The village of
Gangapur within the jurisdiction of KLC Police Station in Bhangor no. 1 Block in
the District of 24 Paraganas (South) experienced a fresh onrush on January 23,
2014. Local Hindus were assailed once more by a large group of Muslims with
lethal weapons and hell bent to construct a mosque illegally within the area. What
makes the confrontation deadliest is the presence of an ancient Hindu temple and
it is at a distance of 20 feet away from the disputed site. The temple is venerated
by Hindus in the neighborhood highly and the main objective behind recurrent
attacks is to oust Hindus from the area and the bid to construct the illegal
mosque is the first step, as per locals. However, this is not new; Hindus had premonitions
and therefore, to ward off any sinister development, they had submitted a mass
petition signed by almost 1100 villagers to the District Magistrate. But the
administration remained lackluster as usual and exploiting it, Muslim youths attempted
still.
It is worth
mentioning, the village had witnessed similar onslaught on December 24, 2013
and it was also on the same issue. Even if the trouble died down due to persistence
of Hindus then, it has surfaced yet again. Nevertheless, to create amity, local
police had organized a meeting at the KLC Police Station on January 9. But it
failed to have any solution and hence, another meeting for resolution was
convened on January 24. And the dreadful attack took place on the day before
it.
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