09-12-2006, 11:53 PM
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Swati Deshpande
[ 12 Sep, 2006 0337hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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MUMBAI: Nitin Pradhan, counsel for 18 of the accused in the 1993 blasts, said he was withdrawing from the job two months back.
He was disillusioned with the minority community after this July's train blasts, he explained; the frequency of terrorist attacks over the last decade and the lack of condemnation from community leaders had left him disappointed and he felt unable to discharge his duty as their lawyer.
His former clients, including Asgar Mukadam and Shoeb Ghansar (charged with planting bombs), have now struck back with an 11-page letter expressing their anger and hurt at being âdropped like a hot brick".
Calling Pradhan "a combination of Shylock and Brutus", the letter accuses him of failing to rise above religion. Pradhan had said Muslim fundamentalists were attacking more and more Hindus and, that he if continued as lawyer for those of accused of terrorism, the message going out would be that legal services were available "at the drop of a bomb".
Accusing Pradhan of using "hypocrisy, treachery and dishonesty", the letter adds he has pauperised their relatives. It rounds off with telling Pradhan that if he has "even a drop of blood in (his) thick veins containing the grace and dignity of a human being, (he) will return all the fees"...
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[ 12 Sep, 2006 0337hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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MUMBAI: Nitin Pradhan, counsel for 18 of the accused in the 1993 blasts, said he was withdrawing from the job two months back.
He was disillusioned with the minority community after this July's train blasts, he explained; the frequency of terrorist attacks over the last decade and the lack of condemnation from community leaders had left him disappointed and he felt unable to discharge his duty as their lawyer.
His former clients, including Asgar Mukadam and Shoeb Ghansar (charged with planting bombs), have now struck back with an 11-page letter expressing their anger and hurt at being âdropped like a hot brick".
Calling Pradhan "a combination of Shylock and Brutus", the letter accuses him of failing to rise above religion. Pradhan had said Muslim fundamentalists were attacking more and more Hindus and, that he if continued as lawyer for those of accused of terrorism, the message going out would be that legal services were available "at the drop of a bomb".
Accusing Pradhan of using "hypocrisy, treachery and dishonesty", the letter adds he has pauperised their relatives. It rounds off with telling Pradhan that if he has "even a drop of blood in (his) thick veins containing the grace and dignity of a human being, (he) will return all the fees"...
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1|2|Next >
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'93 blasts: 4 of Memon family found guilty
'First family' of blasts to know fate first
1993 blasts: Chronology of events in court trial
Complete coverage: A long wait
A mockery of justice?