New Delhi: The BJP today demanded a
judicial inquiry into the recent Hyderabad riots alleging that
international terrorist organisation had helped local outfits
to specifically target Hindus during the violence.
A BJP fact-finding team, which today submitted its
report on the riots to party president Nitin Gadkari, claimed
that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen was involved in the violence
which was aimed at changing the demographic profile of the
city.
The report alleged that rioters attempted to intimidate
a section of people to vacate properties with an objective
to occupy or buy them at throwaway prices which flared the
riots. It accused the police and government of being
discriminatory towards Hindus.
"The team felt that international terrorist
organisations with the help of local outfits unleashed
systematic violence against Hindus with the larger design to
change the demography of the old city," the report said.
The team comprising spokespersons Prakash Javadekar and
Nirmala Sitharaman, Shanappa, Prahlad Joshi (Dharwad MP) and
Dr Laxman (BJP Secretary) had visited Hyderabad on April 7 to
meet the riot-affected people.
"The way the stones were pelted, the way people were
stabbed point to hands of trained professionals," the report
said.
The committee claimed it had interacted with reporters,
NGOs, public representatives of various political parties and
senior police officials.
"BJP demands a judicial probe into the recent riots in
Hyderabad. The party also demands immediate release of
compensation to all the victims, who lost lives and property
in the riots perpetuated by MIM fundamentalists," the main
opposition said in a statement.
"The riots were undoubtedly pre-planned attacks on Hindus
by the Congress and MIM combine," the report alleged.
The report accused the intelligence department of police
of miserably failing to track activities of ISI and other
terrorist organisations.
"The government has succumbed to the pressure from the
MIM. In fact, the arrests of Hindus is being done at their
behest, they are preparing the list. The helplessness of
police is visible in this aspect," the report alleged.
-PTI
