By Manzar Bilal, TowCircles.net,
Being Holi and Eid-Miladun Nabi on the same day several incidents of communal violence broke out in several parts of the country which claimed many lives and left others injured. One thing similar in all the incidents was that Muslims lost their wealth and lives by Hindu extremists where they were in majority and by Police firing where Muslims were in majority.
In the morning of 13th March, thousands of Hindu extremists attacked on Muslim houses and shops and beat up Muslims and looted goods worth lakhs of rupees in Kaprol village of Sitamarhi district in Bihar. The miscreants also damaged the water-tank of the mosque in the village. Six people were injured and two of them are in serious condition.
The incident created fear among Muslims. They were forced to leave their homes and take refuge in other places. It is to be noted that Muslims are here in minority and Hindu communalists always try to torture them. Few days ago on the occasion of Saraswati Puja they took out idol procession through a restricted route as a mosque fell on it. They tried to unleash violence in the village but by the virtue of tolerance from Muslims situation remained normal and under control.
Talking about the yesterday’s incident, a local Muslim Mohammad Bashir said the incident occurred when a group of rioters entered Muslim houses with arms, attacked people and looted their properties. “It is not the first time but whenever they find chance they target us only because they are in majority” he told TCN.
However, after the clash security has been tightened in the locality and surrounding areas. So far no rioter has been arrested. Muslims of the area are frightened and situation is tense.
“The incident left bad impact on whole the area as Sitamarhi is one of the sensitive district which has seen several riots in past. But administration does not seem to take any tough action against culprits” said Bashir.
Meanwhile, both religious and political Muslim leaders from Sitamarhi expressed their anger on this shameful incident and demanded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to take action against the accused. They also demanded sufficient compensation to affected families. They urged the chief minister to provide the local Muslims with adequate security.