From: Sandeep <deepu.sandeep@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:00 PM
Subject: The real truth about the Muzaffarnagar riots: Part 4 -
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THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS: PART 4
Read Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Muzaffarnagar riots report accessed by IndiaFacts.
Media Reports
The local media gave adequate coverage to the violence in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. Dainik Jagaran, Amar Ujala, and Muzaffarnagar Bulletin have reported the real reason for the riots and the violence that ensued in an unbiased manner.
We present below some of the prominent excerpts (translated into English) from these media houses.
The lock of fear hangs on the door of the city
Mahendra Tyagi, resident of Police jurisdiction Mansurpur in village Saujanitagan, along with his friend Rajesh, had come on a Saturday to Meenakshi chowk for some work. At this time, the condolence meeting for the Kawal incident was in progress. Post afternoon, people from the Muslim community who had congregated there physically assaulted Mahendra and broke his head. (31 Aug 2013)
A wave of Muslims descends on the streets of Muzaffarnagar
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Dalits and the poor targeted by the Muslims
Shamli: The police have registered four separate cases under serious offences following the violence in Shamli. Three people were arrested for murders during the riots while one person was arrested for assaulting a municipal cleaner. In the case involving an assault on Sagar, the municipal cleaner (resident of Mohalla Timrasa) Jai Bhagwan filed cases against Israr, his brother, the director’s son, and about 10-12 unidentified people under IPC Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 504, 506, 153(A) and under the SC/ST Act. The police have arrested Waseem, resident of Timrasa.
In another case of murder of one Ahsan during the riots and grievous injuries to other people, Rajowala, resident of Saeed filed cases against 11 named and 150 unnamed people under IPC Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 307, 323, 324, 504, 153(A), 354 and relevant laws concerning destruction of public property. (5 September 2013)
Open infringement of law
Jansat: Despite the district being under Section 144, people were breaking the law with impunity, and those responsible for maintaining law and order turned a blind eye. On Tuesday, thousands of Muslims got together and indulged in provocative sloganeering. As a result, the highway was jammed for several kilometres. The officials in the administration were witness to this blatant violation of Section 144. The administration was helpless before those violating this Section.
In continuation, thousands of Muslims had gathered in district Jansat close to the police station near the Khatauli intersection. The administration seeing the situation go out of hand closed the Panipat-Khatima national highway. In the process, the highway was jammed for several kilometres. The thousands of Muslims who had gathered then met up in a Madrassa. The officials in the state administration were aware of the situation. They also went to the spot of the gathering of these thousands but could not act against the lawbreakers. (4 September 2013)
Kawal carnage repeated
Mirapur: The embers of the earlier Kawal carnage had not even gone cold when on a Saturday, a group of Muslim miscreants assaulted hundreds of people at a religious place in the village Mujheda and brutally killed many. If you speak to the near and dear ones of those dead, they tell you that one person is grievously injured and three are missing.
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Mahapanchayat returnees fired upon at Jolly Nahar
Bhopa: People returning from the Mahapanchayat were shot at in the Jolly village by people from the minority community injuring many in the process. Two people were reported missing. The rioters set half a dozen tractors on fire. The DIG of Meerut along with a heavy contingent of police and PAC were managing the situation.
On Saturday evening, people from the villages of Rahmatpur, Tejalheda, Baseda, Kakrala, Bhokarhadi, and Chichroli, were returning in tractors from the Mahapanchayat. When they reached Ganganhar in village Jolly, hundreds of people belonging to the minority community hiding in sugarcane fields opened fire at those travelling in these tractors. This sudden firing led to a stampede. People abandoned the tractors and escaped. Satyaveer, Subash, Ajay along with half a dozen people were injured. Two people are missing. After this, the assailants set fire to the tractors. The police and the PAC reached the spot on being informed. The assailants even fired on the police and PAC. After this, K. Satyanarayan, the DIG of Meerut, Arvind Kumar Tripathi the SDM of Jansat, Jagatram Joshi, CO of Jansat, Yogendra Kumar CO traffic police, and the PAC RAF reached the spot and took control of the situation. The word is that the two missing youth have been murdered and their bodies dumped in Ganga Nahar. (8 September 2013)
Sandeep B
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