Jaipur Police alleges Muslim industrialists of funding Mosques in Hindu slums

JAIPUR: A letter written by the Rajasthan’s Additional DGP (Intelligence) to Jaipur’s civic and police authorities, alleging that a group of Muslim industrialists have been funding construction of Mosques in Hindu dominated slum areas of the Pink City by “luring” poor land owners to sell them off has caused a stir with civil rights group People Union for Civil Liberties ( PUCL) releasing a “fact-finding” report on Tuesday contesting police claims.

Apparently written to the Police Commissioner and District Collector of Jaipur on July 15, the letter authored by UR Sahu, ADG (Intelligence), had warned that “poor Hindu Community members, who live next to Muslim Abadi areas, arew being provided with incentives and their land sold for the Construction of religious places.” Sahu had apparently named Dr Iqbal of the Jamaat-e-Islami-Hind and prominent Muslim industrialists Habib Garnet, Sriaj Takat, Haji Rafat, Naeem Quereshi, Pappu Ouereshi, Gaffar Bhai Tent wala, among a couple of others.

Strongly contesting the letter’s assertions, PUCL has claimed that its own fact finding team has found that the purchases “seem to be part of regular property deals”.