The Bharatiya Janata Party urged Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to direct Director General of Police (DGP) M. Mahender Reddy to submit a report on the recent communal violence in Bhainsa near Adilabad (Nirmal district) and book cases against the perpetrators responsible for arson and for breaking the law and order situation there.
A delegation of the party headed by state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and senior leaders like Chinthala Ramachandra Reddy, N. Ramchander Rao, NVSS Prabhakar and others met the Governor at Raj Bhavan on Monday afternoon and submitted a memorandum seeking her intervention since they consider that the TRS government has “completely failed” to prevent the communal violence and not acting strictly against those involved.
Demanding a full fledged probe into the genesis of the violent incidents which occurred for the second time in the last six months, the party called for beefing up security presence to give security and instil confidence among people.
The intelligence network should be strengthened to identify anti-social elements resorting to periodic burning of houses, vehicles and stabbings.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar informed the Governor that Bhainsa has became a communal cauldron for the last few years and the Majlis-TRS administered municipality has become a haven for criminals and other anti-national elements from other States too.
He also charged the police of foisting false cases against several innocent youth of a particular community, arresting them without any evidence and being subjecting to third degree interrogation.
Such persons should be released immediately as they are trying to protect themselves against the attacks, he said.
Explaining the sequence of events, the BJP leaders claimed that the town has seen frequent communal clashes and raised doubts of there being a sinister plan to change the demographic profile of the area. Several houses and shops were burnt wantonly on the night of May 7 and there were indiscriminate stabbings.
Two seriously injured have been brought to the capital for treatment.
There was another heinous incident of a minor girl violated but the police not taking action on time, they said.
The police have been unable to act freely and fairly due to the political interference.
Therefore, the party strongly feels that the current laxity of the government and local administration in dealing sternly with regard to communal violence would lead to anti-national forces raising their spectre and disturbing the communal harmony across the country, the memorandum added.
