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 the founder of the Quran Sunnath .[2]

P.K. Mohammed
Born1936 (age 84–85)
Chekannur, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Disappeared29 July 1993
StatusMissing for 27 years, 6 months and 10 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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