New Delhi : he/she was well settled. After studies, he/she went to work in Canada. Took citizenship there also. he/she then returned to India with a Canadian passport. Started doing a good job in Bangalore. he/she was associated with an NGO concerned with the welfare of children but longed to see his/her own child. The Chairman of the NGO recalled that he/she had seen him/her suffering for a year. Saw him/her dying bit by bit. he/she used to come to us every Saturday and cry endlessly. he/she used to cry thinking about his/her son. We used to console him/her that he/she would get justice. But that did not happen. his/her story is similar to that of Atul Subhash. The outcome was the same as that of Atul Subhash. 15 years have passed. Now the Subhash case has once again opened the old wounds of the family.Same story, same outcome of Atul Subhash and Syed Ahmed Makhdoom
The story of Syed Ahmed Makhdoom is exactly like that of Atul Subhash. The result was the same. Both of them were harassed by their respective wives. Both were victims of the system. When the hope of justice started falling apart, I lost my breath myself. Like Subhash, Makhdoom had also recorded his/her last heart-wrenching video before his/her death. Had expressed his/her pain in the note. But Makhdoom’s elder sister Asna Nausheen does not want the Atul Subhash case to have the same outcome as the Makhdoom case. She says that her brother did not get justice but if Atul Subhash’s family gets justice then they will feel that they too got justice.

Atul Subhash case scratched the family’s 15 year old wound
Asna Nausheen, who lives in Noida, started sobbing while talking to presswire18Times.com. That dreadful scene of 15 years ago started playing before my eyes like a movie. Recalling that fateful moment of April 9, 2009, she says that on that day a friend of Makhdoom called and told that he/she is no more in this world. As soon as I heard these words, the ground slipped from beneath my feet. The sister could not believe that her brother was no more. It was as if the whole world of the disabled mother had been destroyed. The father had already died. One sister was in America. It seemed as if everything fell apart for the family in one fell swoop.

Makhdoom was quite educated. Were promising. he/she was also very strong emotionally. The family could not believe that even such a mentally strong child could be forced to take such a step.

Makhdoom started working in Bengaluru after returning from Canada.
Syed Ahmed Makhdoom, a resident of Delhi, went to Canada for a job after studies. There he/she also had a marriage which did not work out. Makhdoom also acquired Canadian citizenship but his/her heart remained in India. he/she finally returned to India in 2020 on a Canadian passport. Started doing a good job in Bangalore. Married to a woman named Muskaan Sahar. The relationship was confirmed through Shaadi.com. Makhdoom later came to know that this was Muskaan’s fourth marriage. Nausheen says that Muskaan had hidden the details of her previous marriages. Makhdoom was upset by this revelation but Muskaan was about to become a mother, so she decided not to make a big deal of the ‘betrayal’ she had received. In 2005, Muskaan gave birth to a son. By 2007, their marital life started becoming sour. Disputes started over small matters.

As the delay was increasing, the hope for justice was beginning to fade away. Makhdoom was heartbroken. There are differences in marital life but children should not be made weapons. But Muskaan did the same.

Asna Nausheen, Makhdoom’s elder sister

Wife Muskaan started living separately, made child a weapon
In 2008, Muskaan left Makhdoom’s house. At that time she was about to become a mother again. She filed a dowry harassment case against Makhdoom. The divorce case also started going on. Nausheen says, ‘Muskaan turned the innocent child into a weapon. A legal battle was going on for his/her custody. She knew that son was Makhdoom’s biggest weakness. he/she had great bond and affection with his/her son. Muskaan and her family did not allow Makhdoom to meet his/her own child. he/she could never even see his/her daughter’s face to know what she looks like.

Far from meeting his/her son, Makhdoom longed to even see him/her.
Nausheen says in a questioning tone, ‘Why are there so many obstacles in meeting one’s own child? Even after making several rounds of the court, Makhdoom was unable to meet his/her son. Muskaan’s family had poisoned their innocent son’s mind regarding Makhdoom. Once somehow Makhdoom somehow got a chance to meet his/her son. he/she asked, “Son, don’t you miss me?” She replied, “Son, I miss you a lot.” Papa, you also come to grandmother’s house. When Makhdoom asked, “Son, please come to my house too,” the innocent child replied, “No, Bui lives there.” Mother has told that Bui lives there. In the local language, Bui probably means ghost or devil.

Makhdoom, Atul Subhash and many such fathers who keep dying to see their children. We are associated with many such fathers who get permission from the court to meet them and also get visiting orders, but the girl and her family do not allow them to meet their children. If a contempt case is filed in the court, it takes a lot of time to get the hearing date.

Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj, Equal Rights Activist

An attempt to poison the child’s mind and heart with respect to his/her father.
Asna Nausheen further says, ‘Muskaan and her family often used to pass by the road in front of the house where Makhdoom lived. Whenever the son saw his/her father’s house, he/she used to insist that he/she had to go there and meet his/her father, then Muskaan and her family members used to scare him/her saying that Bui lives there. he/she had filled the child’s mind with fear about his/her father and his/her house. Was filled with poison.

The lamp of hope dimmed and…
Nausheen says, ‘Makhdoom was shocked by this kind of poison being mixed in his/her son’s mind. They were being dragged through the courts but were confident that one day justice would be done. As the delay was increasing, the hope for justice was beginning to fade away. Makhdoom was heartbroken. There are differences in marital life but children should not be made weapons. But Muskaan did the same. If children are not allowed to meet their father, the already weakened relationships get further poisoned. This is a failure of the system. The judicial system is also flawed. Laws should be changed.

Doesn’t a child have the right to be loved by both his/her mother and father? This is not a matter of man or woman, it is a matter of a child’s rights. Children are also getting crushed in the fight between elders, which is horrifying.

Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj, Equal Rights Activist

When the slow court process itself becomes a punishment…
Equal rights activist Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj says, ‘There are many fathers like Makhdoom, Atul Subhash and many others who keep dying to see their children. We are associated with many such fathers who get permission from the court to meet them and also get visiting orders, but the girl and her family do not allow them to meet their children. If a contempt case is filed in the court, it takes a lot of time to get the hearing date.

She says that it is not a matter of man or woman, it is about the rights of the child. The court process itself becomes like a punishment. Bhardwaj says, ‘How women are violating the law. Doesn’t come on dates. Does not obey the court’s order. Once, twice, thrice, don’t know how many times a contention petition has to be filed. Sometimes it takes 8-8 months, even a year to move an application. I know so many fathers who yearn to see their children’s faces for years. Is the law meant only to control men? Do they have no control over women? Doesn’t a child have the right to be loved by both his/her mother and father? This is not a matter of man or woman, it is a matter of a child’s rights. Children are also getting crushed in the fight between elders, which is horrifying.

Makhdoom was dying desperately for his/her child.
Like the Atul Subhash case, the Makhdoom case was in the news a lot in the media at that time. Makhdoom’s pain can be gauged from the media reports of that time. In an online report of our associate Bangalore Mirror published on April 10, 2009, the president of an NGO had described Makhdoom’s plight.

Makhdoom was also associated with Child Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP), an NGO working for the rights and welfare of children. Ironically, he/she himself was longing to see his/her own son and daughter. CRISP president Kumar Jagirdar had told Mirror, ‘I was seeing him/her (Makhdoom) for the last one year. he/she used to come to us every Saturday and cry uncontrollably while talking about his/her son. We told him/her that he/she would get justice.

Sister’s pain – Atul Subhash case should not have the same fate as Makhdoom case.
he/she did not get justice but when his/her hope started breaking, Makhdoom cut his/her breathing thread with his/her own hands. Like Atul Subhash, he/she too had written a long note before his/her death. An 8 minute video was also made. In it he/she narrated his/her painful story and Jean’s wish to die. A case of abetment to suicide was also filed against Muskaan. Makhdoom had also filed a case of cheating for getting married by hiding the details of his/her previous marriages. When presswire18times.com asked him/her what happened to those cases, his/her pain came to the fore, ‘A case of State vs Muskaan was registered but could not be prosecuted. The old disabled mother was unable to walk. There was no father. One sister was in America. I went to Bengaluru several times in connection with the case but there was a language barrier. I did not know Kannada and the policemen did not understand Hindi. Somehow the case went on but…there was a suicide note, there was a recorded video statement, everything was there but we lost in the court. She prays that the outcome of Atul Subhash case is not like that of her brother. The culprit should not escape.

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Atul Subhash case: 15 years ago, this also happened with Makhdoom, the wound of the family is fresh, sister’s pain will make you cry.

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