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#AntiHindu Communal Riots & Other Attacks On Hindus in West Bengal
#AntiHindu Communal Riots & Other Attacks On Hindus in West Bengal
West Bengal
The Past, the Present and what lies in future
A Whitepaper.
- Er. Arnab Mitra, Director NSSII
National Security & Strategic Intelligence Expert
Recently there have been reports in print as well as electronic media about ruling
party politicians in West Bengal having links with terrorist organizations, money
laundering rackets, counterfeit currency note and cattle smugglers. The present
TMC government led by Mamata Banerjee sings paeans of communal harmony
in Bengal which actually does not exist.
The Hindus have to bear the brunt of each communal riot, because the present
Government uses its entire administrative machinery to dilute the allegations
against the Muslim community for its vote bank compulsions, while Hindus and
other communities protesting against riots, vandalism and arson are often
booked by police and local administration on false cases and left to rot in lockup.
The above data is from 2001 census, 2011 census is still alarming. Days are not
far when there might be an attempt to create a Kashmir like situation in Bengal
too. Already Anti Bharat slogans have been heard in many places in Bengal.
Apprehensions/Threats
Some bordering districts may show strong secessionist movements
funded by Pan Islamic Jihadi outfits, influence by ISIS, drug cartels,
cattle smuggling gangs.
List of Communal Riots / Incidents in Bengal (This is only a tip of the iceberg)
Year / Place Brief Description
Month
/Period
1907 Bengal Waves of religious riots hit Bengal through 1907
August – Calcutta / Kolkata Hindus and Muslims clashed during a protest by All
September Direct Action Day and India Muslim League. 5,000 to 10,000 killed. Majority
1946 its aftermath Hindus.
September Noakhali Riots 25,000 Hindus Killed by Muslims in follow up to
- October Calcutta killings. Muslim community attacked Hindu
1946 community for wealth and forced conversion to Islam.
Around 50,000 to 75,000 survivors were sheltered in
temporary relief camps.
January Marichjhapi incident Official figures 2, Hindustan Times quotes 50 to 1000
31, 1979 Hindu refugees. Killing of refugees who came from
East Pakistan by Muslim goons, Communist
government, Police firing.
1964 Kolkata & Elsewhere Widespread Arson and riots started by Muslims,
Backlash by Hindus. More than 2000 Killed.
January Usthi 1000+ Muslims attacked all Hindu shops in the
2008 market. 50 + Hindu shops looted, ransacked,
gutted. Loss – cash and materials worth 1 Crore
rupees. State minister (TMC) Ghiyasuddin Mollah
stopped police to act.
July 2008 West Bengal Hindu Monk of Ramkrishna Mission Assaulted
Ruthlessly in West Bengal
9 July, North, Amta, Howrah 22 Hindus including 16 women severely beaten up by
2009 Muslims. Women were badly injured and molested.
Inhuman torture on aged woman – dragged on
ground. Ornaments looted. Pretext: dispute over a
lawful Kali temple in the village.
Cusp Of Various Places: The intervening evening of Dussehra and Muharram in 2016
Dussehra Hajinagar N-24 saw wide spread Anti Hindu riots by Jihadis across West
– Parganas, Chandan Bengal. There were medium scale riots at 15 places and smaller
Muharram Nagar Hooghly, skirmishes at about 100’s of other places ranging from
11 – 13 Sankrail, Howrah Rural squabbles, fist fights, knifing, Bombing on Temples,
October and several other Desecration and vandalizing of Temples or Durga Pratima to
2016 places. Molestation of Hindu girls / women.
Pic 3: A Shop set on fire by Muslim mob, Kaliachak, Malda, January 2016
Dhulagarh In Pictures
Disclaimer: All links provided are available in public domain on the internet. No
strategic classified information of any security agency has been published here.
On the late evening of 18th September 2016, at about 9:30 PM, Rohit Tanti (Hindu, Khatick caste
which is a backward or dalit caste) was returning home when he was waylaid by 4 – 5 Muslim
boys. Rohit was beaten mercilessly with iron rods and bamboo sticks as a result of which he
sustained severe internal injuries and fell on the ground. It was alleged that while beating up
Rohit, the attackers were shouting “Pakistan Zindabad”, “Allah Hu Akbar” and “Hindu
Madar@@#$”. This incident happened in the Gole Bazar area under Kharagpur Sadar Assembly
Constituency of West Bengal. Some local practicing Hindu boys took him to hospital where he
was declared brought dead. It is noteworthy that when Rohit was being beaten up by the
Muslims some senior people aged between 45 – 60 were present there at the scene but
because they were secular and mostly communist minded they never intervened to stop or
apprehend the Muslim attackers.
Later as the news of the death spread in the area, local residents and the Hindu community was
angry. Particularly the inconsolable parents of the boy, wanted to know why senior communist
minded secular uncles did not try save Rohit? By 11:40 PM entire area was a battle field, there
was a power cut in the area, which is suspected to have been done by the Local TMC secular
politicians to put the Hindus community in a disadvantaged position. By midnight however
Hindu youths irrespective of political inclination had united and gathered for a counter attack in
case the Muslims attacked the Hindus further. There was heavy police presence too. Police was
stopping the Hindu community members from going out of the Gole Bazar area. By next dawn
all Hindus under different Akharas (Hindu Sanatani Clubs / gymnasium committees) had united.
3 shops belonging to the skull cap wearing Anti National, Pakistan supporters were gutted in
fire. Till evening, 7 shops belonging to supporters of Pakistan were burnt down by an irate
crowd.
It is important to add that Kharagpur Sadar, assembly was won by BJP in the recently held
Legislative Assembly elections of 2016 in West Bengal. Sri Dilip Ghosh, an Ex-Pracharak of the
Sangh and a staunch Hindu wrested the seat from “Chacha” Gyan Singh Sohanpal of the
Congress who was once the speaker of West Bengal Assembly. Chahca Gyan Singh is himself a
respected and clean person though.
BJP Yuva Morcha leader Sri Arnab Mitra Said – “It is very unfortunate that a youth lost his life in
such a way. An elder son of the household, Rohit had dreams but those dreams of his family
have been brutally extinguished by criminals. There is deterioration of law and order in West
Bengal due to the Muslim appeasement policies of the TMC government. Majority crimes are
being committed by members of one particular community. Is there something wrong with the
community or something wrong in the way how pseudo secular political parties deal with
people?”
BJP State General Secretary, Ms Debashree Chaudhury reached Kharagpur and met some
community members. However police did not allow her to go to the cremation ground or meet
Local MLA Sri, Dilip Ghosh, BJP was out of station when this incident occurred. He had recently
been an invitee speaker at a World Hindu Conference held in USA to commemorate Swami
Vivekananda’s Chicago speech.
It is not a simple case of fighting between youth or some kind of robbery. This incident is one of
the several incidents which are carried out in different parts of West Bengal as a part of
orchestrated Jihad against Hindu community and Ghazwa E Hind. It is also to be noted that all
political parties like Sickular Anti National Congress, TMC and Anti National communists are
trying to cover up the incident and were putting pressure on Rohit Tanti’s family to settle the
matter as a case of accident or suicide. Only the BJP was in favor of a proper investigation, arrest
and trial of culprits.
Police has been a failure in this case too, as has been always observed. Police is West Bengal has
become a slave of the ruling TMC and hardly has any power to arrest anyone from the Muslim
community unless given a go ahead by the ruling TMC. Even after 30 hours of the incident none
of the culprits have been arrested. Police has only imposed section 144 in and around Gole
Bazar to confine the Hindus within the area while Muslims in other areas are meeting in Masjids
and planning more attacks on the Hindu community as part of the instructions on Ghazwa E
Hind, received from ISI, Pakistan. Police in West Bengal offers protection to Jihadis and Anti
Nationals is a well-known fact. Recently West Bengal police offered protection to Anti National
and separatist supporter Kanhaiyya Kumar when he came to Kolkata on 8th September, but
arrested Nationalists and BJP workers who were protesting against Kanhaiyya Kumar in Kolkata.
Hindus in West Bengal feel pushed to the wall, this could have serious repercussions. After the
attack on Army Base at Uri on 18th September 2016, early morning, many such Hindu – Muslim
skirmishes have ensued in different towns and villages across West Bengal. Some Muslim youth
have been seen triple riding bikes without helmets and with Pakistan flags in Muslim dominated
areas, flouting traffic rules.