IAMC condemns Forbesganj killing: “Shocking and inhuman”
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has strongly condemned the shocking and inhumane killing of 4 innocent villagers, including a pregnant woman and an infant in the Forbesganj district of Bihar.
"Our hearts go out to the families of the victims, and we share in their grief and feeling of betrayal", said Shaheen Khateeb, President, IAMC adding "The barbarism and lawlessness coming from those entrusted with upholding the rule of law, is symptomatic of the deeper malaise of radical sectarian ideologies having infiltrated the ranks of the police and the paramilitary."
IAMC, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has called upon the state government to ensure that the guilty are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Mr. Khateeb said that Videos of the bodies of victims, obtained by twocircles.net, show bullet marks on the head, neck, chest and abdomen, and evidence that the bullets were fired at point blank range. Moreover, the videos also show bullet marks on the walls and windows of the homes.
Stating that the judicial probe ordered by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a step in the right direction, he urged the government to take step for preventing such horrific incidents from being repeated requires a stronger reaction from the state and central government.
“The propaganda against the region launched by the BJP and ABVP, with baseless allegations of the Muslim-majority villages being a "haven for terrorists", played a decisive role in this senseless loss of life: Khateeb added.
On June 3, 2011, residents of Bhajanpur village under Forbesganj block in Araria district came out, after the Friday Prayer, to protest against the blockade of the connecting road between the two villages for a factory. Without using any other measures to disperse the crowd, the police opened fire on the protestors. When protestors ran, they were chased all the way into their homes, where the police entered and killed them, including two a woman and an infant.
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