Sankrail witnesses savagery on Viswa Nabi Divas
Villages within
Panchla were not sole victims of murderous assaults on “Viswa Nabi Divas” or
World Nabi Day; the spate of brutality surfaced in Sankrail (situated at a distance of almost 16 kilometers
from Panchla) in the same district of Howrah also. On January 14, at 9 am, Dakshin
Sankrail Bodobagan within the jurisdiction of Sankrail police station
experienced this viciousness. Large numbers of processions comprising thousands
of youths, sound boxes emitting music in high frequency to observe “Viswa
Nabi Divas” passed the area. Taken
back at lewd comments being hurled on them from processions increasingly, women
in the area asked village police volunteers to request Muslim youths to change
route. But vanguards in processions dismissed it almost instantly. Getting
helpless, local police station was phoned and when the police force appeared,
Hindus requested them to ask Muslims of permissions to form processions. It has
been learnt, even if Officer-in-Charge of Sankrail police station reiterated
it, he was said that there was no need of it. Leaders of processions said that
such processions had been continuing for past eight years at a stretch and all
these led to a verbal spat between police and processionists for more than an
hour.
While the tiff was going on, pebbles thrown from convoys injured Circle
Inspector of Sankrail police station badly. To restrain the fast worsening
situation, Rapid Action Force was called in and was also asked to vacate the
area soon. Even if the job was done successfully, Hindus had to bear the
aftermath. Instead of arresting troublemakers, police was found to hunt for
Hindu youths and also ransack houses of Hindus in the area. Albeit being
innocent, Madhab Bag and Raejndranath Thunder were falsely incriminated. They
were arrested under sections 147/148/149/187/298/333/353/295 of Indian Penal
Code. Both of them, at the moment, are languishing in jail at Mallikfatak. Nevertheless,
police raids to terrify local Hindus are unabated.
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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