By Kusum Arora
Jalandhar: Five days after they were booked for ransacking a school bus over allegations of hitting a ‘Kanwar’, the religious pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva in Haryana’s Ratia town, a group of Hindu organisations on Saturday (August 3) held a protest demanding the cancellation of FIR against them. Ratia sub falls under Fatehabad district, Haryana.
Raising slogans like ‘Tandav Hoga’ and ‘Shiv Shankar ka yeh apmaan, nahi sahega Hindustan’, the Hindu organisations primarily led by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal under the banner of ‘Samast Shiv Bhakts’ also demanded a cross FIR against a local councillor Gurpreet Singh. They blamed the councillor of using derogatory language against the kanwariyas and instigating the crowd on July 30.
Earlier in the day, the Hindu outfits held a meeting at Grain Market, Ratia and handed over a complaint to Fatehabad Police in this case on Saturday evening. The Hindu outfit leaders blamed the police for one-sided action and demanded further probe against those involved from the other group. They also threatened that if the police failed to take any action, they would give a nationwide call to Hindu organisations.
What was the issue?
As per reports, a school bus of Akal Academy, Ratia carrying 37 school children and three women teachers was ransacked on Tohana Road in Haryana on July 30 morning, after it’s driver Swaran Singh accidentally hit a ‘Kanwar’ from the rear. The videos of the incident, where over 40 to 50 people ransacked the bus went viral on social media.
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