The copies of the medical certificates and birth certificates of the nine boys allegedly raped by Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali have mysteriously disappeared from the case files and the distraught mother of three of them, is now convinced that efforts are afoot to sabotage the case to ensure that the alleged perpetrator is spared jail time.
Ali was committed to stand trial in November, 2013 for nine counts of sexual activity with a child by abusing a position of trust and lost a battle to have the committals overturned last year. It was only after the case files were transferred from the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court to the Supreme Court for trial proceedings that it was discovered that important documents were missing.
The woman, who visited this newspaper recently pleading for help, said she was at a loss