Police will never act against Hindus

By -- Surendra Gangan (g_surendra@dnaindia.net)
DNA

Many Muslim organisations feel perpetrators of violence are dealt with according to their religion

Muslim organisations are not ready to believe that police will act strictly if Hindu outfits are found to be involved in the Malegaon blast.

Editor of Urdu daily Hindustan Sarfraz Arzoo said that following his pervious experiences, he is not ready to believe that the Hindu perpetrators will be punished. “What is wrong in expecting a fair investigation of the blast and punishment to the people involved? But the perpetrators are treated according to their religion. The accused in the Nanded blast that happened in early 2007 were let off by the police as they were Hindus,” he said.

Samajwadi Party’s state unit chief Abu Asim Azmi said police have always been soft on the Hindu outfits which are involved in terrorist activities. “Whenever bomb blasts take place, Muslims and particularly youths are picked up from areas like Govandi, Mumbra, Naya Nagar and many innocents are booked for no fault of theirs. Police have ruined the lives of well-educated Muslim youths like Khwaja Younis and Dr Matin, who were booked for the Ghatkopar blast few years ago. There are incidents when agitations by the Muslim community have been answered with firing, but police don’t even raise laathis against Raj or Bal Thackeray’s party workers who resort to violence.”

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not ready to accept that any Hindu outfit is involved in the Malegaon blasts case. On the contrary, it says there has been a campaign to spread wrong information in the society. “Police force is being used for political gimmick or pacifying public outburst. The force is totally demoralised. It is made to leak such information without having completed the investigation in a case,” said BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari.

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has denied its connection with Pradnya Singh, an accused arrested by police in the Malegaon blasts case, and has blamed media for announcing the organisation’s involvement without any firm proof.

ABVP national deputy president Milind Marathe has threatened newspapers for involving his organisation in the Malegaon case. “This is a trial started by the media that has published reports without verifying any fact. This has been a conspiracy of some forces and political minds because our organisation has started fighting against terrorism,” he said.