By Mohammed Siddique, TwoCircles.net,
Bhainsa : The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy today visited the riot hit town of Bhainsa and near by Vatoli village in Adilabad district exactly six days after the communal violence had flared up there leaving ten people dead and dozens of shops and houses looted and burnt.
While he was generous in announcing compensation for a Muslim family burnt to death in Vattoli village, assuring the survivors of an exgratia of Rs 30 lakh and three government jobs, for the victims of Bhainsa he brought little cheer.
He told the people in Bhainsa town, where the violence had broke out during Durga procession on Friday that the families of the four victims in the town will get a compensation of Rs five lakh each only if they are proved innocent in the investigations. “If they are found to be involved in the violence, the government will not take their families responsibility”, he said. the victims included both Hindus and Muslims.
The police had said that four persons had died in violence but the families of at least two victims claimed that they were killed in police firing when they were trying to save their sops and properties.
During his visit to Vatoli village, 11 kms away from Bhainsa, the Chief Minister also announced that the three survivors of the family of Mahbub Khan will be provided government jobs. He talked to the relatives of Mahbub Khan who along with his wife, a daughter and three grand children was burnt alive by unknown assailants in the wee hours of Sunday. The Chief Minister enquired about the details of the incident and the condition of the other family members including two sons and a daughter of Mahbub Khan, tailor by profession and a resident of the village for the last thirty years.
He asked the people of Vatoli not to fear any thing and extend their full cooperation in the investigations. “Government will not allow the guilty to escape. They will be brought to book and stringent punishment will be given to them”.
He admitted that if the police was a little more cautious, the Vattoli incident could have been averted. He asked the police officials to be on a high alert and not to allow such incidents to recur.
He called the violence in Bhainsa and Vattoli as a “matter of shame for the civilized society” and promised several measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
He announced that Bhainsa will be upgraded to a sub divisional headquarters of the police and will have senior police officials on permanent basis in view of its sensitive nature.
Condoling the families of the victims of violence and those who lost their homes and the source of livelihood, the Chief Minister assured them that the government will come to their help.
The Chief Minister announced that by coming Sunday, curfew will be lifted completely from Bhainsa and 11000 families holding ration card will be provided with ration and other essential commodities free of cost.