It is evident that the preparations for the engineering riots, entered into a new phase about eight months ago. About 10-15 young men were recruited by the Sangh Parivar in each town and village and were deputed to spread hate. Systematic and organised, incidents of eve-teasing had increased many folds. The method was simple, use skull caps to eve tease a Hindu woman and wear Kalawa while eve teasing a Muslim girl in a Burka. The anger against this escalation prepared the grounds for spreading notion of „love jihad‟ by Sangh Parivar in a highly male chauvinistic society, a campaign, which made the two communities suspicious of each other. Every, instance where a Hindu Girl was found talking to a Muslim boy was publicised and seen as an invasion. This method had been successfully used in Gujarat before 2002 carnage. ==== The appointed Sangh workers in each village and town kept hunting for incidents that could be used to fuel the furnace of hate. On June 2, 2013 a Hindu girl from Haridwar came to Shamli with a Muslim boy nd stayed in a hotel. The BJP vigilante got the news and put the charge that the girl has been raped by Muslim boys. Within no time Hukum Singh and Suresh Rana collected their BJP supporters and a crowed of thousand odd hoodlums surrounded the local police stations. The rampage started, shops of Muslims were looted. Police resorted to lathi charge. In the following month RSS campaign entered into the next phase. The local leaders of BJP lead by Hukum Singh, Suresh Rana and Bhartendu, started attacking Muslim, men women in markets, on roads and bus stops. At many places Muslims were dragged out of buses and trains and beaten up. Mosques were attacked. The area of operation/violence was enlarged to Muzaffarnagar and Saharan Pur. July 2, 2013 was the time when BJP was ready for a bigger mobilisation. A Mahapanchayat was held at RKPG Inter College, Shamli. Four thousand Hindus participated and demanded that all the cases against Hukum Singh, Suresh Rana and Bhartendu should be withdrawn unconditionally ==== August 27, 2013 incident has been extensively covered by the media. The testimonies taken from Sachin and Gaurav‟s families (father, uncle, mother, sisters) bore many discrepancies and different versions were given to us of the same incident by different members of the family. However, it should be noted that the initial stories of eve teasing, which were taken as truth by the media proved to be wrong. It was an altercation which turned violent which saw the unfortunate murders of three young lives. anhadin.net/IMG/pdf/evil_stalks_the_land_final.pdf
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 03:42:14 +0000
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