Muslim Salesman Jailed For 105 Days In Fake Case Is Free, But Police Continue Case Against 28 Who Helped Him

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Muslim Salesman Jailed For 105 Days In Fake Case Is Free, But Police Continue Case Against 28 Who Helped Him

In the latest of several cases where police have framed or proceeded illegally against Muslims in criminal cases, a 28-year-old itinerant bangle salesman called Tasleem Ali was acquitted by a court in the Madhya Pradesh city of Indore almost three years after he was released on bail but not before 105 days in jail. Twenty eight others who supported Ali still face criminal cases, three years after Hindu vigilantes beat Ali for peddling his wares …