MRM strongly condemns Palghar incident, attack on media

NewsBharati    24-Apr-2020 10:59:27 AM
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New Delhi, Apr 24: The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) has strongly condemned the ghastly murder of two sadhus belonging to the Panchdashnami Juna Akhara in Maharashtra’s Palghar district. The incident happened on the night of April 16 when the violent mob of over 400 mercilessly beat the two sadhus Mahant Kalpvriksha Giri (70) and Mahan Sushil Giri and their driver Nilesh Telghade in presence of the police personnel.

The Sadhus were going to Gujarat to attend the funeral of one of their colleagues when they were confronted by the violent mob that beat them with rods, sticks, and bricks to death even when they were seeking protection from the police present on the occasion. The cops, fearing for their own lives, fled the place living the poor hapless sadhus at the mercy of the mob.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the incident occurred due to ‘misunderstanding’ and was not intended to be communal attack as being alleged by certain organizations. The state has instituted a CID inquiry into the incident and arrested over 100 persons involved in this crime.

The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) in its meeting of national-level office-bearers held via videoconferencing on Thursday, April 23 deplored this inhuman act in the strongest words and demanded that the state government act swiftly, in this case, to bring the real culprits to book and punish them as soon as possible.

The meeting addressed by MRM Patron and Guide Indresh Kumar and participated by National Conveners, National Co-Conveners, National Conveners of MRM Cells, and some important functionaries also condemned the attack on a noted journalist, TV Anchor and Editor of Republic Bharat channel Arnab Goswami and his wife by the Congress goons.

This attack indicated a new kind of social and political intolerance indulged in by the Congress, left-liberals, and communalists elements, the MRM resolution said deploring this in the strongest words.

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Arnab Goswami has raised a question on the silence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the Palghar murder incident and demanded to know why she has not condemned this as she did about the Batla House terrorist killing or other such incidents.

Irritated over his piercing questions, some Youth Congress goons attacked Arnab and his wife when they were returning from their studio in the night. Alka Lamba another Youth Congress leader patted the attackers for ‘teaching a lesson’ to Goswami and his wife for attacking Sonia Gandhi.

The MRM National Conveners Mohd Afzal, Dr. Shahid Akhtar, Raza Rizvi, Reshma Hussain, and others have demanded an immediate inquiry into the incident and punitive action against the perpetrators of this attack to uphold the sanctity of journalism and to safeguard the lives of journalists like Goswami for exposing the truth.