In a horrific incident, on Wednesday, Mohammed Afrazul, 48, a laborer from Malda in West Bengal was stabbed to death by a man aged around 35 in Rajasthan’s Rajasamand district. Afrazul was also burnt after killing.
Ghazanfar Abbas, IndiaTomorrow.net,
Jaipur, Dec 8: Several human rights groups on Thursday, strongly condemned brutal murder of a Muslim labourer in Rajasamand district of Rajasthan. Holding the state’s BJP government unable to control regular incidents of hate crime against Muslims, they demanded immediate resignation of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and state’s Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria.
Rights groups also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Raje both must issue a “clear” and “unambiguous condemnation” on such hate crime against Muslims. They also urged for immediate arrest of all the killers and attackers in hate crimes in Rajasthan.
In a joint statement rights groups said, “All organisations of Rajasthan are shocked at the recent developments of what is happening in the State in terms of lynching of Muslims, the latest one being carried out on the 25th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition, a murder in cold blood of Mohammed Afrazul a 48 year old migrant from West Bengal in Rajsamand, Rajasthan. There is only one demand that Vasundhara Raje, should resign now. She does not deserve to hold on to the post even for a day in the context of the absolute impunity provided to these killers and their supporters. The Home Minister of Rajasthan Gulab Chand Kataria, has proved his incompetency in controlling these crimes which has left the Muslim Community even more insecure. The Prime Minister and the Chief Minister need to unambiguously condemn this crime.”
The joint statement was issued from Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangatha (RMKSS), Rajasthan Nagrik Manch (RNM), Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (DSMM), Jan Vichar Manch (JVM), Dr. Ambedkar Vichar Manch, Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS), National Muslim Women Welfare Society (NMWWS) and National Alliance for People’s Movement (NAPM).
Alleging that state government has been showing absolute impunity to the killers of Muslims, the statement said that government should provide security to all the Muslims in the State and ban the hatemongering program being run by Rashtriya SwayamSevak sangh (RSS) led to grow the culture of hate and violence against Muslims.
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In a horrific incident, on Wednesday, Mohammed Afrazul, 48, a laborer from Malda in West Bengal was stabbed to death by a man named Shambunlal Raigar, aged around 35 in Rajasamand district. The video of the murder shoot by Raigar’s nephew went viral on social media. In the horrifying video of the murder, Shambunlal justifying his act and warning that those indulging in ‘love jihad’ will meet the same fate. Afrazul was also burnt after killing. Afrazul’s charred body was found by a passerby who informed the police. The Police arrested Raigar on Thursday and filed a case against him.
Including this incident, total four Muslims have been killed in Rajasthan since April this year.
1 April: Haryana’s dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, 55 was brutally lynched by a mob of Gau Rakshaks (Co Vigilntes) in the Alwar district when he along with three others were returning after purchasing some cows and calves from a government-run fare in Jaipur.
16 June: Social activist Zafar Khan was allegedly beaten to death by municipality employees in Pratapgarh district, when he objected to them taking photos of women defecating in the open.
10 Nov: Haryan’s dairy farmer Umar Khan, 35, along with two of his aides were allegedly attacked by some 7-8 Gau Rakshaks armed with guns near Fahari village in Gobindgarh. They were transporting cows and calves in a pick-up truck for dairy farming from Mewat in Haryana to Bharatpur in the state.
