Kanpur: Hindu families put “for sale” signs outside their houses after being forced to convert to Islam, SP MLA accused of shielding the goons
Hindu families living in Rail Patri Colony in Kanpur are living under a constant shadow of fear after their neighbouring Muslim hooligans pressurise and coerce them to embrace Islam or leave the locality
Something akin to the Kairana
exodus is currently underway in UP’s Kanpur, where Hindu families are
forced to either convert to Islam or vacate and leave the place. The
Hindu families accuse the local Muslim ruffians of threatening, intimidating and coercing them to leave their religion and embrace Islam.
The case pertains to Rail Patri colony under Colonelganj Police station area of Kanpur district, where
10 Hindu families are living under a constant threat of persecution by their Muslim neighbours. On
Saturday evening last week, a daughter of a Hindu family was molested by the mobsters of the locality and when the girl’s brother confronted them, the goons barged into their house and assaulted the family members. Reportedly, an attempt was also made to sexually assault the girl.
Following the incident, the family of the victim rushed to the nearby police station and narrated their ordeal to the police. A complaint was registered against 9 known and 3 unknown people. The police have arrested 3 suspects in the case. However, the family of the victim claims 2 of them have already been released by the police.
On-sale signboards put up outside Hindu families in Kanpur locality
Meanwhile, some Hindu families in the locality have
scribbled messages and put up “on-sale” signboards outside their houses, informing the prospective buyers that the property is available for sale. The victim’s family have also written a message outside their house, expressing the desire to sell their house and flee the town amidst threats of persecution at the hands of hooligans from the Muslim majority.
Victims claim they have been given only options by the hoodlums—either accept Islam or leave the locality. The victims say they don’t want to abandon their faith and therefore, they have no option but to leave the locality or risk staying here and suffer a terrible fate that awaits them. In order to escape the wrath of the Muslim hooligans in the locality, the Hindu victims have decided to sell their houses and move to a safer location, where they and their family members would not be targeted because they follow Hinduism.
Hindu victims accuse local SP MLA of shielding Muslim hooligans
One of the hooligans who has reportedly threatened the Hindu families in the locality to embrace Islam is a man named Aftab. The victims say Aftab has even threatened them with dire consequences for filing a police complaint against hooliganism by his co-religionists. They allege
Aftab had intimidated them saying that once the Yogi Adityanath government is replaced by Samajwadi Party government, they will exact revenge for this case from the Hindu families.
Furthermore, the victims have also accused the
local SP MLA Amitabh Bajpai for supporting the Muslim hoodlums. They claim the goons enjoy the patronage of the local MLA, who protects them from any punitive action taken against them by the police.
Kanpur police issue statement
Reacting to reports on Hindus in the area getting threats to convert, Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun has issued a statement saying that they are probing the issue. He informed that an FIR has already been filed on the molestation case of the girl, and now reports of local citizens feeling unsafe have emerged today.
The IPS officer said that police officers have been deputed to probe the matter, and proper action in this regard will be taken including registration of FIRs. He said that nobody will be allowed to create such a situation of fear, the administration will not tolerate issue such threats to their neighbours. If someone is found doing this, actions will be taken against them under NSA and Gangstar Act, Asim Arun said.
Kairana Exodus
The case has an uncanny similarity with the
Kairana exodus from the 2014 to 2016 period when a large number of Hindus migrated from Kairana to safer destinations after being threatened by Muslim gangsters. According to the BJP, more than 346 Hindu families left the village. According to the reports, Hindus in Kairana lived under a constant shadow of fear as Muslims, who were in majority in the town, made provocative remarks against Hindu men and passed lewd/taunting remarks against Hindu females.
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Fake-xodus? Reports dispute BJP's claims on ‘Kairana exodus’ after probe
A war of words broke out Monday over alleged migration of Hindus from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh with BJP saying it is not good for democracy and that a party team will be sent to probe the 'sensitive' issue, prompting Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to accuse the saffron leaders of resorting to lies.
FP StaffJune 14, 2016 12:05:05 IST
A war of words broke out Monday over alleged migration of Hindus from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh with BJP saying it is not good for democracy and that a party team will be sent to probe the "sensitive" issue, prompting Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to accuse the saffron leaders of resorting to lies.
As political temperatures rose over the alleged exodus of Hindus from Kairana village in Shamli district in western UP ahead of elections due in the state next year, the BJP promised "proper action" after the completion of the probe. Shamli district had witnessed communal riots in 2013.
BJP MLA from Kairana Hukum Singh has alleged that 346 families have been forced to flee the town, which has 85 percent of Muslim population.
File photo of Amit Shah. AP
Shamli District Magistrate asked the SDM and Circle Officer to probe into the allegations that "jihadi elements" had forced migration of Hindus from there, IG (Law and Order) HR Sharma told reporters. They have been asked to verify the list of 346 families handed over by the local MP who have allegedly migrated, he said.
The state government's action came after VHP joint general secretary Surendra Jain's on Monday said, "Jihadis are being encouraged to carry out their activities... VHP calls upon the state government to rein in jihadi elements who are responsible for this exodus and tighten law and order in the state."
A day after BJP chief Amit Shah expressed serious concern over the "migration", senior BJP leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari said his party has taken up the issue with all seriousness.
"Party President has set up a committee, which will go there and study the situation. Such a migration is not good for democracy. The party is sensitive about it and proper steps will be taken after the report comes," Gadkari told reporters on the second day of BJP National Executive meeting in Allahabad. The seven-member committee comprises four MPs and three leaders from UP.
Shah, in his address to the National Executive on Monday, had said, "The migration happening in Kairana due to violence is a matter of serious concern. There is an atmosphere of violence. The lack of development and the lack of governance in the largest state of India, that is Uttar Pradesh, is becoming a matter of serious concern."
But according to an
Indian Express investigation, which tracked down 22 people who figure in Singh’s list, five had died, four had moved out of Kairana looking for better opportunities, 10 left more than 10 years ago, three had moved fearing “local criminals”.
Out of 118 names submitted by the UP police and the Shamli district administration, who are checking on names in Singh’s list, found similar patterns: five dead, 12 still present, 46 moved out since 2011, 55 moved out at least 6-11 years ago, according to
The Indian Express report.
Shamli DM Sujeet Kumar said they could not just go by "the word of one person",
reports The Times of India. He added that, "It is unlikely that such a massive exodus could have taken place. If mass movement on such a scale had taken place, we would have got to know about it."
According to the
TOI report, it's not just Hindus who have migrated from Muslim-dominated areas, but vice-versa. Mass movement of families happening across religious lines is leading to ghettoization in the region.
Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the BJP leaders of being "dishonest" and "lying" on the issue and said he would like to see "better work" from the party.
"The BJP is alleging that the Samajawadi Party Government forced the people flee from Kairana... BJP can be dishonest to this extent," Yadav told reporters in Mathura. He also claimed that most of the people left the village about 10 to 15 years back while others left in search of jobs about seven or eight years back.
"A house to house search shows the lie of BJP," Yadav said.
Taking a dig at the BJP, which is seeking to wrest power from the SP in the state, Yadav said he would like to see "better" work from the BJP. "I want them to show some work. They should come and say that they distributed laptops to the people and not only talk about digital India," he added.
Gadkari, a former BJP President, parried a question about the Samajwadi Party(SP) government's assertion that many Hindus had migrated from Kairana long back and some of them are now already dead, saying the BJP President has already reacted to this matter.
"The party is sensitive on this issue and will take proper action," was his repeated refrain.
With inputs from PTI
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According to this article, things are different. The families left a long time ago, the people had actually died, or they never left at all. Why would you, as a Dindoo, lie to us? Is it because we are mlecchas to you? Is it because your creed does not require of you any morals besides blind subservience to Brahmins, cows and Shiv Lingams? Do tell us.
