Chaini Parwani –
Published On: November 3, 2021 at 10:10 IST
The Supreme Court Advocates observed after conducting a probe on the recent communal violence in Tripura that it was a “Targeted violence against Muslims”.
A group of Advocates from the Supreme Court and Human Rights activists Ehtesham Hashmi, Amit Srivastav, Ansar Indori and Mukesh visited Tripura.
Significantly, several reports of attack on members of the Minority Community, Vandalism, Arsoning of houses, shops and other properties owned by the minority community have been reported from Tripura in the past few days.
Advocate Hashmi stated “Protests were held in 51 places in Tripura over incidents of attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. Violence started after the demonstrations. The fact which has come to light before us primarily indicates that if the Government had taken appropriate steps on time, the incident would not have assumed such formidable form.”
The report declared by the Advocates highlighted that Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Hindu Jagran Manch held protests and rallies after several Durga Puja pandals and temples in Bangladesh were vandalised on October 15.
Further it was highlighted that at least 12 Mosques, nine shops, and three houses of the minority community members were objected to during the protests.
Furthermore, the fact-finding team noted that incidents could have been forbidden if the Police and Administration had controlled the situation appropriately.
The team stated that Muslim organisation Jamaat-E-Ulema (Hind) met with Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Dev four days prior and informed him that such incidents could take place and that there is a danger to the peace between Hindus and Muslims.
However, the Government did not take any appropriate action and hence led to this violence.
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