Bengali speaking Muslims are being sent to….:AIMIM chief Owaisi makes huge allegation against Modi government
New Delhi: In a significant callout, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has condemned the alleged detention of Bengali-speaking Muslim citizens across the country. Labelling them as “illegal”, Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi has accused the police administration of “targeting” them since they couldn’t challenge “police atrocities”. Here are all the details you need to know about what Asaduddin Owaisi has said on Bengali-speaking Muslims.
In his recent statement, AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that those being labelled as illegal immigrants are “the poorest of the poor”, who are mostly slum-dwellers, and work as domestic workers and rag-pickers. Owaisi argued that they were being targeted repeatedly because they couldn’t challenge “police atrocities.”
As per a report by news agency ANI, the Hyderabad MP has stated that there have been reports of Indian citizens being pushed into Bangladesh at gunpoint.
What has Asaduddin Owaisi said on Bengali-speaking Muslims?
“Police in different parts of India have been illegally detaining Bengali-speaking Muslim citizens and accusing them of being Bangladeshi. There have been disturbing reports of Indian citizens being pushed into Bangladesh at gunpoint. This government acts strong with the weak, and weak with the strong. Most of those who are accused of being ‘illegal immigrants’ are the poorest of the poor: slum-dwellers, cleaners, domestic workers, rag-pickers, etc. They have been targeted repeatedly because they are not in a position to challenge police atrocities,” the AIMIM chief posted on X.
“Police do not have the power to detain people just because they speak a particular language. These wide-net detentions are illegal,” Owaisi added as he shared an image of an order of the Office of District Magistrate in Gurugram on his X account where it has been mentioned that the state government have made a standard operating procedure (SOP) to deport Bangladeshi citizens and Rohingyas, the ANI report said.
What have Preliminary investigation revealed?
Preliminary investigation revealed that they arrived in India illegally from Bangladesh and pretended to be the residents of West Bengal, came to Pune and indulged in prostitution. The women, aged between 20 and 28, had been using false identity documents to stay in India.
(With inputs from agencies)
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