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Mumbai: Ten years after he was cleared of all charges in the infamous July 7, 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts case, Wahid Deen Mohammad Shaikh has moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking compensation for his prolonged incarceration.

Shaikh, now 46, was arrested with 12 others soon after the bomb blasts in 2006 and continued to languish in jail until his acquittal in 2015.

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Along with the NHRC, he has also forwarded his complaint to the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission, the Maharashtra State Minorities Commission and the National Minorities Commission.

In his complaint, Shaikh has highlighted the grave injustice that both he and his family were subjected to – the custodial torture inflicted on him and the heavy weight of being termed as a “terrorist” that he had to carry for so long. He has sought Rs 9 crore in compensation, a crore each for every year he had to spend behind bars in case he was falsely implicated.

Shaikh was a teacher at a city-based school at the time of his arrest. On his return, he resumed work but also went on to pursue a law degree and recently was awarded a PhD for his thesis on the history of prisons in India.

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