UP: Muslim men posing as Hindus vandalise Sufi graves in Bijnor for communal riot, says police.

2 Muslim brothers pose as Hindus, desecrate mazaars to stir communal tension in UP’s Bijnor.

Vipin Awasthi | HENB | Lucknow | July 25, 2022:: Uttar Pradesh police have busted a communal plot in Bijnor district where two Muslim young men vandalised Sufi mazars to trigger communal tensions between two communities. The two accused have been identified by the police as two brothers, Mohd Adil and Mohammad Kamal. The accused tried to portray themselves as Hindus and were wearing saffron head scarfs. Both the men were spotted donning saffron turbans and destroying over 100 years old ‘Mazaars’ — Dargah Bhure Shah Baba and Jalalshah Baba along with Qutub Shah’s tomb — in Bijnor’s Sherkot area on Sunday evening. They also set on fire the ‘chaadar’ offered on the tomb. Police restored the position in all three places with the help of local people and senior clerics.

As per the highly-placed sources, both Adil and Kamal were being grilled by sleuths of the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad, Intelligence Bureau and Special Task Force to find out their motive behind the mischief. “A big communal conspiracy was prevented on July 24 under Sherkot Police Station limits. The district police got the information was received about two people ransacking Jalal Shah Mazar and burning several ‘chadar’,” said ADG (Law and order) Prashant Kumar.

“No doubt motive was to disrupt communal harmony. They attempted this on key day of Shiva Kanwar Yatra of Hindu people. Had police not been vigilant, it could have led to something serious. Case has been registered against both the accused and investigation is on,” said Prashant Kumar, ADG (Law & Order).

The ADG claimed that there were initial reports of desecration of a few religious books also but investigation showed that no damage to the religious inscriptions was done.

“No damage done to religious texts,” he emphasised. According to Kumar, the two accused are brothers by relation and had earlier desecrated the Qutub Shah Mazar in Sherkot.

“This whole matter shows attempts to soil the atmosphere amid the Kanwar Yatra. Field officers instructed to be more alert; continuous social media monitoring also underway,” ADG Kumar emphasised.

According to ADG (Law and Order), the information received so far claimed that accused Kamal had travelled to many countries, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and the investigation agencies would also probe this angle. Apart from the ATS, IB and STF, other central agencies are also expected to interrogate the men.

The incident came to light when some passers-by spotted the brothers carrying out the rampage and informed the police. Soon, the Bijnor DM and SP reached the spot and ordered to start the repair work on the three vandalized tombs immediately in order to avert a sensitive situation that could have snowballed into a big controversy and communal flare-up.

The timing of the incident is also suspect since it came just a day before Shivratri of Saawan month on Tuesday when huge movement of Hindu ‘Kanwariyas’ would be observed.

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__Inputs from TNIE, CNN 18, Times Now & India Today.

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