Kasaragod, Mar 25: Lauding the police for swiftly arresting the accused in the recent murder of a young madrasa teacher at a mosque room at Choori here, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has said the RSS-BJP activists were ‘unleashing communal violence under the influence of liquor and narcotic products.’
The arrested have reportedly confessed that they killed the Muslim clerics to trigger communal unrest in Kasaragod. Police says, “Anyone who came in their way would have been subjected to their madness that night.” Ajesh walked into the building where the Moulavi slept and Nitin and Akhilesh followed him on a bike. Ajesh allegedly attacked the Moulavi and when a neighbour from the next room came out, hearing the cries, Nitin attacked him with a stone.
The CPI(M)’s district secretariat, in a statement on Friday, said the murder was a fallout of the ‘criminal mindset of the Sangh Parivar activists,’ who, it alleged, were bent upon vitiating communal amity on petty grounds.
The Left party underscored the need to isolate the communal agenda designed by the RSS-BJP activists to restore normalcy in the trouble-torn localities.
Countering the CPI(M)’s assertions, BJP district president K. Sreekanth said that his party had all along been seeking exemplary punishment to those involved in the heinous crime.
He criticised the IUML and the CPI(M) for trying to gain political mileage by blaming the BJP for the murder.
Call for peace
There is an urgent need to restore lasting peace in the communally fragile localities in Kasaragod, which witnessed a series of violence in the backdrop of fatal attack on a young madrasa teacher here recently, said human rights activists here.
The authorities should act firmly to bring to book those involved in the murder of Muhammed Riyaz, said a group of human rights activists under the banner of ‘Oruma’ at a meeting held here on Thursday.
The meeting exhorted people to maintain communal harmony in Kasaragod, aptly regarded as ‘saptabhasha sangama bhoomi’ (confluence of seven languages) by frustrating the evil designs of those bent upon vitiating the communal harmony of the region.
People should be on guard against those spreading rumours that could pave way for recurring violence among communities that have the tradition of living in harmony, human rights activist T.V. Rajendran said.
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