Attacks on North Indians: SC Issuess Notice to Maha Govt

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New Delhi: Taking serious note of the recent attacks against North Indians in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court has issued a notice to the state government on the issue of protection of non-Marathis.

In its notice, the SC has asked the Vilasrao Deshmukh government about the steps it has taken to protect the life and property of people from outside the state. The state government has four weeks to respond.

The apex court’s notice comes in response to a Public Interest Litigation which sought protection for non-Marathis. It alleged that North Indians are unsafe in Maharashtra and that the state government was not doing nothing to protect them.

The PIL stated that in a situation like the one being witnessed in Maharashtra, the Centre should intervene.

The petition was first heard on Friday. The court had noted that prima facie, there is a lack of political will. It further observed that if there is a political will, such incidents could be averted.

It may be noted that in recent months, there has been an upsurge in violence against migrants from North India in Maharashtra. The latest round of attacks began after activists of Raj Thackrey’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena attacked North Indian candidates appearing for a railway exam last month.

This was followed by a series of attacks against North Indians. The latest victim of this tirade was Rohit Raj, a young boy from Patna, who was shot dead in a police ‘encounter’ after he allegedly took a BEST bus hostage on gun point.



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