Srinagar, March 7, CNS: Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party, Hashim Qureshi had decided to file a legal suit in October of last year against Mr. R. K. Yadav, a former RAW officer and author of the book, ‘Mission R&AW’ and against Mrs. Suman Lata of Manas Publications which has published the said book. The former RAW official, in his book Mission R&AW in chapter 8 starting from Page 184 under the caption Liberation of Bangladesh, at Page 227 under the Sub-title, Hijacking of Fokker Friendship Plane of Indian Airlines by Hashim Qureshi, referred to an incident of Hijacking of Fokker Friendship Plane of Indian Airlines, and in which he made in writing defamatory and baseless statements against the Chairman of JKDLP.
While dismissing the content regarding Ganga hijacking, Hashim Qureshi has taken a serious note of the unfounded statement and through his counsel; Advocate Riyaz Jan has filed a defamation suit and issued a legal notice to the author and the Publisher. The Legal Notice dated 24.08.2014 was served to the Author and the Publisher with a demand in writing calling upon them to withdraw every defamatory statement made and publish a full and unqualified apology in the next three consecutive issues of leading National News Papers at a prominent place within a period of one week from the date of receipt of the Legal Notice and in default of such an apology to pay damages quantified in the sum of Rs.5.00 Crores to recompense the harm caused to the reputation, good name and esteem of the Chairman of JKDLP, Hashim Qureshi.
As the Author and the Publisher have not complied with the above mentioned demands in the Legal notice, Chairman JKDLP Hashim Qureshi is compelled to take further legal action and as such filed this suit in which both the Author and Publisher had been summoned to appear before the Honble court on the 21st of February 2015 at the District Court Srinagar. The author and the Publisher argued in writing that they are unable to understand the Urdu language in which the Legal Notice was issued initially and that they must receive the Courts notice in English. A second notice has been served to the author and publisher in which the Honble court has now summoned both to appear at the District Court Srinagar on the 26th of March 2015.
Chairman JKDLP, in the legal suit has said that the statement made in writing by the Author at Page 227 to 230 of his aforementioned Book titled Mission R&AW, is totally false and defamatory.
Chairman JKDLP, Hashim Qureshi has expressed his firm belief in the truth and said the truth will always prevail. He also said that he has filed this suit knowing that the Author has written fabricated and utter lies about him and as such expressed his belief and confidence in the fact that the Courts decision will be in his and the Kashmiri peoples favor. (CNS)