கல்கத்தாவில் தஸ்லிமா எதிர்ப்பு பேரணி- கலவரம்- இந்துக்கடைகள் உடைப்பு

தஸ்லிமா நஷ்ரீனை இந்தியாவை விட்டு துரத்தவேண்டும் என்று கோரி கல்கத்தாவில் இஸ்லாமியர்களின் பேரணி நடந்தது.

இது வழக்கம்போல கலவரமாகி, பேரணியில் வந்தவர்கள், இந்துக்களின் கடைகளை வீடுகளை சூரையாட ஆரம்பித்தனர். (ஒரு சில இந்துக்கள் தங்கள் கடைகளையும் வீடுகளையும் பாதுகாக்க இந்த இஸ்லாமிய சகோதரர்களை எதிர்த்து போராடியிருப்பார்கள் என்று கருதுகிறேன். அந்த இந்துக்களை கண்டனம் செய்யும் பதிவுகளை மற்ற அறிவுஜீவி பதிவர்களின் பதிவுகளில் படிக்குமாறு கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன்)

மத்திய கல்கத்தா முழுவதும் நடந்த கலவரத்தினால் ஏராளமான இந்துக்கள் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர்.

ஊரடங்கு உத்தரவு கொண்டுவரப்பட்டு, இந்துக்களை பாதுகாக்க ராணுவம் கல்கத்தாவில் ரோந்து செய்கிறது.

Army deployed after Calcutta riot

Hundreds of soldiers are trying to keep peace in Calcutta
Troops have been deployed in the Indian city of Calcutta after protests over a controversial writer turned into riots.
Police using tear gas and baton charges were unable to control crowds calling for Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen to leave India.

Rioters blocked roads and set cars alight. At least 27 people were hurt. More than 100 arrests have been made.

Crowds were also protesting at recent attacks on Muslims in the Nandigram area in the east of West Bengal state.

A number of people have been killed and thousands left homeless in Nandigram after violence over now-abandoned state plans to industrialise farm land in the area.

Roads blocked

Wednesday's trouble in the state capital began after the predominantly Muslim All-India Minority Forum called for blockades on major roads in the city.

We have called out the army and they will help us restore order

Prasad Ranjan Ray,
State home secretary

The group said Ms Nasreen had "seriously hurt Muslim sentiments". Many Muslims say her writing ridicules Islam.

Police arrived in strength to disperse the demonstrators.

Violence then broke out in Ripon Street in the north of the city and spread to Park Circus, Moulali and many other areas of central Calcutta.

The BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta says he saw two army columns, one in Park Circus and one in Moulali.

For most of the day, parts of the city centre were a no-go area, with main roads closed to traffic and commuters stranded.

Children spent hours in buses before they could be returned to the safety of their schools.

"The protesters started pelting policemen with brick bats and acid bottles in several places, so we can say the trouble making was planned and co-ordinated," Calcutta police chief Gautam Chakrabarty said.

Idris Ali, a senior leader of the Minority Forum, blamed the state's ruling Communists for the violence.

"They have infiltrated our ranks and sparked the violence. We wanted to protest peacefully but the Marxists are trying to discredit us," Mr Ali told the BBC.

The Marxists denied the charge.

"We had no idea of their plans, they have planned the trouble, they must take the blame for this mayhem," Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Biman Bose said.

'Red terror'

The All-India Minority Forum says Taslima Nasreen's Indian visa should be revoked and she should be forced to leave the country.


Ms Nasreen faced death threats in her homeland

Critics say she called for the Koran to be changed to give women greater rights, but she vehemently denied making the comments.

Ms Nasreen fled Bangladesh in the early 1990s after death threats and has spent the last three years in Calcutta after a long stay in Europe.

India has not granted her citizenship which she has requested but has granted regular visa extensions.

Minority Forum leaders accuse West Bengal's government of "red terror" in the Nandigram enclave, a troubled cluster of villages to the south-west of Calcutta.

The state government denies it has failed to protect the people of the area from attacks by its supporters.