With the rise in the cases, where students of South Asia’s leading Islamic seminary, Darul Uloom Deoband were alleagedly beaten up by miscreants in past one month, a delegation of seminary authorities met Samajawadi Party (SP) Chief, Mualyam Singh Yadav on Wednesday demanding to acttion against the miscreants.
The delegation comprising Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Naib-Mohtamim), Maulana Abdul Khaleeq Madrasi and two members of Majlis-e-Shura (Executive Committee), Maulana Anwarur Rehman and Maulana Badruddin Ajmal met Mulayam Singh to discuss over the issue. “SP Chief have assured the delegation that he will look into the matter and giulty will not be spared,” Public Relation Officer of Seminary, Ashraf Usmani told The Pioneer.
Usmani said in past one month, the cases of beating seminary studetns espically in trains has increased as on an average two cases per day was reported everday. “Travelling on trains have become vernurable for a parlicular community as many cases have come into light. We have sent several memorandums to Ministry of Railways and Union Ministry of Home Affair, requesting them to act immediately for curbing the rising incidents. So far the centre had not responded,” he alleged.
There were many students of seimnary, who were allegedly beaten in trains and even on roads for the unknown reason by the miscreants. “We have been recived many cases where the studetns were beaten on Meerut-Muzaffarnagar route while a few cases on Shamli-Saharanpur route. We don not know the reason why such cases are on the rise,” said Usmani.
A few months back too such cases were reported. After which the Seminary directed the students to remain calm and not to enage in any kind of fights. They were directed to report about incident directly to seminary authorities. Usmani said police administration and government railway police (GRP) have failed to stop the menace by micreants. Our delegation have met Chief Minister too few weeks back over the issue.
As per seminary sources, fresh directions had been given to the studetns. They have been asked not to travel in trains during night hours and if they are being allegdely beaten somwhere, they should contact seminary immediatly.