GURUGRAM: After Friday prayers have been stopped in several parts of Gurugram by way of Hindutva outfit, a video of the lads disrupting the prayers once more within the Millennium City on April 20 hit the social media, leading to 6 of them being arrested on April 26.
Earlier this week, several Hindutva outfits hit the streets not easy that the FIR towards the six men be scrapped and prayers be allowed handiest at designated places approved by way of the federal government. The native unit of VHP had also threatened to stop namaz at open areas if the federal government did not act.
This Friday, a gaggle of round 70 people, who claimed they had united under the "banner of Om", accumulated at Wazirabad village and fanned out around the city in small groups. According to estimates, prayers are held in open areas at 115 spots within the city as a result of there are not enough mosques for about six lakh Muslims in Gurugram, among them numerous migrant workers engaged within the city's massive building trade.
Police had prior data and threw a security quilt at several locations, yet the Hindutva groups controlled to disrupt prayers before being stopped and sent again. No complaint used to be filed and no arrest made. Police spokesperson Ravinder Kumar denied that any disruption came about. He mentioned, "Adequate force was provided to maintain law and order and no complaint of any disruption has been received from any side."
Deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh also mentioned "adequate security arrangements were made at all spots", and that makes an attempt to disrupt have been handled successfully by way of the management. "Further action as deemed fit will certainly be taken," he mentioned.
Rajiv Jain, leader minister Manohar Lal Khattar's media adviser, advised TOI , "As per information received from local authorities, some fights had taken place among locals in the past on offering prayers (namaz) on the road and some cases were also registered in this regard. I think to avoid that situation, the local authorities had taken some preventive steps of disallowing anyone from offering prayers on the roads."
Krishna Tyagi, who identified himself as a member of Nav Yuva Shakti Sangathan, spoke at the accumulating in Wazirabad before the groups unfold out. "Muslims are offering namaz illegally everywhere. This is causing inconvenience to people," he mentioned.
Also present at the accumulating used to be Sube Singh Bohra, Wazirabad village former sarpanch, who has emerged as a central determine within the opposition to namaz at open areas. He advised TOI, "If they keep offering namaz everywhere in villages, our youths can get angry and theirs can as well if we start offering havan in the open. Our objection is that the government has given them masjids (mosques), why can't they pray there?" Vijay Yadav, who mentioned he used to be a member of Bharat Bachao Yatra, added, "All places where namaz is read illegally in the city should be shut. We are going to continue this in the coming weeks and will also go out of Gurugram." Bora, whose son Kuldeep is the native MCG councillor, saidhe had suggested the youth not to delight in violence.
From Wazirabad, one of the vital groups reached Sector 40, the place a gaggle of guys had come to offer prayers on a pavement near Unitech Cyber Park. "I was in the area to meet someone and decided to stay here for namaz," mentioned Mohammad Nazib. "Some people were doing wazu (ablution) while others were praying when around 10-12 men came there. They asked the imam to leave and then started threatening us," he mentioned.
Those who had accumulated to wish were given up and walked away to keep away from war of words. Policemen posted there stood by way of while all this came about. It used to be handiest when the SHO arrived that the gang opposing the prayers fled. On MG Road, every other workforce repeatedly shouted "Bangladeshi waapas jao". "There are Bangladeshis and Rohingya living in the city illegally. They should be thrown out of the country," mentioned a protester.
Shehzad Khan of the Muslim Ekta Manch mentioned there have been Five-6 lakh Muslims in Gurugram. "A number of them have come from places like Bihar, UP to work here. A number of them also travel from nearby places for work, and pray in these open spaces," he mentioned. "What has happened today is very sad. We have been made to feel alienated in our own country. Do we have no freedom?"
Earlier this week, several Hindutva outfits hit the streets not easy that the FIR towards the six men be scrapped and prayers be allowed handiest at designated places approved by way of the federal government. The native unit of VHP had also threatened to stop namaz at open areas if the federal government did not act.
This Friday, a gaggle of round 70 people, who claimed they had united under the "banner of Om", accumulated at Wazirabad village and fanned out around the city in small groups. According to estimates, prayers are held in open areas at 115 spots within the city as a result of there are not enough mosques for about six lakh Muslims in Gurugram, among them numerous migrant workers engaged within the city's massive building trade.
Police had prior data and threw a security quilt at several locations, yet the Hindutva groups controlled to disrupt prayers before being stopped and sent again. No complaint used to be filed and no arrest made. Police spokesperson Ravinder Kumar denied that any disruption came about. He mentioned, "Adequate force was provided to maintain law and order and no complaint of any disruption has been received from any side."
Deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh also mentioned "adequate security arrangements were made at all spots", and that makes an attempt to disrupt have been handled successfully by way of the management. "Further action as deemed fit will certainly be taken," he mentioned.
Rajiv Jain, leader minister Manohar Lal Khattar's media adviser, advised TOI , "As per information received from local authorities, some fights had taken place among locals in the past on offering prayers (namaz) on the road and some cases were also registered in this regard. I think to avoid that situation, the local authorities had taken some preventive steps of disallowing anyone from offering prayers on the roads."
Krishna Tyagi, who identified himself as a member of Nav Yuva Shakti Sangathan, spoke at the accumulating in Wazirabad before the groups unfold out. "Muslims are offering namaz illegally everywhere. This is causing inconvenience to people," he mentioned.
Also present at the accumulating used to be Sube Singh Bohra, Wazirabad village former sarpanch, who has emerged as a central determine within the opposition to namaz at open areas. He advised TOI, "If they keep offering namaz everywhere in villages, our youths can get angry and theirs can as well if we start offering havan in the open. Our objection is that the government has given them masjids (mosques), why can't they pray there?" Vijay Yadav, who mentioned he used to be a member of Bharat Bachao Yatra, added, "All places where namaz is read illegally in the city should be shut. We are going to continue this in the coming weeks and will also go out of Gurugram." Bora, whose son Kuldeep is the native MCG councillor, saidhe had suggested the youth not to delight in violence.
From Wazirabad, one of the vital groups reached Sector 40, the place a gaggle of guys had come to offer prayers on a pavement near Unitech Cyber Park. "I was in the area to meet someone and decided to stay here for namaz," mentioned Mohammad Nazib. "Some people were doing wazu (ablution) while others were praying when around 10-12 men came there. They asked the imam to leave and then started threatening us," he mentioned.
Those who had accumulated to wish were given up and walked away to keep away from war of words. Policemen posted there stood by way of while all this came about. It used to be handiest when the SHO arrived that the gang opposing the prayers fled. On MG Road, every other workforce repeatedly shouted "Bangladeshi waapas jao". "There are Bangladeshis and Rohingya living in the city illegally. They should be thrown out of the country," mentioned a protester.
Shehzad Khan of the Muslim Ekta Manch mentioned there have been Five-6 lakh Muslims in Gurugram. "A number of them have come from places like Bihar, UP to work here. A number of them also travel from nearby places for work, and pray in these open spaces," he mentioned. "What has happened today is very sad. We have been made to feel alienated in our own country. Do we have no freedom?"
'We've been made to feel alienated in our own land'
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