Attack on church in W. Bengal and
dirty spin by BBC
By Probir Sengupta
http://www.organiser.org/periscope.htm
About 20
criminals armed with bombs pipeguns and revolvers raided a church in Nadia
district during the Christmas eve mass on the night of December 24 and injured
six persons in bomb attacks and looted some cash from the church safe and the
devotees. According to the local police sources, about 20 criminals hurled bombs
inside the church, located at Malipota near Karimpur-Chapra highway along
India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, before storming the prayer hall where
the midnight mass was held with about 1200 devotees.
The gang
entered the prayer hall, looted money from the church safe and also jewellery,
wrist-watches and other valuables from the devotees present there. The chief
priest suffered some minor injuries in his hand when he tried to resist the
gang. Five devotees also sustained bomb splinter wounds. On being informed,
police came and fired at least 10 rounds but the criminals had already escaped
under the cover of darkness and fog. The church, standing barely five km from
the international border, is located in an area where people walk into
Bangladesh and return without being challenged by security forces.
Next day,
the police arrested three persons in connection with the plunder of church. The
police suspect the raid was carried out by a gang comprising criminals from
Nadia and Meherpur and Rajshahi districts in Bangladesh. Nadia police picked up
Latif, 25, from Chapra, Subol Ghosh, 24, from Sompukur and Azibur, 26, from
Thanerpara areas on the December 25 noon.
In a
report posted on telegraphindia.com, the Murshidabad range deputy
inspector-general D.P. Tarenia said: “From the initial description of the
criminals by the witnesses and the information we received from our local
sources, it became evident that Latif, Azibur and Subol were involved in the
incident,” “Police teams separately raided the places where the three had
taken shelter and arrested them,” he added.
The
arrested trio has told interrogators that Milan Sheikh, Ziauddin Alam and
Refiqual Islam—all three from Bangladesh—were the brains behind the attack.
Investigators said they have collected the names of 12 suspects, apart from the
arrested trio. Sources said five of them are from Nakasipara, Chapra, Tehatta
and Taherpur in Nadia. “The seven others are from Meherpur and Rajshahi. They
used to thrive on lifting cattle, but have graduated to robbery and looting,”
a Tehetta policeman said. Chapra police said Sheikh and Alam had been arrested
earlier for robbery in Fulia and Bagamara in Nadia and were pushed back across
the border.
The
district police admitted that in the beginning of the year there was a spurt in
dacoities, but this is the first time the robbers have targeted a place of
worship. Shri Tarenia said it is difficult to verify the identity of Bangladeshi
criminals. “Eyewitnesses could make out from their dialect that they are
Bangladeshis. It is impossible to crosscheck their names and addresses without
the cooperation of the Bangladesh police,” he said.
Now, see
how the White mentality, the mentor of our pseudo-secular brigade, presented
this report in an irresponsible manner, maligning the image of India. Here is
the spin put on it by a BBC report. The report giving an account of the attack
on church on Malipota says: “In recent years, there has been an increase in
violence against Christians in India, who make up about 2% of the population.”
And how do they support their claim? By mentioning about the only attack in 1999
in Orissa on an Australian missionary working in India and his two sons. Here it
is worth noting that the report does mention that the area where the attack on
the church took place “is close to the Bangladesh border”. It conveniently
preferred to ignore the point that the attack was carried out by Bangladeshis.
Now it is evident that those who conducted the plunder were Bangladeshis, will
BBC tender an apology?
It is not
all. The report, which is on the attack on the church, as if to give weightage
to its claim of increasing violence against Christians in India, says: “Last
month, the southern state of Tamil Nadu passed a controversial new law banning
religious conversion through coercion or material inducement. Many Christian
groups in the state protested against the move which they argued was
unconstitutional.”
It is
beyond one’s comprehension as to how one can justify his claim about
increasing violence against Christians in India by linking it with a law that
simply bans conversion by use of force, allurement, or fraudulent means!
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