At late Shahid Azmi’s behest, the cell which started giving legal aid to Muslims, represented select accused in several key terror cases, including the Akshardham attack, Malegaon 2006 blasts, Godhra railway burning, and Mumbai triple blasts, now sees one of its biggest victories.
Tucked away in the narrow bylanes of Mumbai’s crowded Bhendi Bazar Dongri area is the office of Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra, the State chapter of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind. “Madam, take a right opposite the Saboo Siddique hospital. In the first lane, leave the first iron gate and enter from the second one,” a shopkeeper tells me as I try to find my way through the maze amid the rush and the slush during the Mumbai outpour.
