AAP team submits preliminary report on Ballabhgarh communal violence

The four-member fact finding team of the Aam Aadmi Party which extensively toured the communal-riot hit areas in Ballabhgarh district of Haryana, has submitted its preliminary report to the party leadership.

The team comprising Delhi MLAs Naresh Balyan and Amanatullah Khan, along with party leaders Abhas Chandela and Feroz Khan, has been asked to prepare a detailed report by Sunday evening.

In its preliminary finding, the AAP team has informed the party that poor Muslims residing in Atali village of Ballabhgarh district were targeted when they were offering evening prayers at a small Mosque on May 25.

The AAP team has also found that the local Police did not try to diffuse the communal tension and allowed the Muslims to be targeted. The team was also told that no FIR has been registered in this case so far.

The party has decided to send the detailed report of its fact finding team to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) so that it could take cognizance of extremely shocking situation in the vicinity of the national capital.

The AAP condemns the BJP’s state government’s indifference towards the plight of riot victims, who were forced to flee their homes and spend nights in tents.

Media reports clearly show that the riot was orchestrated over a five year old dispute. The state machinery preferred to turn a blind eye and allowed perpetrators to unleash violence over helpless villagers. The Haryana government appears to be punishing the victims for their religious identity.

The AAP expresses its anguish at BJP’s Haryana government’s insensitive way of dealing with the situation and failure to maintain communal harmony in Haryana.