Anyone can be framed: Congress MP's shocker after Lashkar operatives' arrest
India Today
Congress MP Imran Masood questioned the credibility of terror investigations, claiming that "anyone can be framed." He said people have previously spent 20 to 30 years in jail before being acquitted, and asked what action was taken against those responsible for allegedly wrongful imprisonment.
Congress MP Imran Masood reacted to the arrest of eight suspected operatives linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba in an alleged terror conspiracy targeting Hindu temples in the national capital.
Speaking to news agency ANI, after the accused were remanded to seven-day police custody, Masood questioned the credibility of terror investigations, claiming that “anyone can be framed.” He said people have previously spent 20 to 30 years in jail before being acquitted, and asked what action was taken against those responsible for allegedly wrongful imprisonment.
“They can frame anyone as terrorists and the person comes out after 20 years. Regarding such things, you can neither say these are wrong nor say these are 100% right. They can do anything to divert attention,” he said to the news agency ANI.
He added that accountability should extend to officials who “fraudulently frame others.”
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