Thread by @Inquilabo

Accordingng to the police & locals,the violence which broke out in this part of Hooghly dist #Telinipara West Bengal was a planned, systematically executed attack targeting the #Muslim residents.
The locals allege that the attack was carried out by people coming from ‘outside’.

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You can see whose prop were damaged. So many petrol bombs were used that the road is completely covered with pieces of glass. I guess they used acid too,as liquid from a bottle discoloured a wall

They came in such large numbers & with so much ammu, we couldn’t even resist them

The whole incident started at around 12:30-1:00 pm on May 12. Police was called ,However, the police came only after 2:30 pm.only about 10-12 police came initially.Mob attacked the police also. By the time police reinforcements arrived, it was 4 pm & the damage was already done.”

The name ‘Saad’ could still be spotted on the blackened wall. A mazhar (a #Muslim shrine) opposite the Bhadreswar fire brigade station had been vandalised; from the road, we could see broken bricks and torn flags lying on the floor inside the shrine

We were astonished to find #Muslim-owned photocopying, grocery & meat shops were scorched, while two Hindu-owned grocery & tailor shops stood  intact next to them.We found several battery-operated rickshaws, motorbikes, cycles and a small tempo, all completely burned,

One house on the street, identifiable as belonging to a Hindu family with its ‘Om’ was peculiarly damaged on only one side, while the other side appeared untouched.A cylinder burst in the Muslim house next to this (Hindu) house, and the impact damaged the wall of the latter house

See, there is no damage to that shop. Now, read the name written on it.The attack was planned & some locals were involved. Otherwise it’s not possible for outsiders to pinpoint each house . Also, the amount of petrol bombs used here shows that the attackers came well prepared.

“Those people were armed with iron rods, stones and petrol bombs and were chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’. They wanted to destroy us. They burned down my new xerox machine. I pleaded to them with folded hands, but they didn’t listen. Now, we have nothing, other than what we are wearing

“Apart from the photocopy shop which was charred, we have two more shops, both rented out to Hindus. Nothing happened to those shops. What more evidence do we need to prove we (#Muslims) have been targeted?”

The Jagatdal area forms part of the Barrackpur parliamentary constituency, whose sitting MP is the locally influential #BJP member of parliament (MP), Arjun Singh. Salim alleged that Singh’s men came in small boats to Telinipara from the direction of the Gondalpara.

Anandabazar Patrika– the largest circulated newspaper in Bengal – was spreading false and inflammatory news about the Telinipara incident. The ‘news’ portal, which became active on April 7, has subsequently been taken down.

Twitter & Facebook users also shared these fake images

An India Today fact-checking team found that images of unrelated violence in another country were passed off as purported anti-Hindu riots in #Telinipara Hooghly , west bengal

indiatoday.in/fact-check/sto…

Locals said that not a single #politician visited them. Many allege that Indranil Sen of the ruling All Indian Trinamool Congress, hardly ever visits.They further alleged that Sen,who is also minister of state for information and cultural affairs, becomes active only at elections

There is multiple evidence on the ground to show that #Muslim houses and shops were singled out and strategically targeted , in #Telinpara , Hooghly west bengal

The locals allege that the attack was carried out by people coming from ‘outside’.
thewire.in/communalism/gr…

BJP MP Arjun Singh shares video of bleeding Muslim men as Hindus attacked in #Telinipara , Hooghly ,West Bengal , so does many others users on social media

altnews.in/bjp-mp-arjun-s…

Police on Saturday filed a case against $BJP’s Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee & Barrackpore MP Arjun Singh for allegedly inciting violence at #Telinipara in Hooghly district.

The police did not disclose the IPC sections that had been slapped against them
indianexpress.com/article/cities…