TMC MP Mahua Moitra has approached a UN Special Rapporteur, alleging that Muslim IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal were excluded from official programmes attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
In a letter to UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Professor Nicholas Levrat, Moitra claimed that three senior officers were removed from or prevented from attending events during Shah’s visits to the state in July and August. She alleged that officers from other religious communities were allowed to remain at the programmes. PTI reported that the claims could not be independently verified.
Moitra named Siliguri Police Commissioner Waqar Raza, West Bengal Police Special Task Force chief Javed Shamim and senior IAS officer Khalil Ahmed. She described the alleged incidents as a pattern of “deliberate exclusion” and said such treatment could affect the sense of trust and security among minority communities.
The TMC leader urged the Special Rapporteur to seek an explanation from the Indian government regarding the alleged exclusions and identify the authority responsible for them. She also requested the preservation of CCTV footage, tour diaries and other records related to Shah’s visits.
Moitra referred to provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in her complaint.
She had raised the issue on social media days earlier, following which a police complaint was filed against her and she was summoned to the Diamond Harbour police station.
