Political parties defend Islamists; sing to tunes
of pseudo-secularism
Each and every development, these days, do prove
how the dream of Hindus to retain a political dominance in Bengal
is unimaginable or totally unlikely. Malda district was never a stronghold for
Hindus but the condition, at least, in the earlier decades, was comparatively
better. At the moment, the situation there is out of the frying pan into the
fire.
On August 21, 2012, a gang of Islamists (armed
with conventional and rural weapons), led by Jabbar Sheikh, attacked residence
of Patanu Mandal, Hindu individual and resident of village: Nurdipur, P.S.
Gajol. They were found to demand an amount of Rs. 500 from Patanu’s sons. And
when they refused to give in, the brutal assault took place. Incidentally,
Jabbar and other Islamists do live in the same village.
It has been learnt, Jabbar, a year back, took
Patanu’s sons to a distant place for work and hence, they had to pay a definite
amount of money to him. However, the entire amount was paid later on.
On the fateful day, Jabbar, at early morning,
came to Patanu’s residence with his henchmen and demanded Rs. 500. Villagers
asked Jabbar to end the quarrel and move away; the sole reason being Patanu and
his sons’ assertion that they had paid off the remaining amount by then.
But Jabbar was the last person to heed all these,
came back with a gang of Islamists (containing no less than 40 toughs) within
minutes and pounced the Hindu family viciously. Aged Patanu and his wife were insulted
extremely and assaulted as well. To save own lives, sons of Patanu took refuge
in residence of Kamalesh Haldar, elder brother of Patanu. House of Kamalesh was
attacked by Islamists, got hold of three sons of Patanu Mandal – Shanu Mandal,
Bhanu Mandal and Kanu Mandal – the three were thrashed heavily and were found
to bleed profusely.
The three young Hindu male persons were taken to
Malda Sub-divisional hospital but they were refused outright. Later, they were submitted
to the Malda District Hospital
Political parties, as usual, irrespective of
political differences, have sided with Islamists and are leaving no stone
unturned to mitigate the incident and also the case. It has also come to the
knowledge, police is being forced to bring the case to an end as fast as
possible.
Jabbar Sheikh used to be a strongarmer working
for CPM even a few months back. He has joined Trinamool Congress recently.
Sujit Maity, senior activist of Hindu Samhati,
has brought the terrible incident to light.
