Timol family wants case re-opened as quest for justice continues
The family of Ahmed Timol, who died after being arrested by security police in 1971, want the case of his death re-opened and are appealing to the public who might have further information in order for justice to finally be done.
Timol was the 22nd person to have died in police custody since 1963 and 50 more were to die up to 1990. None of the police interrogators were charged for these deaths.
His nephew, Imtiaz Cajee, said this week that there is a "need to get those policemen responsible for Timol's detention, torture and death to come clean and make full disclosure. Remember, they failed to apply for amnesty at the TRC. Also, the informers in the community responsible for selling out Timol should be exposed".
Cajee wrote a book, titled Timol - Quest for Justice, in 2005. The book exposes details that were judged irrelevant, or simply not known. The book does not mean to resolve the case, rather to open the doors to further investigation and to show that some wounds will not be covered with time.
Cajee is now working on a new version of the book using new information that has come to light and is hoping people will come forward to enable the family to finally find closure.