He was an ordinary lawyer from Kerala, who had come down to Bangalore to attend a case pertaining to Education Trust. He was representing one of the Trustees, who had removed the other Trusties. After few days, Rasheed, the lawyer was found dead near a Railway station in Salem, Tamil Nadu. This created a huge rift between Lawyers and Police in Bangalore. The controversy started surrounding the then Karnataka Home Minister R L Jalappa, who was backing the police. After a lot of strikes, struggle, the case was handed over to the CBI. The Bangalore polcie were arrested along with four rowdies in the murder case by CBI. Though Jalappa was one of the accused, he manged to get an anticipatory bail and avoided the arrest. Human Podium explores the murder of Abdul Rasheed in 80's, which rocked the Karnataka government and resulted in dismissal of at least six police personnel, including a DCP.

Produced by Human Podium

Executive Producer: Vinay Madhav

Sponsors: House of Sapor & MTR Seattle

Script: Vinay Madhav

Narrators: Nandakumara G K

Sound Design, Foley, Recording, Mixing, and Mastering: Prajwal P, Harivu Creations

StudioMusic: Prajwal Niranjan

Direction Team: Ratheesha B R

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