Hindus stop construction of illegal mosque in Kolkata Leather Complex
Gangapur, a village alongside the
famed Kolkata Leather Complex under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Leather Complex Police Station
within 24 Paraganas (South) district, remained witness to a communal fracas on December
24, 2013 due to bids of fortifying an illegal mosque in the environs. It has
been learnt, a few people (belonging to Muslim community) appeared in the land
sharing an ancient temple of Banadevi surprisingly and without consulting
anyone, they commenced to build up a new structure – later found as an illicit
mosque. The news was enough to both unnerve and enrage local Hindus as they
knew that they would have to pay a high price for this ultimately.
It
is worth mentioning, the ancient temple exists within 100 meters of the
disputed and illegal structure; Hindus worship at the temple regularly and the
Banadevi fair is also organized there annually. As a result, the effort behind this new mosque
was deemed as evil by local Hindus. They also realized that completion of the
same would endanger Hindu locality and its way of life. And this new crisis
would not be limited to any jolt only. On the word of a villager (on condition
of anonymity), “even If Hindus have no problem with any new mosque, past experiences
are enough to ascertain that any such development would call Hindus, their religious
beliefs and also worships a halt. And administration supports these evil
designers only.”
As there
was no other option for a peaceful resolution, local Hindus, led by Hindu
Samhati, organized a mass resistance to the shady project leading to its termination
finally.
Hindu Samhati regularly
monitors and reports violations against Hindus in West Bengal. We also work
with both governmental and NGO agencies for proper education on protection and
ensure remedies to the Hindu populace as per prevailing law of the land.
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