Nayeem is a doc, cannot hurt anyone, says father
Abdul Mutalib, 58, popularly referred to as Dada Peer in Davangere, refuses to believe that his son, who spent hours in libraries studying, can be a terrorist. Since Dr Nayeem Siddique's arrest Mr Mutalib has been shuttling between Davangere and Bengaluru, doing everything he can to save his son. "My son is innocent. I have trust in the judicial system. He has the heart of a doctor and can't plot anything to hurt anyone. I know he will emerge clean from all this," he says.
Following Dr Nayeem Siddique's arrest on September 2, Mr Matalib too was taken to the CCB headquarters and held there from 2.30 pm to 10.30 pm. The police seized `10,000 in cash and a laptop from Dr Nayeem. “They took his laptop away. He had just bought it some 35 days ago, working night shifts in the ICU of an hospital for over four months. They claim it’s evidence, but it was bought with my son's hard earned money," protests Mr Mutalib.
Besides his son, Dada Peer has four daughters,who are all married. He has lived in Hubli since 1986 and repairs and sells coin-operated telephones for a living. "Following my son's arrest, some people said we had a lot of money. But the truth is we don't. There was a time when coin-operated phones were in demand and we did good business. But now things are difficult. Some TV channels claimed that I have lakhs in my account. But whatever money there is in my account, is my own hard earned money, not something that somebody gave us," retorts Mr Mutalib angrily, adding "We live in a Hindu area. All our family friends are Hindus. In every crisis in our lives, our Hindu friends were the ones, who helped me financially. My Muslim community may not even know my name, but most Hindus in Davengere know who Dada Peer is."
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