Forced Convergence and Killing of Hindus in Sindh

The brutal murder of 4 Hindu doctors in their clinic in Chak town close to district Shikarpur, Sindh about three weeks ago are still being condemned widely. The brutal act was conducted by armed men of Bhayo tribe, a baradari in Shikarpur district. The head
of Bhayo baradari is district president of PPP.

As per the details of incident, first the murderers had tried to kidnap Hindu girls and tried to forcibly convert them into Islam and when the Hindu community took strong notice then the Bhayo tribe people did an ambush at the clinic and Dr Ashok, Dr Naresh,
Dr Ajeet and Dr Satia Paul were killed by armed assailants while working in their clinic even on Eid day.

This is an inhuman, immoral and illegal Brutality against those who serve the people as doctors and savors. This act is a black dot on the face of secular, progressive and tolerant identity of Sindhi society.

This is not the first time such an incident has taken place where members of Hindu community have been targeted. What is of concern is that the law enforcement agencies tend to support the criminals involved in such acts.

Religious minorities, vulnerable groups and women are the victim of an ANTI-HUMAN mindset comprised of local feudals, tribal chief, religious extremists and local agencies. They collaborate with each other to weaken the state writ and to develop their own
hegemony.

Their being in power have collapsed the entire law and order and justice systems and paralyzed the administrative institutions to demonstrate their duties. And subsequently there is no state writ in these areas. In wake of the incident, the human rights activists
and the bereaved families have appealed to the government, political parties and civil society to take notice of this brutality and religious fascism and specially government to make arrangements to protect the citizens.

They appealed to Asif Ali Zardari to immediately suspend PPP district Shikarpur president so-called sardar Bhayo, orders must immediately be issued to arrest him and all other culprits, who are exploiting local administration. They also appealed the Chief Justice
of Pakistan to take Suo Motto notice of the targeting of Hindus in parts of Sindh.

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Posted by Fayyaz Yaseen on Nov 30 2011. Filed under Opinion, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry