By Abdul Hameed, TwoCircles.net

Mumbai: ‘If the Maharashtra ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi is not removed we will stage a similar dharna at his residence,’ said Abdul Hameed Azhari, the convener of the dharna called by Kul Jamati Tanzeem of Malegaon in Mumbai with co-ordination of 39 NGOs.

Had the government paid heed to the demands put forward by secular non-Muslim NGOs after Nanded blasts, the subsequent blasts would have been averted, the protestors said.

The removal of new ATS chief Raghuvanshi was on top of the demands of protestors who shouted slogans like ‘Raghuvanshi Hatao, Maharashtra Bachao’ (Remove Raghuvanshi and save Maharashtra), ‘Begunahon Ko Azad Karo’ (Set free the innocents) and ‘Hamen Bheek Naheen Chahiye Hamen Insaf Chahiye’ (We do not want charity rather we want justice)

Raghuvanshi is alleged to be responsible for wrong implication of Muslim youths in blasts while ignoring the real culprits when he was on the same post as now before Hemant Karkare. Jalna, Parbhani and Malegaon Shab-e-Barat blasts etc. had occurred at Muslim worship places and naturally only Muslims were the victims, yet 59 Muslim youths were arrested in connection with the blasts from throughout Maharashtra.

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