Minorities panel rules out communal angle

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, APRIL. 28. The National Commission for Minorities has described the recent attacks on Christian educational institutions in Agra, Mathura and Rewari as being cases of ``robbery and law and order problem'' with no communal tinge to them.

While it commended the handling of the local administration in Mathura and Agra, the Commission noted that a political colour was sought to be given to the incidents in a bid to create a wedge among Hindus and Christians.

Concerned over reports of five incidents targeting Christian minority institutions, the Commission visited Agra, Kosi and Mathura to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation.

At Kosi, where St. Theresa's School was attacked on April 11 and Father K.K. Thomas and a school maid were beaten up, the Commission members met the Father who told them there was no communal angle to the incident in which eight or 10 anti-social elements took away about Rs. 1 lakh, a camera and two tape- recorders.

Similarly, the incident in St. Dominic's School in Mathura on April 10 was a result of the fallout of a heated verbal exchange over school admission.

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