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'Attacks on minorities on the increase'
By Our Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI, AUG. 29. Mr. E. Ahamed, Muslim League MP from Manjeri,
Kerala, today protested against the spate of attacks against the
minorities in the country. Raising the issue during zero hour in
the Lok Sabha, Mr. Ahamed cited a news report published in The
Hindu to make the point that law-abiding and innocent members of
the minority community were increasingly coming under attack and
harassed by the police.
Referring to the recent incidents in Gujarat, he said two members
of the minority community were attacked and done to death.
He also referred to the incident in Mohod where a picnic party of
school children, led by the nuns, was attacked by activists of
the Bajrang Dal and the VHP.
The police station of the area also refused to accept their
complaints.
Mr. Ahamed said that under the NDA Government led by Mr.
Vajpayee, the minorities had come under increasing attacks from
communal elements and the administration had done nothing to rein
them in. He urged the Government to take immediate action to
prevent recurrence of such incidents.
PTI reports:
A CPI(M) member alleged that nuns were being targeted by the
Bajrang Dal and VHP activists in Gujarat.
Raising the issue during zero hour, Mr. Suresh Kurup said such
attacks had gone up after the ``provocative'' remarks made
recently by the Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, concerning
some missionaries.
INDORE (MP), AUG. 29. A complaint has been registered by the
Jhabua police against some unidentified miscreants at Dahod in
Gujarat for allegedly harassing a group of nuns.
According to the Jhabua Additional Superintendent of Police, Mr.
R.P. Bisone, the nuns along with the children of an orphanage
went to Dahod for a picnic on August 25, when some miscreants
allegedly harassed them.
The nuns reported the matter to the police at Jorbat on the same
day, he said adding, they alleged in their complaint that the
miscreants harassed them and opposed their visit on the plea that
they (the nuns) had come to Dahod with an intention of converting
people.
A case was registered against the miscreants, Mr. Bisone added.
15 arrested
Fifteen persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to damage
a place of worship belonging to a minority community on August 27
in Mehndikheda village in Jhabua district, according to the
Collector, Mr. Neeraj Mandloi. A dispute erupted on August 27
between tribals and members of the minority community when the
latter were offering prayers at the prarthana ghar.
The former opposed it on the ground that since there was no rain
in the area for quite some time so there was no point in praying
for it, he said.
However, when a group of priests visited the spot yesterday, a
dispute erupted again between them and the villagers in which a
priest was injured, Mr. Mandloi told PTI.
Police has filed a complaint against the villagers on the request
of Father Thomas of Jhabua, while a counter complaint is also
filed by a local against Father Thomas. The villagers have also
alleged desecration of an idol by the group during the dispute.
``The situation is tense, but normal in the village,'' Mr.
Mandoli said, adding, he is verifying the facts with regards to
desecration of the idol.
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