Indian-Americans mourn the death of Kannabiran

It is actually people like him who keep the idea of India alive," Rasheed Ahmed,president Indian American Muslim Council (IMAC) said.

The Indian-American community here has mourned the death of renowned civil rights activist K G Kannabiran who passed away recently after a brief illness.

“Throughout his remarkable and amazing life,Mr Kannabiran used his excellent education,training and dynamic skills for the protection of the weak,and exploited sections of the Indian populace. It is actually people like him who keep the idea of India alive,” Rasheed Ahmed,president Indian American Muslim Council (IMAC) said.

Paying tributes to Kannabiran who went on to become the national president of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL),Shaik Ubaid,founding national coordinator of Coalition Against Genocide said,”We need more people,especially young lawyers,to follow his and his wife’s example as the undermining of civil liberties of minority and poor segments in the name of national security is on the rise”.

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“He was known as a fearless champion of civil rights,” said Sadia Seemi Ahmed,co-chair of the New York chapter of Muslim Peace Coalition.

Kannabiran,a pioneer and leader of Indian civil rights movement who passed away on December 30th filed many cases against the police over alleged fake encounters with Maoists.