[Marxistindia] Condemn Vigilantism, Punish the Guilty

[news from the cpi(m)]

November 13, 2017

Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

Condemn Vigilantism, Punish The Guilty

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the
gruesome killing of Ummar Khan, a farmer, who was attacked along with
Tahir Khan and Javed Khan with whom he had purchased cows in Alwar. One of
them Javed Khan is reported missing. All three of them were beaten and
also shot at by so-called gau rakshaks. It is more shocking that the
Rajasthan Police registered a case against the victims and has allowed the
vigilantes to go scot free.

Very recently the Supreme Court had given strict instructions to the
Central and state governments to prevent such attacks and take strict
action in such incidents of vigilantism. It had in fact said that in every
district a senior police officer should be designated to be responsible
for this. It had also said that proper compensation should be paid to the
victims.

The Polit Bureau demands that the Centre and the Rajasthan government
abides by the directions of the Supreme Court and ensures that the
culprits are brought to book and that the families of the victims are
compensated adequately and assured of justice.

It also demands that the Central Government bans all such gangs indulging
in cow vigilantism and moral policing.





(Hari Singh Kang)
For Central Committee Office