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Bhainsa violence: Owaisi alleges targeted violence by fringe
Hindu outfit
Hyderabad, Jan 13 (PTI) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi
on Monday alleged workers of a fringe Hindu outfit carried out
"targeted violence in communally sensitive Bhainsa town in
Telangana where clashes broke out between two communities and
demanded stern action against them.
Lone BJP MLA in the state Raja Singh alleged AIMIM
workers 'targeted' Hindus while the state party unit condemned
the incidents and claimed the state was sitting on "a landmine
of communal hatred" fanned by anti-CAA rallies, being "freely
allowed and even sponosored" by TRS and MIM.
The BJP demanded a judicial inquiry into the violence
that broke out in Bhainsa town in Nirmal district on late
Sunday night and continued on Monday, leaving 19 people,
including eight police officials, injured.
In a series of tweets, Owaisi demanded that every
miscreant be immediately brought to justice so that criminals
think twice before participating in such activity.
There was targeted violence, where 2 religious places
were subject to arson by miscreants. At least 6 houses were
completely burnt by arsonists and 1 house was also looted.
Many vehicles have also been damaged. The miscreants allegedly
belong to Hindu Vahini, the Hyderabad MP charged.
We condemn the violence in Bhainsa and demand that
@TelanganaCMO and @TelanganaDGP should take the strictest
action against the miscreants and the organisations that they
belong to. In fact, the main accused is someone against whom
people of Bhainsa had already filed a complaint, he said.
Those who suffered loss of property must be compensated
immediately and every complaintbe registered along with FIRs,
Owaisi said.
According to Owaisi, people who were returning from a
religious gathering on Sunday at Bhainsa, were grievously
assaulted and beaten up.
Throughout the night, I was in touch with our party
functionaries in Bhainsa as well as @TelanganaDGP, who quickly
deployed forces in order to control the situation. However, by
morning we once again saw miscreants spreading more violence,
he said in another tweet.
Raja Singh, known for making controversial remarks,
alleged AIMIM activists targeted Hindus at Bhainsa and asked
people to act in self-defence if they came under attack.
Singh, BJP MLA from Goshamahal here, said he would visit
Bhainsa on Tuesday.
Condemning the "mindless violence" triggered by a trivial
issue between two communities, the Telangana BJP claimed it
was a proof of "volcanic situation of communal disharmony
emerging and ready to erupt in Telangana".
BJP holds Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao
responsible for his utter neglect of law and order situation
in the state and the way he has unleashed AIMIM goons from
Old City to Karimnagar to Nizamabad and Adilabad under the
guise of anti-CAA rallies, party Chief Spokesperson K
KrishnaSaagarRaosaid in a statement.
KrishnaSaagarfurther alleged the state "is currently
sitting on a landmine of communal hatred being fanned by the
anti-CAA rallies across the state, being freely allowed and
even sponosored by TRS and AIMIM."
He said the BJP also demanded a judicial inquiry into
Bhainsa incident and action to bring the perpetrators of this
criminal violence to justice. PTI SJR VVK
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