Jeddah: Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), an organization of Islamic countries, has criticized the Indian government over eviction of hundreds of Muslim families from government land in Assam.
The OIC, on its official Twitter handle, called the police action in Darrang district in India’s northeastern state of Assam in September during the alleged eviction of hundreds of Muslim families from government land as “systematic violence and harassment”. Two local Muslim civilians were killed during this action.
After the incident, the Assam government ordered a judicial inquiry into the matter and said that the investigation would be headed by a retired judge of the Gauhati High Court.
In a statement released on Twitter on Thursday evening, the OIC called the media coverage of the matter shameful and appealed to the Government of India to behave responsibly.
The Organization of Islamic Countries in its statement has appealed to the Indian government to provide security to Muslim minorities and to respect all their religious and social fundamental rights. It has also been said in the statement that the best way to resolve any issue within national sovereignty is through mutual dialogue.
What happened in Assam
Violent clashes were witnessed in three Nabar Dholpur village of Assam’s Darrang district on September 23 during police action to remove ‘illegal encroachments’, in which two people were killed in which one person was killed by police bullets. According to the administration’s claim, eight policemen were injured.
OIC’s opinion on Kashmir
This is not the first time that the OIC has issued a statement regarding violence against minorities particularly Muslims of India. The OIC has been opposing the decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Web Desk
