Who will decide what was correct , the Home Minister Sushil Shinde ? In a hushed up operation the Thane police acted in deed of night, that neither justifies Congress party's minority appeasement nor justifies the Central Home Minister's promise or warning that no innocent Muslim youths should be detained, more over it was not clear, what was the objective of the operation : a) To catch one chain-snatcher or b) to catch “two men from Balochistan” (police shouting terrorists, come out) ?
The media news report says that In an unprecedented “combing operation” launched by Thane police in the wee hours of March 13, more than 80 Muslim males, including several minors, were detained at the Mumbra police station for over four hours, apparently to nab chain-snatchers.
But those who were detained, all residents of Rashid Compound in the Kausa area of Mumbra, alleged it was done to instigate them and stoke communal feelings. Mumbra is 30 km from Mumbai and 80 per cent of its 9 lakh people are Muslim.“Police kept abusing us and screamed aatankwadion ko bahar nikalo (terrorists, come out). We stood there dumbfounded, unable to comprehend anything,” said Shamshad Nasir Pawaskar, one of those detained.
Angry residents have filed a complaint, based on which Thane Police Commissioner Vijay Kamble has ordered an inquiry. Kamble said,“The residents have complained of police excesses and highhandedness. But it is too premature to comment,” .
Sameena Khan, who lives in Akbar Apartments from where 45 people were detained, said, “I was fast asleep. My husband, who is recuperating from typhoid, was discharged from hospital the same night. The police came screaming at our doors, dragged my husband out, shoved him inside the van and drove away. They did not even let him change his clothes.”
She claimed policemen were waving batons at those who resisted and used bolt-cutters to break into a few houses.
“If they were looking for just two men, why did they need seven vans,” asked Gulam Abbas Irani, 25, an IT consultant, who feels he was detained because of his last name.
“Many of us have lived here for over 20 years. But this incident was one of its kind,” said Farida Shaikh, who was alone with her three children when the police came.
“I kept telling them I am alone and that my husband is in Saudi Arabia. They did not budge. Two women constables stayed outside and men entered the house. I was in my night dress and it was humiliating to have men walk inside the house and search,” she said.
Police claimed they were looking for “two men from Balochistan” who apparently stayed in Mount View building within Rashid compound. “Most of them have criminal cases. They engage in theft and chain-snatching. Two men have been in hiding and are notorious,” said a police officer.
INDIA HONEST failed to understand why most of the so called secular parties including Congress in Maharashtra and Samajwadi Party in UP ,who indulge in blaming Modi for the tragedy in 2002 day and night, while when they themselves does the most serious torture on the innocent minorities as seen now in Thane and earlier in Muzzfernagar in UP.
The large number of Muslim children died in the cold as those left unattended in camps in freezing cold , was it due to sheer negligence of the administration or it was Samajwadi party's game plan to play fear card among minority for the coming election, when Modi may be coming.
INDIA HONEST could not understand what type of minority appeasement these so called secular parties profess by killing and torturing innocent Muslims, while blaming Amit Shah for Ishrat Jehan to spread hate theory ? How long the minority will tolerate this double speak of Congress and Samajwadi party leadership ?