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The situation in Kolkata is more terrifying than in Dhaka

Kolkata (Bengal) – On 9thAugust 2024, a 31-year-old lady doctor was raped and brutally murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city. This incident has once again brought the dire state of law and order in Kolkata, to the forefront. Thousands of doctors across the country have taken to the streets to protest against this incident. From a Hindu perspective, the situation in Kolkata, the capital of Bengal, is more dreadful than in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh which is an Islamic country. When an anti-Hindu incident occurs in Dhaka, at least the media can bring it forth. However, when something similar happens in Kolkata, many times such incidents don’t even reach the media. Some Hindu leaders in Kolkata and Dhaka shared this information with a representative of ‘Sanatan Prabhat.’ Upon investigating this plight, several horrifying incidents from the past 40 years came to light.

Some Horrific Incidents in Kolkata

1. March 1984 : Vinod Kumar Mehta, a Hindu Deputy Police Commissioner was brutally mutilated and killed

Vinod Kumar Mehta, a Hindu Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Kolkata city, was brutally murdered in the Muslim-majority area of ‘Garden Reach’ in the city. His body was dismembered into very small pieces by mincing.  DCP Mehta had gone with a small Police force to take action against illegal activities carried out in that area, when he was killed. About a month later, R.K. Handa, an officer from Uttarakhand, was appointed in his place. Known as ‘Handa’s stick,’ Handa intended to take action against illegal activities in the Garden Reach area. He had mentioned that he needed the support of his fellow Police officers and juniors for this, but he was not given the required help.

2. May 1990 : Bantala Gang Rape Case

Anita Diwan, a lady officer working for the Health Department of the West Bengal Government, was raped and murdered by some goons of the then ruling CPI(M) party. Two other lady officers were also assaulted but they survived. A lady doctor fainted on the spot while performing the post-mortem on Anita Diwan as she found a one-foot-long metal torch inserted into Anita’s private parts. The United Nations had provided financial assistance to some villages in Bengal, where massive corruption took place under the CPI(M)-run Panchayats. Anita had discovered this corruption and was returning to Kolkata with all the evidence when CPI(M) goons attacked her. A Bengali film titled ‘The Red Files’ was released in March 2024, depicting this entire incident.

3. November 2007 : Muslims’ riot to expel Taslima Nasreen

Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who had written the book ‘Lajja’ on the plight of Hindu women in Bangladesh, had taken refuge in Kolkata. Some maulanas had issued a fatwa against her. In November 2007, thousands of Muslims, led by the ‘All India Minority Forum,’ took to the streets in central Kolkata. They blocked several roads, and during the ensuing violence, 35 Police officers were injured, along with many others sustaining serious injuries. Two CPI(M) offices were also vandalised. Due to this violence, Taslima Nasreen was safely relocated to Rajasthan.

4. February 2009 : Vandalising ‘The Statesman’ office over an alleged blasphemous article against Islam

The British daily ‘The Independent’ had written an article about Islam, which was published by ‘The Statesman,’ one of India’s oldest newspapers. Thousands of Muslims took to the streets in Kolkata, surrounded the office of the said newspaper, and vandalised it. The Police were forced to arrest the editor and publisher of the newspaper and compelled them to tender apology.

5. February 2012 : Park Street Rape Case

This incident occurred in the Park Street area of the city. A 37-year-old woman, Suzette Jordan, who was the mother of two children and had acquired Indian citizenship, was gang- raped. The main accused in this case, Kader Khan, was the boyfriend of actress Nusrat Jahan at the time. In 2020, Nusrat Jahan became an MP from Basirhat on a Trinamool Congress ticket.

6. February 2013 : Murder of Hindu Police Sub-Inspector Tapas Chowdhury by a Trinamool Congress Worker

Violence broke out outside the entrance of Harimohan Ghosh College in Kolkata in the backdrop of student union elections. To control the situation, Police Sub-Inspector Tapas Chowdhury used force. Hundreds of Policemen present at the place of incident just stood there as spectators. Meanwhile, a Trinamool Congress member named Suwan, who was
also the bodyguard of local Trinamool Congress leader Mohammed Iqbal, opened fire and shot down Chowdhury. This college is also located in the Muslim- dominated ‘Garden Reach’ area.

Editorial Perspectives

  • If this is the situation in Kolkata, the capital of Bengal, one can imagine the state of affairs in the entire Bengal State.
  • Why the Union Government does not impose the President’s Rule in Bengal for the protection of Hindus ? How many more incidents should occur before the Union Government takes a decisive action ?
  • Hindus must realise that establishing Hindu Rashtra is the only option left for their protection, and they should work towards it.

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