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Tausif Shaikh, an activist who had been fighting the illegal encroachments and illegal constructions on Wakf properties in Maharashtra by the Wakf Mafia committed suicide last week by dousing himself with petrol.
Many other NGOs and activists have been fighting the land mafia of Wakf properties from the last 10 years with no results. Tausif Shaikh had submitted several petitions to the higher authorities from the last few years and had even filed complaints with the Police station. Even after so many years and so many attempts no action has been taken against the land mafia.
Upset and frustrated over this inddiference of the officials Tausif set himself on fire and committed suicide right in from the collector’s office in Ahmednagar. This is the first suicide case in the state of Maharashtra of a Muslim and first suicide protesting against Wakf mafia in India.
The police have registered a case against Tausif Shaikh for commiting suicide. But the local Muslims are agitated over this move by the police and demanding to register a criminal case against the abetors of Tausif’s suicide and the illegal encroachers of the Wakf land.
The waqf land mafia are continuously acquiring lands not only in Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Nashik, Pune but all over the Maharshtra State.
With inputs from Urdu City, Malegaon