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P.K. Mohammed or Chekannur Maulavi (born in 1936) was an
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secular Islamicist from Chekannur,
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. He is the founder of the Quran Sunnath. He disappeared on 29 July 1993. His death is uncertain.


Career

Maulavi founded Quran Sunnath Society which is known for Jamitha Teacher, the first Indian woman imam.


Disappearance and investigation

The CBI took over the case in 1996, and in 2000 arrested two members of the ultra orthodox Muslim sect under suspicion of murder.'Court orders trial of Kanthapuram'
/ref> The case was hampered by the disappearance of a number of witnesses, whose property was seized when they fled abroad rather than appear to testify in 2008. Mohammed’s wife filed a petition seeking to arraign A.P. Aboobacker Musaliyar as a murder suspect through her lawyer, Advocate S.K. Premraj which was allowed. The court found that Mohammed’s body was disposed of in some mysterious manner so as never to be recovered, which was dismissed by High Court later A Decision Bench of the Kerala High Court acquitted the first accused. With this, all accused in the case have been let off. Even Mohammed’s death could not be proved.


In popular culture

His disappearance is the subject of a 2009 documentary, ''Ore Oru Chekannur''.Documentary on Chekannur Maulavi
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See also

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List of people who disappeared Lists of people who disappeared include those whose current whereabouts are unknown, or whose deaths are unsubstantiated. Many people who disappear are eventually declared dead ''in absentia''. Some of these people were possibly subjected to enfo ...
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List of unsolved murders These lists of unsolved murders include notable cases where victims were murdered in unknown circumstances. * List of unsolved murders (before 1900) * List of unsolved murders (1900–1979) * List of unsolved murders (1980–1999) * List of unsol ...


References


External links


www.moulavichekanoor.com

Khur'aan Sunnath Society
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