Chennai, Feb 18: The Tamil Nadu Muslim Makkal Katchi
has sent a notice to Uttar Pradesh Minister Yaqoob Quershi for
announcing a Rs 51 crore cash award to whosoever killed the
Danish cartoonist who drew the sketches of Prophet Mohamed,
demanding that he withdraw his statement and tender an open
unqualified public apology directly in writing.
If the minister failed to do so within three days of
receipt of the notice, civil and criminal proceedings would be
instituted against him, the TNMMK said in its notice.
The TNMMK said the minister's statement was tantamount to
instigation to murder and a serious offence of the laws of the
land.
Quereshi's statement may tempt 'wicked' human beings,
Indian or foreign, to commit the crime and come to India to
claim the reward, thereby rupturing the relations between
India and that foreign nation. It was an open invitation to a
criminal to come to India, they said.
The minister's statement was a gospel of slaughter, which
was reprehensible to say the least, the TNMMK said and
demanded that he tender the apology.
Bureau Report