How
poor Bengal is in each possible manner, all are united to save its secular credentials
and Trinamool Congress and its Left handmaids have resolved to abet Islamic
fundamentalists contrarily to save the state from Hindu ascension. Even though
such posture has been in full wing for years, it got a new dimension with the savagery
inflicted on Sri Pratap Hazra, Hindu youth living in Usthi in the South 24
Paraganas district of Bengal.
On
December 30, 2014, it was around 9 am when Sri Pratap Hazra reached the nearby
market within the Usthi police station’s jurisdiction. Once Pratap parked his
motorbike alongside the road to the market, two village/green policemen, named Makbul
Sheikh and Soharab Sheikh, rushed to him and asked him rudely to relocate the
bike. The instruction was enough to both astonish and annoy him and hence, he
cited other bikes parked at the same spot. But this claim of his was refuted by
a single statement of Makbul Sheikh, “These bikes do not belong to any Hindu
activist” while Soharab Sheikh went on abusing Hindus. As soon as Pratap
protested, both of them pounced down on him (in broad daylight) and dragged him
to the other side of the road forcefully. The Sub-inspector of local police
station was informed before long. He appeared there soon and asked both Makbul
and Soharab to release Pratap. But this instruction got unheeded and they went
on beating him. The torture stopped only when Pratap geared up to save his own
life. The self-defence proved to be difficult for Makbul and Soharab to break.
The
entire development infuriated local Hindus who resorted to fiery protests and
blocking the thoroughfare for almost 3 hours at a stretch. With each moment it
passed, the situation worsened making the Officer-in-Charge of Usthi police
station get involved. Despite his request to call off, the blockade continued
and all these led to the intervention of Mr. Laltu Halder, DSP, Falta and with
his assurance of adopting stringent measures against said culprits or two
village policemen, the barricade was shelved.
However,
the verbal commitment of DSP is yet to materialize. Meanwhile, it has been
learnt, Khaliquzzaman, a police officer having utmost infamy for his partisan
views, has had a meeting with both Makbul and Soharab and a few Islamists in
the vicinity to teach Pratap Hazra a new lesson. What’s more, local Trinamool
Congress leadership has termed the incident as a nasty design of BJP to spoil
communal harmony in the area and has sprung into action.
