Forced out of business in Gujarat, 10 Muslim traders approach Minority Commission
March 30, 2013 in Economy, Indian Muslim | 0 Comment
By Muslim Mirror News,
New Delhi, March 30: All is not well in Gujarat as the chief minister Narendra Modi or the media tries to make one believe. Complaining hostile situation in the state, some 10 Muslim traders from the state have approached National Commission for Minorities for help. The businesses of these men were damaged in communal violence that took place on the eve of 11th anniversary of Gujarat 2002 riot this year.
According to English daily DNA today, Minority Commission chief Wajahat Habibullah has accepted their complaints and written a letter to Gujarat government seeking its reply.
Of the 10 businessmen, nine had filed complaint last month. Mustafa Patel, the latest and 10th Muslim trader forced out of their business in Gujarat, filed his complaint with NCM on Thursday. According to the daily, hotelier Mustafa Patel has claimed to have shut down his Jyoti Hotel on Viramgam highway, 90 minute drive from Ahmedabad, after receiving threats. Patel claimed local politicians forced him to close down his business on 9th February this year. He told NCM that despite court orders police have not provided him any protection.
The victim Muslim businessmen are Kasim Ahmed (scrap dealer), Ahmed Airf (minerals), Farooq Bhai (power production unit), Yakub Mohammad (mineral production), Saifudin Ali (power production), Ahmed Khoka (power), Shabir Bhai (mineral production), Majid Khan (power) and Harun Abdul Malajher (mines). These are the people whose businesses were attacked during violence this past February and earl this March.
On 18th March, ANHAD in Delhi had released video clips of the communal violence that took place in Chota Udaipur on Feb 12, March 8 and March 11 this year. According to the civil rights group, on the eve of the 11th anniversary of Gujarat pogrom this past February and early March, Vadodara witnessed burning of several businesses of minority community but media simply ignored the news.
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On 11th Gujarat riot anniversary, minority businesses burnt in Vadodara
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