Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi

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Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi
Born (1962-03-15) 15 March 1962 (age 60)
NationalityIndian
OccupationChief editor of qaumi salamati
Office Jor Bagh, New Delhi, India

Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi is a freelance journalist, [1] [2] founder editor of Media Star News. [3] [4] [5] Recently, he started his own YouTube channel "Media Star World" [6] which is majorly focusing on International affairs from the Indian perspective. He was accused in the attack on Israeli diplomats. [7] [8] Ironically, he was also covering this news and provided his observation on the situation on Times Now [9] and NDTV.

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Career

Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi is now working for Media Star and created his own YouTube channel "Media Star World" [6] which is majorly focusing on International affairs from the Indian perspective. On his channel he claims that he will be focusing on those news which mainstream media intentionally ignores. In past he was Chief Editor of daily Urdu newspaper Qaumi Salamati, [10] with Printer, Publisher & Proprietor "Siraj Pracha" and was running his own news agency, Media Star, [11] catering to the needs of Urdu readers in India and abroad, before his arrest. He has also been providing his services as freelance journalist for state broadcaster Doordarshan, Iranian news agency IRNA, [12] Iranian radio, besides being a regular columnist for some widely-read Urdu newspapers in India. His professional commitments have taken him to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and many other countries. He is accredited to Press Information Bureau (PIB). [13] of the Government of India and is supposed to have procured the security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Arrest and release

On 13 February 2012 a car belonging to the Israeli Embassy was attacked using a magnetic bomb [1] in Delhi's Tughlak Road, injuring four people. The car was near the embassy when the incident occurred and injured an Israeli diplomat's wife, Til Yehoshua (42). After three weeks, on 6 March 2012, the special cell of Delhi arrested Kazmi and charged him with being part of a conspiracy and booked him under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. During interrogations the police claimed that he disclosed that he was privy to the conspiracy to target Israeli diplomats. [14] A Sessions court later questioned the legality of a magisterial court's powers to extend under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act the remand of Kazmi. [8]

American journalist Gareth Porter reported that Kazmi was "framed by the police, at least in part to implicate the Iranians in the terror plot". [15] [16] [17]

Kazmi was granted bail by the Supreme Court of India on 19 October 2012 but restrained from going abroad. [18] As of 2016, Kazmi was still out on bail. [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ Danish Raza (17 March 2012). "Who is Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi?". Firstpost. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Untitled Page" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Back with a bang – Syed Khurram Raza". The Sunday Indian. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Harmeet Shah Singh (15 March 2012). "India names Iranian suspects in Israeli car bombing". Articles.cnn.com. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Media Star World - YouTube". YouTube .
  7. ↑ Yardley, Jim (16 March 2012). "India Builds Case Against Iranians in Attack on Israelis". The New York Times.
  8. 1 2 Omar Rashid (10 June 2012). "NATIONAL / OTHER STATES : "Big question mark" over Kazmi's custody". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Debate: Israel-Iran battle goes global?-1-The Newshour-TIMESNOW.tv – Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos". Timesnow.tv. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Daily Qaumi Salamati, New Delhi". Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  11. ↑ Media Star World [ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Sanctions against Iran has no legal basis: Indian journalist". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ Pandey, Devesh K. (8 March 2012). "Freelancer arrested for attack on Israeli diplomat". The Hindu.
  15. ↑ "IPS – Evidence in Delhi Embassy Bombing Suggests Journalist Was Framed – Part 1* | Inter Press Service". Ipsnews.net. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "IPS – Police Case for Iranian Bomb Plot Based on Tainted Evidence – Part 2* | Inter Press Service". Ipsnews.net. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  17. ↑ Within ‘Special Cell’ of Delhi Police, A History of Falsifying Evidence – Part 3*; IPS News; 23 August 2012
  18. ↑ Kazmi granted bail in Israeli Diplomat car attack case; Firstpost; 19 October 2012
  19. ↑ 2012 Israeli embassy car blast case accused Kazmi alleges people barged into house, abused wife; Zee News; 26 April 2016
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