Even as the CCB, the city police, the NIA and various other investigating teams are quizzing the 14 terror suspects picked up in the state, their families are dealing with the fall-out- a sibling losing his job, others finding it hard to live in a society that doesn’t trust them anymore. Dr Zaheer Ahmed Solapuri, brother of terror suspect, Dr Zafar Iqbal Solapuri, says he was forced to resign from Fortis Hospital after his brother’s arrest.
“I want to make it very clear that we are all against terrorism. No terrorist plotting against the country should be spared. But as far as my brother is concerned, I have reason to believe he is being framed. It’s up to the courts to decide. People should understand that we have done nothing wrong and are paying for no fault of ours. Recently, I was forced to resign from Fortis hospital after my brother’s arrest. I am not worried, but will our honour and dignity be restored, if tomorrow my brother emerges clean from this affair?” asks Dr Zaheer. Mr Abdul Mutalib, father of terror suspect, Dr Nayeem Siddique said: “the charges are not true because we have lived in a Hindu area for years”. “All our family friends are Hindus. At every crisis in our life, including the time when I needed money for his education, it was our Hindu friends who helped me financially. My Muslim community may not even know my name, but most Hindus in Davengere know me, they know who Dada Peer is,” says Mr Mutalib.