In Mumbra, the police carried out a midnight raid and combing operation in which practically an area’s all families, women, children, old people were dragged and abused and loaded in trucks and carried to the police station to supposedly check for some suspects in the area. Muslims were targeted and humiliated just for being Muslims.
The way police has treated common civilians in the raid is atrocious and open challenge to the constitutional right of citizens to live a life of freedom and dignity. In its monstrosity it was a replay of Nazis in Hitler’s Germany hauling Jews for being Jews. Nothing can restore the self-respect and dignity of the victims unless the responsible police and its minions spewing hate cries of terrorists for innocent Muslims, are hauled up for justice.
Such public display of communal role inflicted by police cannot be condoned in any civilized society. Government of Maharashtra and the NCP’s Home Minister should take the matter seriously lest it should spread the poison in the community and result in further unrest.
Ghulam Muhammed
Mumbai