The burden of innocence and a biased regime: A book review of Abdul Wahid Sheikh’s Innocent Prisoners
“Tumhara shahar, tum hi qatil, tum hi mudai, tum hi munsif, humein yaqeen hai hamara qasoor niklega” (The city is yours, you are the murderer, you the petitioner, you the judge, I am sure I would be held guilty) – Ameer Qazalbash
The sample confession statement that accused are forced to sign. From Abdul Wahid Sheikh’s book Begunah Qaidi. In 2015, Abdul Wahid Sheikh was acquitted of terrorism charges stemming from the 7 July Mumbai train attack case. During the period of his detention, he wrote a detailed account of his time in prison. The book, originally written in Urdu and titled Begunah Qaidi, has been translated into English by Yousef Choudary as Innocent Prisoners. Several years after his acquittal, Wahid Sheikh has continued to campaign for the innocence of those who are still incarcerated in the same case as well as the countless other unknown innocents who languish in India’s prisons. Nothing marks the deterioration of rule of law in India more than the incarceration and prosecution of innocent civilians, especially from minority communities and marginalized castes, on charges of terrorism. Still others are convicted on grounds of fabricated evidence and…
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