Land grabbed forcefully to make local club in Kumargunj, Tamluk
Protesters thrashed mercilessly
Kumargunj under the jurisdiction of P.S. Tamluk, Block: Tamluk,
District: Midnapur (East) experienced a brawl between two religious communities
leading to a violent clash around 5 pm on September 9, 2013. It has come to
knowledge, the problem started when a few Muslim youths asked a Hindu trader of
Kumarganj market to either close down or relocate his shop to somewhere else to
make their own club there. Dipankar Das, owner of the shop and also a supporter
of Trinamool Congress, denied the offer flatly ensuing a heated argument.
Dipankar was also joined by a few people soon and he decided not to give up. Finding
it hard to deal with Dipankar, Muslim youths went back to their area only to
return with more rowdies. While the fracas was in full swing, someone struck
Dipakar with a rod. He fell on the ground and fled. But others supporting him
then were not spared. They were beaten black and blue with all kinds of blunt
instruments.
Four in the crowd supporting Dipankar got injured as a result.
They include Gokul Adak (age 50), Surya Maity (age 45), Rabin Maity (age 45),
Prashanta Maity (age 45). The inhuman thrashing raised an alarm in the locality
and finding more people advancing to save aforesaid people, culprits fled. Injured
persons were shifted to local primary health center and then to the city
hospital. Enraged Hindus blocked the road for a few minutes as a mark of
protest but it ended soon due to police interference. RAF has also been
deployed to maintain law and order in the area but no efforts to arrest the miscreants
led by Rohul Amin Gain, Abdul Hamid Gain, Sheikh Farid Ali and Julfikar Ali
(all workers of Trinamool Congress) into custody have been witnessed. These are
four dreaded rowdies and also identified as accomplices in the crime. But
police and administration is more interested to admonish local Hindus.
As per fresh reports, police refused to accept
any letter of complaint from Hindus and the shop of Dipankar has been seized
forcefully by now. Many incidents in
recent times demonstrate that the Hindus cannot expect any justice or equal
treatment in East Medinipur district under present
TMC regime as it was in the past Left Front period.
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