HINDU TEMPLES DESECRATED, MARKETS LOOTED

HINDU TEMPLES DESECRATED, MARKETS LOOTED

POLICE OFFICER INJURED AT DEGANGA



Deganga is a small market town in the district of North 24-Parganas in
West Bengal, situated on the highway between the district HQ of
Barasat and the subdivisional town of Basirhat, some 50 kilometres
from Kolkata. On 6th September evening after Iftar, Muslims assembled
in the Deganga Mosque (Basirhat Subdivision, North 24 Parganas) and
proceeded to a number of Hindu areas, looted and ransacked many Hindu
shops and Hindu temples, severely beat up many Hindus, torched 4
public buses. The life of the whole stretch from Berachapa to
Kadamgachi has been frozen.



Shani Temple of Kartickpur and Kali Temple of Deganga Biplabi Colony
desecrated and ransacked by the rioting Muslims.



Arup Ghosh, Officer in Charge of Deganga police station is seriously
injured by the rampaging Muslims. His head and hand have been
fractured. Several other policemen also injured. Police had to fire to
control the Muslim mob, but with no effect.



On 6th Sept at 11 am, the dispute started when some fanatic Muslims
started to dig the passage of a Durga Temple in Chattal Pally village
which is situated just beside the Deganga Police Station. This Durga
Temple is at least 25 year old. In past, Muslims tried many times to
stop the Durgapuja. Hindus resisted their ill effort. This Chattal
Pally and Deganga P.S. come under the district of North 24 Parganas,
and its Parliamentary constituency is Basirhat. In 2009 election, Hazi
Nurul Islam of Trinamool Congress won this constituency defeating long
time Communist M.P. Ajay Chakraborty (C.P.I). After this change of
power, Hindus of the whole area are facing all types of threat,
humiliation, torture and their religious practices are in danger.



When Hindus objected the digging of the Temple passage, Muslims
gathered there in large number and started mayhem. Hindus informed the
police. Police came and they had to face the jihadi enthusiasm of the
Muslims. Officer in Charge injured at that time. Then Muslims
threatened that now Roja is going on. After the end of Roja and taking
Iftar, they will teach stern lesson to the Hindus. So, after
afternoon, Hindus dared not to open their shops on the stretch between
Berachapa to Kadamgachhi on the Barasat – Basirhat Road. By this time,
large contingent of police and RAF took position. Defying their
presence, Muslims gathered in large number in the Deganga Mosque and
started looting and destroying the Hindu shops, not in Chattal Pally,
but in the big markets of Beliaghata, Deganga and Kartickpur. A big
shop of Anil Bangal, a Hindu, has been looted fully among many other
shops. Anil Bangal has been seriously injured. More than 25 people
have been injured.



Latest position is that Police is not allowing the Hindus to come out
of their homes so that they can enquire the damage done by the Muslims
and Muslims are roaming freely in front of police force. Overall
situation has been worsened. It is alleged that Maqbur Rehman, Mintu
Sahaji led the Muslim rioters. It is also alleged that one TMC Hindu
leader Ms. Ratna Chowdhury is trying to pressurize police not to take
strong steps to stop the Muslim rampaging mob. The new TMC M.P. Hazi
Nurul Islam allegedly influenced the police to remain inactive.



The Muslims are majority in number in the Deganga Block as well as in
Basirhat Sub division of North 24 Parganas district. According to 2001
Census report, Muslims were 69.51 percent in Deganga Block. Naturally
after nine years, their percentage increased a lot and Hindus in that
Block are living a life almost like Pakistan. This North 24 Parganas
district, is the largest border district where the highest number of
Hindu refugees took shelter after being persecuted in erstwhile East
Pakistan and present Bangladesh. In spite of that, the eight Blocks
among total 29 of this districts became Muslim majority blocks in 2001
census.



Today’s violence in Deganga has been reported only in the NE Bangla
channel of electronic media of West Bengal. All other channels
including Star Ananda, as always they do, are mum and suppressing the
misdeeds of the fanatic Muslims.