may have taken advantage of him although we don't know who," he said. The father further said that Mohammed did not have many friends outside the company where he worked and never went out of Pune. Mohammed's sister said that her brother was an honest and upright man. "We don't know what the police are looking for and we don't know what happened which prompted the police to arrest him. I hope he is released soon," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 arrest as an attempt to "defame the Muslim community". 1) Claim victimhood - check. we know that he will not do anything wrong. 2) Family claims 'he was a good boy' - check. We feel some people may have taken advantage of him 3) It was somebody else's fault - check. Yep, they'veabout covered it. Mohammed did not have many friends Hmmm, a loner, like so many serial killers. But he has four names, not just three - maybe it doesn't count if one of them is 'Mohammed.' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-10-07 07:38 |