Fears of
communal disorder looming
On January 27,
2014, in the dead of night, Kali temple situated at the Hindu crematorium in
the village of Ranaghata in Lalpur area, within the jurisdiction of police
station of Mathurapur in the district of 24 Paraganas (South), was desecrated
and pillaged by a group of crooks. It has come to knowledge, Jaladhar Pramanik,
an aged individual, lives in a hut alongside the crematorium and on the fateful
night, he was attacked by the group of criminals before anything else. Even if
he was thrashed mercilessly, Jaladhar managed to inform others in the village
of the dreadful episode. When a group of people came to the temple, it had already
been defiled and ransacked.
The enraged mob
(joined by many gradually) went on in the hunt for criminals and soon they got
hold of Lekman Mollah, son-in-law of Morshet Khan inhabiting the same village,
who was identified as a member of the gang by Jaladhar Pramanik also. Lekman was
delivered to the local police station who assured Hindus to deal with the situation
firmly. Contrary to expectations, on January 29, Lekman returned to his
father-in-law’s residence but instead of expressing penitence, he asked Muslim
youths aggressively to help him to teach Hindus (liable to deliver him to
police) a lesson. The belligerent mob came to the crematorium, warned Hindus
and went away chanting anti-Hindu slogans. Terrified Hindus rushed to local
political leaders seeking help. Albeit leaders pledged them to convey this incident
to the local administration and also to step up safety in the village, nothing has
been done yet.
It has been learnt, even if affable police officials in local police
station asked Hindus to name the culprits along with Lekman Mollah, they haven’t
been able to do due to extreme fright.
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