DEHRADUN: A merchants’ physique in Uttarakhand’s Khansar city in Chamoli district, round 260km from Dehradun, has “handed a decision” asking about 15 Muslim households to depart the city by Dec 31. A few of them have been in Chamoli for many years.
The decision was handed on Wednesday throughout a gathering of the vyapar mandal, following a ‘chetna’ (consciousness) rally in Maithan market of Khansar on the identical day.TOI has accessed a video of the rally wherein the contributors, largely native merchants, could possibly be purportedly seen elevating provocative slogans.
Former merchants’ physique president Virendra Singh, who’s now president of Maithan Seva Samiti, advised TOI the decision was handed “unanimously” as “preventive motion.”
Rs 10,000 high quality for many who absorb Muslim tenants: Chamoli council
A gathering of the vyapar mandal in Uttarakhand’s Khansar city in Chamoli Wednesday handed a decision asking Muslim households to depart the city by Dec 31.
Virendra Singh, president of Maithan Seva Samiti, advised TOI, “Through the assembly, it was determined that each one such households ought to depart earlier than Dec 31. Failing to take action will appeal to authorized and punitive motion not solely in opposition to these households but additionally in opposition to those that hire out their homes or institutions to them. Such landlords will even face a penalty of Rs 10,000.”
Singh added, “Furthermore, it has been determined to ban all hawkers from getting into villages in Khansar valley. Any hawker caught doing enterprise will face a penalty of Rs 10,000 and authorized motion. These selections have been taken to stop any felony incident in opposition to Hindu girls by members of the minority neighborhood within the wake of comparable incidents in different cities.” TOI has a duplicate of the decision mentioning the 2 selections by the merchants’ physique.
A minority neighborhood member, requesting anonymity, mentioned, “None of us have been ever concerned in any felony incident. The motion is not only an try to disturb communal concord but additionally to oust us as a result of vested enterprise pursuits.”
Chamoli SP Sarvesh Panwar mentioned police have been “‘not conscious” of any such incident. “We’ll examine the matter and take applicable authorized motion, if wanted ,” mentioned Panwar.
Khansar valley contains 11 gram panchayats. In Sept, Hindutva teams took out procession in Gopeshwar city of Chamoli district following violence in opposition to Muslim retailers at Nandghat. They sought verification of all “outsiders” following allegations of harassment allegedly by a Muslim youth . At the least 10 households from minority neighborhood, together with a BJP functionary, have been compelled to flee after receiving loss of life threats.
