Two Imams killed in separate incidents in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Two imams have been killed in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Maulana Akram, an imam in Moradabad District’s Bhensia village, was shot and killed by unidentified assailants.
In another incident, a 50-year-old imam, Fazlur Rahman, was found murdered in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district. His son, who was with him at the time of the incident, is reported to be mentally disabled.
Reports of the murder have come days after 67-year-old Maulana Farooq was killed in Pratapgarh’s Sonpur village. Farooq was the district general secretary of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind. Chandaram Tiwari.
A series of killings of Muslim clerics within a week raises serious questions about the safety of religious leaders in the BJP- ruled Indian state.
Shaukat Ali, president of All India Majlise-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Uttar Pradesh, slammed the BJP government for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
“Our Ulema are being murdered continuously in Uttar Pradesh; the BJP government is silent, the criminals are completely flouting the law and order, first in Pratapgarh, in Bhensia village, Maulana Akram Sahib was shot dead by unknown people. This is very sad,” said Ali.
