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Holy Qur’an thrown into dustbin in
Jamshedpur
By Afsar Ali Jamshedpur
 The
crime of desecrating the Holy Qur'an was committed in Jamshedpur on 28
March. Sakchi Police (Jamshedpur) arrested two persons (Muhammad Sakir
Khan and Kaiser Raza, both residents of Buxar and Hind Pirihi
respectively) for desecrating the Holy Qur'an. Arrested under IPC section
295(A), they were sent to judicial custody on 29 March 2001.
The curious incident at Sakchi Jamshedpur set alarm bells ringing more so
because the Union Home Ministry had alerted all Chief Secretaries about
the possibility of such mischief. Citing incidents reported from Delhi,
Amritsar, Kanpur and Lucknow the Ministry warned state governments that
there could be a method in the madness and that such incidents could
occur. The communication bearing number 14015/1/2001-N1 (US/DV) was faxed
to the state government on 22 March. "While investigations are in
progress and some persons have been arrested, it is clear that some
elements are trying to incite communal violence in a systematic and
planned manner", the report said. The report predicted that similar
attacks could take place all over the country. "The situation becomes
all the more sensitive in the light of the forthcoming religious
festivals" it alerted. The Home Ministry recommended a number of
preventive steps , the first of which is to step-up intelligence
gathering. "Those who may be trying to incite communal tension may be
identified and a close watch kept on their activities--- if necessary
preventive arrests may be made" the report said.
Muhammad Shakir Khan was nabbed while throwing torn pages of the Holy
Qur'an in a dustbin at a public place at 11:00am near Karim Talkies in
Sakchi, Jamshedpur. Some passers-by, who were Muslims, spotted him while
committing the crime. They nabbed the culprit and handed him over to the
Sakchi police in Jamshedpur. On being interrogated Sakir Khan revealed
that one of his friends Kaiser Raza residing in Hind Pirhi (Ranchi) had
given him the Qur'an and other holy books and religious materials for
desecration. On the basis of this information the police went to Ranchi
and arrested Kaiser Raza from there.
The police has registered a case bearing number 40-2001 against Sakir Khan
and Kaiser Raza on the basis of a statement made by Sheikh Hassan Asghar,
a resident of Luka Road, Sakchi (Jamshedpur). Sheikh Hassan Asghar has
stated that he and his friends had nabbed the culprit and had subsequently
handed him over to the police.
The police say that they are investigating into the circumstances that led
Shakir Khan to desecrate the Holy Qur'an at a public place. Shailesh Kr.
Singh, DC and Amitabh Choudhary, SP, East Singhbhum have urged the people
not to pay attention to rumours and help the game of bad elements who want
to affect the peaceful atmosphere of the town. Mr. Singh and Mr. Choudhary
have exposed that on 19 March a Qur'an Sharif in a plastic bag was found
in garbage near the gate of Graduate Women’s College at Sakchi,
Jamshedpur. Since then police was alert.
According to sources Shakir, suspected to be mentally ill came to
Jamshedpur from Buxar and tried to stay at Jugsalai. Kaiser Raza is also
confirmed to be mentally ill. Doctors have been treating him at the Ranchi
Mental Hospital since July 1997. Members of Kaiser’s family say that ten
days before the incident in Jamshedpur, Kaiser had brought home a man who
seemed to be insane and was turned away by his family. They identified
that man when newspapers printed the picture of the person who desecrated
the Holy Qur'an in Jamshedpur.
Muslims are shocked and pained to know that the criminals, though insane,
belong to their own community. They say that a Muslim who believes in
Islam cannot commit such a crime because the Qur'an is not a worldly but a
heavenly book. Some Muslims say that the conspirators have taken advantage
of Shakir’s insanity and have desecrated the Qur'an to divert the
attention of the District Administration from the incident of 19 March
when a Qur'an Sharif was found in a dustbin near the gate of Graduate
Women’s college in the town. It is a matter of regret that the District
Administration has failed so far to trace the real conspirators. q |
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