Chekannur Maulavi

P. K. Mohammed or Chekannur Maulavi (born in 1936) was an Indian secular Islamicist from Chekannur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India.[1] He is the founder of the Quran Sunnath.[2] He disappeared on 29 July 1993. His death is uncertain.[3]

P.K. Mohammed
Born1936 (1936)
Chekannur, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Disappeared29 July 1993 (aged 56–57)
StatusMissing for 30 years, 2 months and 27 days

Career

Maulavi founded Quran Sunnath Society which is known for Jamitha Teacher, the first Indian woman imam.[2]

Disappearance and investigation

The CBI took over the case in 1996, and in 2000 arrested two members of the ultra orthodox Muslim sect under suspicion of murder.[4][5][6]

The case was hampered by the disappearance of a number of witnesses, whose property was seized when they fled abroad rather than appear to testify in 2008.[7]

Mohammed’s wife filed a petition seeking to arraign A.P. Aboobacker Musaliyar as a murder suspect through her lawyer, Advocate S.K. Premraj which was allowed.[5] The court had found that Mohammed’s body was disposed of in some mysterious manner so as never to be recovered,[8] which was dismissed by High Court later[3][9]

A Decision Bench of the Kerala High Court in 2018 acquitted the first accused.[10] With this, all accused in the case, including the first accused V. V. Hamsa, who had been sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment in 2010 have been let off.[9][11] Even Chekannur Moulavi's death could not be proved.[10]

His disappearance is the subject of a 2009 documentary, Ore Oru Chekannur.[12]

See also

References
  1. Roland E. Miller (1992). Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A Study in Islamic Trends. Orient Longman. p. 339. ISBN 9780863112706. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. "Meet Jamitha Teacher, India's first woman Imam". India Today. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. "Moulavi case: CBI closing in on main culprit?". The Hindu. 18 December 2000. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018.
  5. 'Court orders trial of Kanthapuram'
  6. Girja Kumar (1997). The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India. p. 34. ISBN 9788124105252. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. Chekannur Maulavi murder case: CBI court orders confiscation
    of assets of witnesses - Newindpress.com
  8. "The Hindu : States / Kerala : Maulavi case accused gets double life imprisonment". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  9. "Prime accused in Chekannur Moulavi case acquitted". OnManorama. Paragraph 3. Retrieved 11 March 2022. With this, all accused in the case have been let off.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. "HC acquits prime accused in Chekannur Maulavi murder case". Kamudi Online.
  12. Documentary on Chekannur Maulavi
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