NHRC notice to the Government of Jharkhand over allegations of targeted attacks on Muslim cattle traders in the State (31.03.2016)
PRESS RELEASE
New Delhi, 31st March, 2016
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Government of Jharkhand, through its Chief Secretary, on a complaint, received on the 29th March, 2016 that there had been several incident of targeted attacks on the Muslim cattle traders in the state and that the administration was not dealing in a fair manner with the mob lynching of two cattle traders in Latehar district of Jharkhand on 18th March, 2016. The State Government has been given four weeks time to submit a detail report.
According to the complaint, the angle of personal dispute, being propagated by the administration behind the incident, is for protecting and defending the so called groups of cow protectors, who are targeting minority communities on the issues in the region. The compensation of Rs.1 Lakh announced for the families of both the deceased, Imtiyaz Khan and Majlum, is inadequate as they lost their sold bread earners.
It is also alleged that both the traders were taking their cattle to a fair when they were stopped by a mob; beaten up and hanged. On the 18th March 2016, their bodies were found and taken to the administration headquarters when the police misbehaved with the crowd. Allegedly, they were told to give up cattle trade and threatened of dire consequence by some cow protection vigilantes about a month ago.
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New Delhi, 31st March, 2016
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Government of Jharkhand, through its Chief Secretary, on a complaint, received on the 29th March, 2016 that there had been several incident of targeted attacks on the Muslim cattle traders in the state and that the administration was not dealing in a fair manner with the mob lynching of two cattle traders in Latehar district of Jharkhand on 18th March, 2016. The State Government has been given four weeks time to submit a detail report.
According to the complaint, the angle of personal dispute, being propagated by the administration behind the incident, is for protecting and defending the so called groups of cow protectors, who are targeting minority communities on the issues in the region. The compensation of Rs.1 Lakh announced for the families of both the deceased, Imtiyaz Khan and Majlum, is inadequate as they lost their sold bread earners.
It is also alleged that both the traders were taking their cattle to a fair when they were stopped by a mob; beaten up and hanged. On the 18th March 2016, their bodies were found and taken to the administration headquarters when the police misbehaved with the crowd. Allegedly, they were told to give up cattle trade and threatened of dire consequence by some cow protection vigilantes about a month ago.
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