By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Another episode to the ‘not in my protest’ was added yesterday from Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. The protest was held against mob lynching incidents which are continuously rising day by day.
Even last week, one Muslim was lynched in Ranchi after carcasses of dead cow were found outside of his house. With the massive protest held at Rajbhawan, a memorandum was handed over to the Governor of Jharkhand.
The memorandum says, “The state (Jharkhand) with all its diversity has been known for its unity and community strength and majority of the population has ensured peaceful life for all the inhabitants.”
It further says, “Recently, however, the amity is being disturbed by a very few taking the law in their own hands and lynching human beings in the name of cow protection, child kidnappers, religion strife, etc.”
“What we are witnessing is the loss of innocent human lives (who are mostly poor), is a breakdown of law and order by the fringe elements finding a free playground for promoting violence, community polarization and thus dividing the peace-loving population,” it added.
The protestors, who gathered under the banner of ‘Saajha Manch Jharkhand’, have made demands through their memorandum to intensify intelligence gathering to put a stop over lynching cases; constitution of SIT for all such incidents and timed punishment of culprits in such cases; to provide handsome compensation to the families of victims; protection of harmony through cultural departments and its machinery; and to tackle with rumors, hoax and fake news which spark such incidents in the community.
Notable names who took part in the protest were of Simon Oraon, Jean Dreze, Ibrar Ahmad, Madhu Mansoori, Dinesh Singh, Harinarayan Singh, Ratan Tirki, Lalit Ojha, Mokhtar Ahmad, Prakash Viplavi, Bhuvneshwar Kevat, Afzal Anees, Tanveer Ahmad, Khalid Saifullah, M A Chaudhary, Mahua Manjhi, Khalid Khalil and Sharique Ansar.