Amid rage and violence against migrant workers over the rape of a 14-month old girl in Sabarkantha, the Gujarat state police have nabbed two Thakor Sena members and a Congress leader. The main charges against them are spreading messages of hate on social media. MLA Alpesh Thakor, in a press conference held on October 7 at the Ranip office of Congress, denied his involvement in violence against migrants. The police have arrested associates of the Congress legislator.
The police also arrested five members of the Thakor community and elected taluka member from Congress Mahotji Thakor for threatening a migrant in Uvarsad village near Adalaj area on the night of October 2. The accused went to the victim's house and threatened to kill him unless he vacated his house before October 8, the cops said.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi tweeted about how he is against violence against migrant workers. He also made a comment about poverty and unemployment is the the real cause for all this hatred and violence against workers from other states.
ग़रीबी से बड़ी कोई दहशत नहीं है| गुजरात में हो रहे हिंसा की जड़ वहाँ के बंद पड़े कारख़ाने और बेरोज़गारी है|
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 8, 2018
व्यवस्था और अर्थव्यवस्था दोनो चरमरा रही है|
प्रवासी श्रमिकों को इसका निशाना बनाना पूर्णत ग़लत है| मैं पूरी तरह से इसके ख़िलाफ़ खड़ा रहूँगा| pic.twitter.com/yLabmmZDwk
Crime branch suspects organised criminal conspiracy behind violence. In the course of investigation, they found 106 people who were spreading aggressive posts, videos and messages against migrants and were provoking people. 15 of them have been arrested. The crime branch are currently trying to take down these posts of hatred on social media targeting migrants.
In the meanwhile, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani said that the Congress president should take action against the arrested Congress leader and take steps to curb violence instead of tweeting. " Congress first incites violence against Migrants. Congress President tweets to condemn this violence. Does the Congress President not have any shame?,” the CM said.
