CPM: Bengali-Speaking People Harassed In City
Drawing Shah's attention to the ongoing process of identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants by Delhi Police and several other agencies, Karat said a team of functionaries of CPM from Delhi visited Bawana JJ Colony in Delhi and met several of the complainants on Thursday.
In their letter, the functionaries cited the example of Md Nizamuddin, from Godda district in Jharkhand, who migrated to Delhi several decades ago.
"On July 5, a team of police personnel went to his house and accused him of helping a Bangladeshi to get illegal papers. He told police that the tenant stayed there three years ago and he has no contact. However, police returned on July 6 and handcuffed Nizamuddin in full public view, as though he is a hardened criminal, literally dragging him to the thana.
This time they accused him of being a Bangladeshi," they claimed.
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The letter claimed that his daughter, Shabnam (28), followed him to the thana and produced all the documents, including the property the family owned in Jharkhand. "However, police beat Nizamuddin, abusing him in filthy language, asking him to confess that he gave shelter to a Bangladeshi or else he would be declared a Bangladeshi."
The CPM functionaries claimed that police teams repeatedly visited the family and told them that "all their photographs have been uploaded on a police site and therefore they should expect such police inquiries."
In another case, the duo alleged that Sajan Saudagar Das, who lives in the jhuggi settlement in Bawana C Block, was badly beaten at the Pitampura police station by two cops asking him to "confess that he is a Bangladeshi" on May 6.
Similarly, the functionaries alleged that on June 26, eight Bengali migrant workers, including a five-year-old child, living and working in Delhi were forcibly sent to Bangladesh despite having proof of their residence in Paika village in Birbhum district, West Bengal.
"The process of identification of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in the capital of India is an example of violation of minimum human rights. In the process, genuine Indian citizens are being targeted on grounds of language and religion. Is it now a crime in India to speak Bengali? Are all Bengali-speaking Muslim citizens of India to be treated as criminals and illegal immigrants?" they asked.
The functionaries wrote that they hope Shah will consider these issues and "intervene to restore human rights, humane behaviour of the law enforcement agencies, and adequately compensate the victims for their losses."
TOI reached out to Delhi Police but no response was received.
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