“Atiq Ahmed and his brother were killed barbarically by Hindu extremists in police presence. Such incidents shouldn’t just be condemned but also stopped,” Ahmed Karata and Jameel Mulla said in Bahraini Parliament.
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NEW DELHI — The cold-blooded murder of former Samajwadi Party lawmaker Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed in police custody in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh earlier this month had its echo in Bahraini Parliament last week.
Leaders in Bahrain’s Parliament raised concerns over Hindu extremism in India while discussing the murder of the two brothers by three persons who raised Hindutva slogans while committing the gruesome act.
“Atiq Ahmed and his brother were killed barbarically by Hindu extremists in police presence. Such incidents shouldn’t just be condemned, but also stopped,” reports reaching here quoted parliamentarians Ahmed Karata and Jameel Mulla as saying.
“We treat the Indian community with all respect in Bahrain and across Arab nations. No one disturbs the Hindu community here. In fact, they are defended. But what is happening to Muslims in India is unacceptable. Be it the Kingdom of Bahrain or other Gulf countries, this shouldn’t stop at condemnation alone. The extremist Indian government is going too far and must be stopped,” they said.
“Decisions have to be taken to stop the bloodshed of Muslims. All Arab nations should demand protection for Muslims in India,” they said.
“I request summon to the ambassador and hand him the condemnation letter, demanding the protection of Muslims in India,” Karata said.
Atiq had moved the Supreme Court for protection, claiming that he and his family have been falsely implicated in the Umesh Pal murder case and he might be killed in a fake encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police. “Atiq had said that there was a threat to his life from the police and the murder took place in the presence of the police, which everyone has seen,” Mulla said in Parliament.
Videos of the proceedings in the Bahrain Parliament have gone viral on social media. However, neither the Indian government nor Bahraini officials have reacted to the discussion yet.
Atiq and Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction while police personnel were escorting them to a medical college for a checkup. The killers shouted “Jai Shri Ram”, a slogan that has become a battle cry for Hindutva fanatics in their campaign against Muslims.
Atiq’s son, Asad, was also gunned down by the police in Jhansi two days before the Prayagraj killings.
The last rites of Ahmad’s son Asad, who was killed by Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on April 13, were performed just hours before the killing of Atiq Ahmed and his brother..
