At the time of Kalipuja (Hindu festival also known as Deepavali - October 17, 2009), there was a cultural function by a Club Puja Committee in the Taki town in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas dist of West Bengal, India. Several Muslim youths from nearby Sankhchura village came to the function and misbehaved. Hindu sentiments were hurt by the outsiders' actions and words, a small scuffle occurred and the intruding miscreants were driven away from the venue.
In retaliation for this defensive action, on October 25th 2009, about 30-35 Muslim youths from Sankhchura village came to Taki town and beat up 2-3 Hindu boys and fled.
On 26th October, twenty-six clubs of Taki town joined hands. 3 to 4 thousand Hindu people gheraoed (encircled) Taki Police Station and organized a very strong demonstration. Hindu Samhati workers Narayan Ghosh and Dayanjan babu were actively present there.
To control the Hindu reaction, Rapid Action Force (RAF - an elite police force of the Indian government) was brought in by the administration. They restricted movements of common public and stopped public vehicles from outside to enter the town.
The village of Sankhchura is a notorious Islamist controlled village. It is a permanent headache for the administration and local Hindus. Moreover, a number of Jihadis (Silamist reactionary terrorists) and ISI (Pakistani spy agency) agents were caught by police from this village.
Posted by Hindu Samhati's International Communiations Team.
