Chekannur Maulavi

P.K. Mohammed or Chekannur Maulavi (born in 1936) was an Indian secular Islamist from Chekannur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India.[1] He is founder of Quran Sunnath Society, known for Jamitha Teacher, the first Indian woman imam.[2]

P.K. Mohammed
Born1936 (age 83–84)
Chekannur, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Disappeared29 July 1993
StatusMissing for 26 years, 10 months and 22 days
EraModern era

He disappeared on 29 July 1993. His death is uncertain.[3]

Career

Maulavi founded Quran Sunnath Society which is known for Jamitha Teacher, the first Indian woman imam.[2]

Disappearance and investigation

The CBI took over the case in 1996, and in 2000 arrested two members of the ultra orthodox Muslim sect under suspicion of murder.[4][5][6]

The case was hampered by the disappearance of a number of witnesses, whose property was seized when they fled abroad rather than appear to testify in 2008.[7]

Mohammed’s wife filed a petition seeking to arraign A.P. Aboobacker Musaliyar as a murder suspect through her lawyer, Advocate S.K. Premraj which was allowed.[5] The court found that Mohammed’s body was disposed of in some mysterious manner so as never to be recovered.[8]

A Decision Bench of the Kerala High Court acquitted the accused.[9] Even Mohammed’s death could not be proved.[9]

His disappearance is the subject of a 2009 documentary, Ore Oru Chekannur.[10]

References
  1. Roland E. Miller (1992). Mappila Muslims of Kerala: A Study in Islamic Trends. Orient Longman. p. 339. ISBN 9780863112706. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. "Meet Jamitha Teacher, India's first woman Imam". India Today. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 October 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Moulavi case: CBI closing in on main culprit?". Archived from the original on 29 March 2018.
  5. 'Court orders trial of Kanthapuram'
  6. Girja Kumar (1997). The Book on Trial: Fundamentalism and Censorship in India. p. 34. ISBN 9788124105252. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. Chekannur Maulavi murder case: CBI court orders confiscation
    of assets of witnesses - Newindpress.com
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Chekannur Moulavi case: accused let off". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 16 October 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 August 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. Documentary on Chekannur Maulavi
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