Muslims desecrate Durga Pandal in West Bengal, police beat up Hindu protestors!

Clash breaks out at S Dinajpur pandal

Statesman News Service
BALURGHAT, Oct. 6: People belonging to two communities clashed at a Durga puja pandal at Dewoor, under Kumarganj police station in South Dinajpur district this morning, forcing police to fire in the air, burst tear gas shells and make a baton-charge to bring the situation under control.

The South Dinajpur district magistrate and the superintendent of police were among some 20 persons hurt in during the commotion. The police arrested 26 people including four women over the incident. Section 144 of the CrPC has been promulgated in the area and two platoons of BSF have been deployed to help the police keep the situation under control.

The incident caused tension in other areas too,with the residents of Baul, which is close to Dewoor, blocking the Balurghat – Malda state highway for three hours after the incident.
Police resorted to a baton-charge to clear the roadblock. In retaliation, the agitators attacked the police and damaged the Balurghat police station IC’s vehicle. At least five persons were injured in the police action. All shops and establishments closed down after the Dewoor incident, demanding the arrest of the culprits.

According to Mr Bilash Kanti Sarker, secretary, Dewoor Baroari Puja Committee, unknown persons shut off the illuminations of the puja pandal in the wee hours today and hung up the severed leg of a cow at the pandal.

“Upset over the incident, the locals converged at the puja site demanding the arrest of the culprits,” he said, adding that instead of going after the culprits, the police used force on the protestors. “More than 20 agitators were injured and several were arrested,” he added. “The police have arrested 26 persons in connection with the incident,” said the South Dinajpur SP Mr Swapan Bandopadhyay Purna Patro. The DM, Mr Swapan Chatterjee, said that Section 144 has been promulgated in the area and the situation was now under control.

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Indian Mujahideen receiving money from Gulf countries, hawala channels

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Mumbai, October 8 Cops freeze bank accounts from which IM members withdrew money

The Mumbai Police Crime Branch on Wednesday revealed that it has frozen a certain number of bank accounts in the city from which money was withdrawn by some of the alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) members. According to the police, the IM operatives had been receiving money from Gulf countries through these accounts for the past two years. This is apart from what they had been receiving through the hawala network and the Western Union Money Transfer.

“During interrogations, some of the arrested accused told us that they used to withdraw money from some bank accounts in the city, following which we have frozen the accounts. They are savings accounts in nationalised banks and are in the names of some individuals. Since 2006, money was being deposited by people in Gulf countries and was being withdrawn in small amounts by the IM members. A total of Rs 26 lakh was sent from Gulf countries through proper banking channels to these accounts,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria, refusing to divulge further details or the number of accounts frozen.

The Crime Branch has already seized Rs 11.36 lakh in cash from the IM members arrested from Mangalore.

A dedicated team of Crime Branch officers is focussing on the funding received by the IM members, and are investigating the manner in which money was sent to them via hawala and money transfer channels. “If it is found that the people who are holding these accounts were actively helping the IM operatives in receiving funds from outside the country, they will also be booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for aiding and abbetting,” said Maria.