People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Nasir Maudany, an accused in the 2008 blast case in Bengaluru, arrived at Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery near here on Sunday evening to a jubilant reception of excited party activists.
Landing here at around 3.20 p.m., Maudany was accompanied by a few of his relatives, including his younger son Salahuddin Ayyubi and PDP State secretary Muhammad Rajeeb, besides an Assistant Commissioner and a circle inspector of the Karanataka police.
PDP activists, who had assembled at the airport, made their presence felt with high pitched slogans well before the arrival of the flight and the sloganeering hit the crescendo as Maudany emerged out of the airport terminal building.
Talking to media persons, Maudany expressed his gratitude to the Supreme Court, the State government, and various others for their intervention in ensuring justice to him. Further, he also sought to clarify that he was not within the confines of the Parappana Agrahahara prison for the past three years.
‘‘Even those who have expressed their support to me seem to be under the impression that I am still serving a jail term. I have been living outside the jail ever since I was granted a bail three years ago and that bail was not granted on medical grounds. However, I am not supposed to leave Bengaluru city without permission,’’ he said.
Accompanied by Kerala police, Maudany then left for Anwarssery in Kollam, his native place, by road.
