The camp is alleged to be a part of an effort to coach cadres to fight “love jihad”.
Guwahati:
After a video of an arms coaching camp organised by the right-wing group Rashtriya Bajrang Dal in Assam went viral on social media, the police immediately mentioned that they’ve initiated a probe into the case.
A video has emerged displaying 350 younger males being educated in using firearms, martial arts, and survival expertise. The camp is alleged to be a part of an effort to coach cadres to fight “love jihad,” a time period utilized by right-wing teams to allege that Muslim males “lure” Hindu ladies to transform by means of marriage.
“Reference Mangaldai video – SP @Darrang_Police has been instructed to register a case underneath applicable sections of legislation & examine the matter and take lawful motion. @assampolice @CMOfficeAssam,” tweeted senior Assam police officer GP Singh.
Reference Mangaldai video – SP @Darrang_Police has been instructed to regsiter a case underneath applicable sections of legislation & examine the matter and take lawful motion. @assampolice@CMOfficeAssam
— GP Singh (@gpsinghips) July 31, 2023
Opposition events have additionally written to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, demanding that the organisers of the camp be arrested.
Chief Minister Sarma, who has been a vocal critic of “love jihad,” mentioned that he desires peaceable coexistence between Hindus and Muslims within the state. Nonetheless, he additionally acknowledged that “points like jihad and forceful non secular conversions create tensions.”
“In addition to, an act shall be carried out quickly within the state by means of which the marriageable age shall be legally fastened for all communities, a number of marriages shall be stopped and extra legislative steps shall be taken in order that when arrests are made for violating the norms, the accused don’t get bail,” Mr Sarma mentioned on Saturday, as quoted by information company PTI.
The Chief Minister’s remarks had been made towards the backdrop of the sensational triple homicide in Golaghat, the place a 25-year-old Muslim man killed his Hindu spouse and her dad and mom.
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