By TCN News,
Vatva, Ahmedabad: A delegation of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) led by its National Vice President visited Vatva, Ahmedabad and met the family of Mohammed Ayyub who died on Friday due to the beatings from cow vigilantes.
SDPI VP Adv Sharfuddin with the relatives of the victim
Vatva Gujarati youths Mohammed Ayyub (29) and Sameer Shaikh (36) were mercilessly beaten by the Gau Rakshak goons accusing them of transporting cow. Ayyub succumbed to his injuries and Sameer is undergoing treatment in a hospital.
On Sunday, the delegation met family members of Ayyub namely, father Is’haq, mother Meraj Banu, unmarried sister Yasmin Banu, unmarried brother Mohammed Arif and his widow with two siblings, one aged 4 years and the other aged 2 years. Ayyub was the sole bread winner for the family.
Adv. Sharfuddin Ahmad, Vice President of SDPI slammed the police department for patronizing the Gau Rakshaks and for not immediately registering complaint when one of the victims visited the police.
Widow of late Mohammed Ayyub killed by the Cow Terrorists
Adv. Sharfuddin termed the heinous attack as an episode in the series of other occurrences being engineered in other places in the country in a short time, as 4 persons killing in Bijnor Uttar Pradesh, 2 persons killing and gangrape of 2 women in Dingerkhedi village of Haryana, 1 person killing in Delhi, all by cow vigilantes under well meditated plans and needed public actions against the growing violence against Muslims and Dalits.
“The brutal attacks and killings of innocents by the so called Gau Rakshaks (Cow Vigilantes) on the pretext of ‘cow protection’ are all carried out under the mindset created by saffron forces,” he further said.
He criticized police for shielding culprits and said, “The police tried every trick to protect the attackers, firstly the PI Mr. Rana sided with the attackers saying the accused persons are not attackers but then the fact came to the discussion that one of the accused persons had already registered a case with the police admitting his presence at the spot of occurrence”.
Women Members of the SDPI delegation with wife & mother of the victim
In view of the assessment, the delegation suggested following demands that must be uniformly raised so as to provide relief to the bereaved family in Ahmedabad:
1. A compensation of Rs. 1 Crore in view of the maintenance of father, mother, widow, two children, unmarried sister and unmarried brother.
2. The family does not own any house and is in a rented place, so a government accommodation must be provided.
3. To provide sustenance to the family, younger brother of the deceased, Mohammed Arif must be provided a government job.
4. All the accused persons be arrested immediately and provisions of National Secretary Act or other preventive law must be invoked.
5. That PI Rana must be prosecuted for his foul role by registering a criminal case as well as initiating departmental proceedings against him.