The False Facade of Civility and Democracy

Kolkata ,India Period: Emergency. One day we woke up around midnight by the sound of battering ,howls shrieks and whimpers. The words:" mago mago" i.e "o mother o mother"rent the air. It suggested that the victims were Bengalis this time. I was having a near spasmodic attack out of disgust, frustration,worry and anger. There is none on the earth who could stop this brazen blood cuddling torture in the open not even the police. The beatings and battering went on till dawn.They were 13-14 persons with their hands tied behind their backs and made to stand in one line. The two ends of the thick rope tied to two electric poles across the street. The victims who fell unconscious would be splashed with water and again battered till they passed out. At dawn when muezzins' call for prayer went up, the limp bodies were untied and thrown into a closed van- some in conscious state and some in unconscious state and taken to some undisclosed location. It was not possible for anybody to know who the victims were and where they had been taken to. The spot got soiled with faeces urine vomit and blood which was washed with water. The criminals had herded some early risers and forced them to do the clean up.I know the names of few of the perpetuators. Their names are Umar (the don) Aftab Khurshid Abshaar Rafique Salaam his younger brother whose name I am forgetting, Shahjahan and some others who were not locals.

Police Commissioner Cut to Pieces

This is another chilling incident of another area of Kolkata known as Gardenreach Area. It was the occasion of Hindu festival of holi. In this area a minor clash took place between the Muslim and Hindu ruffians. It is said that some Hindu ruffians had chopped off a branch of a tree from the compound of Muslim family. Exchange of hot talks lead to brick batting with others joining the issue. Mr. I.S Mehta the district commissioner of police undertook a patrol of the area as a preemptive measure in the evening when dusk was about to settle. He entered the narrow lanes of the area with a battalion of armed police left far behind. He was a little ahead of them with his two bodyguards with him. They Mr. Mehta and his bodyguards seemed vanished into the thin air. The other day his body and those of his bodyguards were recovered from an abandoned dilapidated structure in a badly dilapidated condition. The criminals and ruffians of the area predictably made good with their escape. The people of the area who were living in perpetual and endemic terror of the criminals now were the target of indiscriminate torture of the police. Men women and children would stand in long queues during evening hours to receive beatings in the police stations and out posts. Men after men and women after women come out from the police station crying. Double victims. The perpetuator Md Idris was arrested from the village of one Forward Block minister in West Bengal Assembly. His nexus with the minister was well known.But what made him and his gang members to take such an extreme step is still a mystery. He died in custody the next day before spilling the beans

Life snuffed out from this chinese 4 years old kid

It was around 4 pm in the evening I learnt that a chinese boy 4 years old was killed by Abdul Rab. Abdul Rab is an associate of Umar/Somen Mitra The member of Bengal Legislative Assembly Gang. Abdul Rab his brother Shahjahan and haroon are notorious killers as well.They maintain their own separate gang based at Damzen Lane Kolkata also under Bowbazar Police Station Jurisdiction.Lal bazar the Kolkata Police Headquarters is 10 minutes walk from here.The Chinese boy was fondling with the jawa motorcycle belonging to Abdul Rab parked a couple of meters away from his house. Abdul Rab who returned by the time from his home meanwhile. He hit the boy in the middle of his head with a long key which was in his key ring. The boy fell dead like fly on the lane. Abdul Rab went away in his motor cycle without any consideration and remorse.The culprit was never booked. Nor the parent of the victim think of seeking justice for that would only mean jumping in the pit of fire such is the situation in the land of progressive communist in Kolkata the earstwhile british capital of India.

Whimpers in the next room!

They were seven of them sharing the room next to us with separate entry were all Bengali Muslims in the age range 45-50 ,hailing from rural Bengal . They used to sell and repair umbrella door to door. We were born and grew up before them Criminals had asked them to vacate the room. So they entered their place. And started hitting them all with thick wooden sticks had failed to meet the dead line. It was around 2pm in the night that they started vacating their house of belongings which was the part of the homestead for decades .They started piling up on the side walk panicky fearful and sad with tears blurring their vision. And anger at their helplessness .It is the heart of city of Kolkata ruled by much touted progressive communists.We all - members of the family woke up because of cries and wimpers feely terribly sad and scared. My mother cursed " why God doesn't punish them?" from her bed where she was lying. You cant even imagine going to police surely cent percent you'd loose one or more of your dear ones or disabled for life or receiving grievous injuries and then you'd see the goons making fun of you!