Police in Nagothane (District Raigad) shirk responsibility of search operation for Bangladeshi illegal immigrants

  • Action will be taken after information is provided by citizens and Police

  • Police informed through letter that applications of complaints of Hindutva devotees have been disposed of

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Nagothane (Raigad district) – No Bangladeshi nationals have been found living here. A letter has been sent to the Police to provide their information. Pohwa Nagothane Police Station, Police Officer M.V. Lagi has sent a letter to H.B.P. Bapu Maharaj Raokar of the Warkari community stating that immediate action will be taken as soon as information about the whereabouts of the infiltrators is received. In this letter, the Police have shirk their responsibility by saying that ‘the applications of complaints of Hindutva loyalists have been settled’. (What is the use of Police who remain anonymous by giving the responsibility of catching Bangladeshi infiltrators to the Police and citizens ? – Editor)

Police responded to complainant H.B.P. Bapu Maharaj Raokar

The letter names Shri Shivpratishthan Hindustan, Hindu Janajagruti Manch, Nagothane and Rashtriya Warkari community.

1. H.B.P. of the Warkari community on behalf of Hindutva loyalist organizations in Nagothane. Bapu Maharaj Raokar had demanded in a statement to the Kolad Police Station that ‘a search campaign should be launched for Bangladeshi infiltrators by verifying the Aadhaar cards of residents, workers, handcart vendors, and mobile vendors in the Nagathane area’.

2. The Police have taken note of it and appealed to the citizens of the village to ‘immediately report any information about Bangladeshis to the Kolad Police Station if they get it.’

3. In a letter sent to H.B.P. Bapu Maharaj Raokar, the police have said that they have received a complaint application seeking to track down Bangladeshi infiltrators in Nagathane and take strict action against them. Accordingly, a public notice has been prepared to report information about Bangladeshis to the Nagathane Police Station and it has been pasted in a public place in Nagathane.

4. The Police have clarified in this letter that 16 workers of contractor Dinesh Ghag and 16 workers of Kanse Enterprises are residing in Miranagar and Ramnagar to unload cement and other goods from goods trains at Nagothane railway station. They are residents of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, as per their Aadhaar cards.

5. It was suspected that these workers are Bangladeshis.

Editorial Perspectives

  • When it is necessary for the police to carry out the search operation for Bangladeshi infiltrators, the police who shift that responsibility onto others are being passive ! Who will be responsible if the number of Bangladeshi infiltrators increases tomorrow and law and order deteriorates ?
  • When will they realize that it is the responsibility and duty of the police to search for Bangladeshi infiltrators ?