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Free Elgar Parishad political prisoners, demands Maharashtra CPI

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Against the backdrop of the revelations that there was no connection between the Elgar Parishad held in Pune on December 31, 2017 and the caste violence that erupted in Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded the immediate release of those arrested in connection with the incidents, here on Saturday.

CPI(M) Secretary Dr Uday Narkar said that the then Investigating Officer of Pune Police Ganesh More had made a deposition to the effect before Justice J. N. Patel Commission which probed the events.

“The Maharashtra State Committee of CPI(M) strongly demands that, in the light of the revelations, all the Bhima-Koregaon and Elgar Parishad political prisoners languishing in prisons must be released immediately,” demanded Dr Narkar.

The plea came a couple of days after human rights activists, lawyers, academicians and social groups urged for the release of all the prisoners as well as an impartial probe into the allegations of fabricating of evidence an tampering of electronic devices against the accused which have come to the fore, ahead of the sixth anniversary of those twin events.

Dr Narkar pointed out that the deposition by the then IO More “holds seminal importance for the life and well-being of those innocents” who have been spending an indefinite period of their life in unconstitutional confinement.

“One such, Fr Stan Samy – (Fr. Stanislaus Lourduswamy of Tamil Nadu) – an 84-year-old social worker, died in prison, was constantly and inhumanly denied his plea to go home where he could breathe his last. Does the Maharashtra government want the remaining ones also to meet a similar fate?” wondered Dr Narkar.

More has also stated under oath that the Hindutva leaders like Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote were responsible for the violence on January 1, 2018 – marking the 200th anniversary of the war between the Peshwas and the British East India Company.

Dr Narkar said that the then Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held the Home portfolio, and now has regained the same as the Deputy CM after the “thoroughly corrupt and immoral political coup”.

“The 16 innocents, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, are paying a heavy price for the cynical and evil designs of the RSS and BJP. These falsely accused citizens should be released and all the charges against them be withdrawn with no delay,” said Dr Narkar.

The CPI(M) also demanded that since the accused and their families have undergone tremendous hardships and trauma, all of them must be suitably compensated financially for their illegal incarceration.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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