VHP panel wants NIA probe, paramilitary in Haryana’s Mewat
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) A 3-member inquiry committee of the Vishva Hindu Parishad has demanded replacing the entire police apparatus in some areas of Haryana’s Mewat, bringing paramilitary forces if required and making the Station House Officers (SHOs) accountable.
The VHP committee made specific allegations, including 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed channeling his money through an operative in the area and rising religious persecution of the minority Hindus.
The inquiry committee, including a former Army officer, an advocate and a religious leader, claimed in their report that the three police station areas of Mewat that were found to be the focal points of alleged atrocities are Punhana, Bichhor and Nagina. Alleging religious persecution of Hindus who are a minori ty in the area, the committee in a statement said, “Unfortunately, no necessary action is being taken by the police. The access to and entry of Hindus into their temples has also become difficult. Mosques are being constructed by illegal occupation.”
The VHP’s inquiry committee report says the area is staring at a forced exodus of Hindus and blames non-implementation of law of the land and alleged bias of the police force in the area. “No police report is written, and even if an FIR is recorded, a case under minor sections is filed and some token action taken. In that too, pressure is built on the victim Hindus to enter into a compromise and settle the case. There is so much pressure on Hindu families that the community is thinking of migration,” it said.
The report summary says, “A very serious matter has been reported from the Nai Gaon near Punhana. A Hindu youth was converted to Islam and now his mother is also being persecuted to adopt Islam. It was also revealed that a large mosque was built in village Utavad with the money given by the notorious global terrorist Hafiz Saeed through a person named Salman. At present, Salman is under NIA custody in some other case.”
In a 5-point recommendation by the committee, which also has Major Gen (Red) G.D. Bakshi, it recommended that the entire police apparatus in the affected areas should be “replaced by a new set of upright, hard-working police personnel”. They also demanded that the SHOs should be held personally responsible where acts of such alleged religious persecution takes place.
It also demanded that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe the hawala route of the money flow in the area besides deployment of paramilitary forces.
VHP spokesperson Vinod Bansal told IANS that the matter would be vigorously taken up with the Haryana government.
–IANS
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