MP
Christians up in arms, demand CBI probe into 'profiling' order
Wednesday April 20, 2011 07:54:11 AM,
Pervez Bari, ummid.com
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Bhopal:
The Christian community in the Bharatiya Janata Party, (BJP), ruled
central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are up in arms and seething
with anger over the state government's attempted move to profile
them. The profiling order has been, however, withdrawn following
strong reaction from the community.
Addressing a Press conference here on Tuesday Rev. Leo Cornelio, the
Catholic Archbishop of Bhopal, has demanded a probe by the Central
Bureau of Investigation, (CBI), India's premier investigating
agency, into the controversial police order on "profiling" them
which was later withdrawn by the Madhya Pradesh government.
Rev. Cornelio alleged that the community members were being treated
as "second grade citizens". He informed that Christians will be
meeting Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on April
21 in connection with the withdrawn controversial order as it has
come following statewide attacks on our community in the last seven
years. He said that the religious body wanted a detailed probe by a
central agency into the order as it is an "indication of more
trouble in offing for Christians".
"We are being treated as the second grade citizens," he said and
claimed that the Christians "are living under fear in the state".
Rev. Cornelio, who is also chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Bishops
Conference, said that the community members wanted the central
agency to probe the person who had issued the order, the officers'
responsible for executing it and motive behind 'profiling'.
"The order came at a juncture when more than 100 attacks have taken
place on Christians in the last seven years," he alleged. "Frivolous
and mischievous allegations of religious conversion were being
leveled against the clerics," the pontiff alleged.
It may be mentioned here that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh
had recently been in the eye of a storm over a police circular to
profile Christians and churches in the state but the move was
dropped following protests by members of the minority community. The
controversial circular which directed all police stations in the
state to profile the Christian community was withdrawn by the Police
Head Quarter, (PHQ), of Bhopal. The Director General of Police (DGP)
S. K. Raut has said that he "did not" issue the controversial order.
The Director General of Police (Intelligence) has been probing the
matter it is said.
(pervezbari@eth.net)
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