By TCN News
A national delegation from Popular Front of India visited the homes of members of the organisation who were arrested and lodged in jail for conducting a peaceful democatic protest march in Pakur, Jharkhand against the lynching of Muslims by right-wing goons masquerading as Gay Rakshaks. The Delegation met the protestors on July 17 who were demanding strong police action against local BJP leader Hisabi Roy for his hatred message on social media.
National Executive member advocate A. Mohamed Yusuff, district president Obaidur Rahman, area level and Unit level leaders were part of the delegation.
The delegation visited 25 families along with zonal president Moulana Kaleemulla and zonal secretary Haneef.
Prior to yesterday’s house visit, a team of lawyers went to Pakur district jail and met the leaders and members.
The press statement from the delegation said, “The mob lynching and brutal attack on Muslims Jharkhand by gau rakshak has been increasing for the past two years. Popular Front intervened in so many issues to get justice to the victims.”
Popular Front filed a public interest litigation before the high court in the lynching of two Muslim oxen traders and it is still pending.
Ten days before the start of Ramzan, in Saraikela district situated 45 kms away from Jamshedpur, four Muslim cow traders were beaten to death on false charges by the so-called Gau Rakshaks.
A fact-finding team including Abdul Hannan from Front went there and built confidence in the victim families and the villagers.
After the lynching of Hafiz Junaid in Haryana during the end of Ramzan, Alimiddin was lynched in Ramgarh (Jharkhand) and Usman was brutally beaten and his house was set on fire in Giridih (Jharkhand).
After these incidents, Hisabi Roy, a local BJP leader of Pakur circulated a whatsapp message as “what was happened in Ramgarh and Giriti should be repeated in Pakur also. Police and new SP are our persons. We will make the Muslims silent with the help of police”.
Popular Front Pakur district president Abdul Hannan filed a criminal complaint in Pakur town police station on June 30 and the police was in the compulsion to lodge FIR against Hisabi Roy, but neither arrested nor interrogated him.
Popular Front Pakur district committee conducted a protest march on July 5, against the mob lynching and demanding the arrest for hate message The march which rode from Gandhi chowk to town police station, had more than 300 people.
Police denied permission to the protesters, resorted lathi charge and arrested 65 people, most of them are the members of Popular Front including state vice-president Moulana Hanjela Shaikh, state general secretary Abdul Wadud and few state committee members.
After 30 hours of illegal custody and harassment, 43 members and leaders were remanded and lodged in Pakur jail. Rest of the 22 members were let off by foisting a petty case under section 107 of CrPC.