Kolkata: The Kolkata got together to condemn the killing of alleged ‘Love Jihad’ brutal murder, unless it happened accidentally and suddenly some policemen were arresting some of the protesters and sent them to Lal Bazaar Police Headquarters on Friday.
That, On December 6, in Rajasthan, a laborer Mohammad Afrozul was mercilessly killed in a India’s most terrible hate crime, was a religiously motivated murder. The whole country saw the video identified as the attacker of deceased Afrazul in the explosion, in which accused Shambhulal Regar killed Afrazul with a cleaver and then set him on fire.
After the panic India got a moment, as the whole country came together to make the misfortune a shame. The Bengal was not to be left behind, because the victim was originally from Kaliachak in district Malda.
The Prasenjit Bose, President of Young Bengal, a Youth Forum had initiated this initiative with two others to organize an immediate protest against the brutal murder. It was a terrible murder and we all saw it, to our horror, we decided that we need to have an immediate reaction and we decided to perform a protest on Friday afternoon.
This was a natural protest and we wanted to protest against the RSS (Rashtriya Swayam Sevak) office because we thought that these killings were not random, but were actually driven by dangerous ideology,” Prasanjit Bose said.
More than a hundred people gathered sloganering against communal homicides, such as Afrozul and in the protest speech, the assassinations of Pahlu Khan were condemned, which was killed by a self-styled cow- vigilantes in April 2017; In September 2015, a mob in Dadri had lynched Mohammed Akhlaq Saifi, who was among others.
As the crowd moved towards the RSS office, as not far from where they had gathered, the Kolkata Police barricaded the roads and blocking protesters.
The Arjun Gaurisaria, a producer of ‘ Patalghar’ among the arrested protesters, Nearly 24 people were arrested in the police headquarters of Lal Bazaar Police for about three and a half hours, who were performing peaceful protests made sudden end. The Videos posted by many people on social media show that the protesters were manhandled.
The Organizations such as Rajasthan, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch, Rajasthan Nagrik Manch, National Federation of Indian Women, All India Democratic Women’s Association jointly condemned the brutal killing of Afrazul on a statement Have signed and demanding for Rajasthan Chief Minister’s resignation and Modi’s clear opprobrium of the crime.
The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee publicly condemned the murder and said that it is “similar to the killing of human rights” and that the family has been compensated by saying “completely helpless”, and has given compensation of Rs 3 Lakh and to any eligible member of the family Job is offered. However, Mamta Banerjee has so far said nothing about the arrests made in the protest against Kolkata.
The Accused Person (Shambhulal Regar) wanted to send a message, he wanted to threaten and I was scared, I think that has threatened me. It’s already late, if we do not talk now, then we never get a chance, “said Esha Talukdar.
