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Left Turns Right
Left Turns Right
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Publication: The Milli
Gazette - Indian Muslim's First English Language Newspaper
Date: October 1-15,
2000
Patna: About a dozen
lives were lost at Narkopi village of Ranchi district of south Bihar in
a class war having communal overtones. The activists of the outlawed
Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) attacked the village market on 13 September
and killed seven Muslims. According to reports the attackers indulged
in selective killing only after identifying them. It is reported
that they came in search of the leader and activists of Ali Sena, the peasant
organization formed to combat the MCC. However, it could not yet
be known whether they managed to eliminate its leaders or killed innocent
Muslims only. Muslims quickly retaliated. Once the attackers
fled, they organized themselves and gave a hot chase and killed three of
the extremists. All of them were tribals. This not the first
time when the MCC has targeted the Muslims in the area. Nine Muslims
were killed in similar fashion by the MCC at Lota village in Palamu district.
What is strange is that though there are several ultra left outfits active
in the area, it is only the MCC which is at loggerheads with the Muslims.
The first such attack on Muslims by this outfit took place in jungles of
Gaya district in 1989. Initially they targeted only landlords from
Pathan, following which Sunlight Sena was formed. In this process
the MCC has lost the support of poor Muslims and has turned to be communal.
After last year's Lota carnage there were several news reports in newspapers
regarding its close links with the RSS. Gradually this left out fit
has turned right.
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