Families claim suspects innocent,ATS framed cases

Munif was working under one Feroz Sayed,who owned a boutique in Camp. Feroz was also arrested in connection with the case in October. After Feroz’s arrest,Munifcontinued to work in Camp till he was arrested in December. “Even between October and December,he would be called for inquiry. But he usually would return in a day or two,” his mother said.

From their 35-year-old residence in Camp,the family shifted to Global Heights in Bhagyoday Nagar,Kondhwa. Munif’s mother gives tutions to children to support the family. His children are sent to a near-by school. “Munif’s sons ask me where their father is. We tell them he has gone to get clothes stitched. We took them to Mumbai to meet him in the court. It was only a brief meeting meeting. Only Allah knows when he will come home,” she said.

Meanwhile,the family of Feroz from Shukrawar Peth area,who owns a milk distribution business,said the moves of the ATS are questionable. Speaking to Newsline,his elder brother Sabir Sayeed said,“Feroz has been framed under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act-a law used against gangsters. It is because of this that the case had to be moved to Mumbai.” Sabir pledges to fight the case till his brother is proved innocent.