Shahabad / Gulbarga : Five Hindu youths have been arrested by Shahabad police for defiling a Vijay Dashmi Cut out of Shri Ram, said a report published on DeccanDigest.com. Out of seven accused one person is from minority community while another is absconding.
The police acted promptly and arrested the miscreants before they could succeed in creating communal tension in the city. The accused: Nilesh (24 Years), Abhishek (19 years), Vinod (22 years), Shrinivas (21) , Timmanna ( 25 years) & Mohammad Baba (22years) have apparently confessed to the crime.
During Ashura- a day of mourning observed by Muslims and particularly by the Shia Muslims a person named Shiva had posted inflammatory communal comments on Facebook about the minority community and was arrested on after complaint by Popular front.
A day later when a Dussehra cut out was found desecrated, the VHP and Ram Sene accused minority community of hurting Hindu sentiments.
However the bid to create communal tension in the city was foiled by the police investigation and search team which comprised Shahabad DSP Mr Mahesh Meghannawar, Shankargouda Patil CPI Chittapur, S. Aslam Basha PI Shahbad and others.
Sheikh Aejaz Ali Dist President Popular Front said that “On the first look it seems that it was done to create a counter for the crime of Shiva who was arrested, and target the Muslim leadership. The aggressive way in which Vishwa Hindu Parishad , Shriram Sene and other communal groups hyped up the issue, makes it more likely to be case of conspiracy as well.”
“The way they flamed the communal tensions almost leading to the riots was indicative of something fishy. I think the police must look into that angle also. We will discuss the matter with local Shahabad leadership and decided a course of action soon to pursue it legally, but i congratulate the police for their Swiftness and handwork. If these miscreants were not caught who know what would’ve they done next” he added.
Ali demanded an unconditional apology from VHP and Shriram Sene for the people of Shahbad.