Ws and H ? Who hijacked RBI Kochi ? .... How and Why ? Why Women's Day event of RBI invites a 'terror' tainted journalist as chief guest ... what's the dangerous intent?

The shocking image went viral and not without good reasons. It captures the inauguration of Women’s Day celebrations at the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Kochi Regional Office featuring none other than K K Shahina, an allegedly terror-tainted journo !!

Shahina, a senior editor for 'Outlook' magazine, was one of the first journalists in India to be charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA, the bitter-pill and anti-terror law.

Those who oppose the legislation say the UAPA as a law is "extensively weaponized" against journalists. 

Shahina was 'facing trial' under UAPA as a co-accused alongside the notorious jihadi terrorist Madani.

Hence the question - who enabled this blatant compromise of national security?

On the face value, it is more than a day-today "negligence". On the contrary it is a serious breach that demands immediate investigation !!

How was such a dangerous jihadi influence allowed to infiltrate an institution which is country's banking regulator. The Union Finance Ministry under the leadership of Nirmala Sitharaman should take up the matter seriously and a stern action must be taken without delay.  

As of June 2023, Shahina is out on bail pending trial. 

If convicted, she faces a maximum of three years in prison and a fine.

In 2010, a section of media reported that Shahina K K, a journalist with Tehelka weekly, went to Karnataka to work on an investigative report on the case against Abdul Nasar Madani, Chairman of People’s Democratic Party. 

Madani had spent almost 10 years in jail as an under-trial in the 1998 Coimbatore blast before he was let off  on August 1, 2007. 

In her report (Why is this man still in prison?, Tehelka Magazine, December 4th, 2010), Shahina tried to look into the police story that Madani had conspired in the Bengaluru blasts in separate meetings two years ago — one which took place in Madani’s rented home in Kochi and the other in the Lakkeri estate in Kodaku, Karnataka. 

In 2021, the High Court in Bengaluru had declined to provide relief to Shahiha and two others in connection with two cases registered against them under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)-1967.

Scribe K K Shahina from Kochi, Suber Padupu from Kasaragod and Ummar Moulvi from Yalavidahalli, Madikeri taluk, had filed the petitions challenging the trial against them under UAPA. 

Earlier on On February 28, 2018, the Principal District and Sessions judge, Madikeri, had rejected their applications. 

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The Hindu Aikya Vedi (United Hindu Forum) has announced protest in front of RBI, Kochi regional office on Monday, March 17th. Notably, The 

Notably, the Aikya Vedi is most known for leading the protests against the Supreme Court judgement on the Sabarimala temple.  

The Hindu Aikya Vedi from time to time has lashed out at the Kerala government over its silence on growing Islamic terrorism in the southern state. 

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