SHOIBULLAH KHAN Editor of Immroz
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
Shoibullah
khan was the editor of daily IMROZ a Urdu paper which he published from
Hyderabad. He was in his twenties and published the paper from that
backyard of the house of Boorgula
ramkrishna rao who later became CM of
Hyderabad state after holding general elections in
1951.Shoibullah
khan
vehemently criticized Razkar actions and policy of Nizam.This was not
palatable. On 19 august 1948
Nanaj day
was celebrated in zamrut mahal at Abids.( this building has been
demolished now)KASIM razvi
was speaking at that function. He condemned
Indian leaders on the occasion. He threatened that the hands
that rise
against Muslims has to come down or will be chopped off. This was put
into practice by Munir
Khan and his associates , Razakars and on 21
August 1948 , they attacked Shoibullah khan when he
stepped out of his
working place in the evening. The last person who saw him was Boorgula
narking rao
nephew of ramkrishna rao. He was shot and when he fell down
attacked with knives and cut down his
hands. The act was widely
condemned by Indian leaders and probably was catalyst to Patel to
actquiickly?Police action was conducted in Sept 1948 with in a month of the
murder of Khan. KASIM
razviwas tried for the murder after his arrest
and he was tried also for Bibinagar dacoity case. He was
acquitted in
the murder case for lack of evidence but sentenced to 10 year jail term
for dacoity case. He
served the term and was allowed to leave to
Pakistan where he died in course of time. Shoibullah khan
although was
Muslim he knew what was correct for H yderabad. He is highly
revered.Osmania university
gives a medal for journalism in his
memory.How many of our youth know about this brave khan? Facts of
police
action are suppressed and hidden.
