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Moitra Alleges Muslim Officers Excluded From Shah Events
Mahua Moitra is a politician from the Trinamool Congress party.
She says three senior Muslim officers in West Bengal were kept out of official events.
The events happened during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visits in July and August.
She believes the officers were excluded because they are Muslim.
The officers named were Waquar Raza, Jawed Shamim and Khalil Ahmed.
Moitra sent her concerns to a United Nations expert who focuses on minority issues.
She asked the expert to seek answers from the Indian government.
She also asked officials to preserve camera footage and other records.
A police complaint was filed against Moitra after she first raised the allegations publicly.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra wrote to a UN minority-rights expert about alleged exclusion of Muslim officers from Amit Shah’s West Bengal events.
She cited Siliguri Police Commissioner Waquar Raza, Special Task Force chief Jawed Shamim and senior IAS officer Khalil Ahmed.
Moitra alleged the officers were asked to leave or told not to attend three official events during Shah’s July and August visits.
She said officers of other faiths were allowed to participate and described the incidents as deliberate exclusion.
Moitra asked the UN expert to seek an explanation from the Indian government and preserve CCTV footage and visit records.
- Who
- TMC MP Mahua Moitra made the allegations, naming officers Waquar Raza, Jawed Shamim and Khalil Ahmed; Amit Shah was the visiting Union Home Minister.
- What
- Moitra alleged that three senior Muslim officers were excluded from official events during Shah’s visits and referred the matter to a UN minority-rights expert.
- Where
- West Bengal, India.
- When
- The alleged exclusions occurred during Shah’s visits in July and August; Moitra’s letter followed her public comments.
- Why
- Moitra alleged that the officers were excluded because of their religion and said the conduct could affect minority communities’ confidence and security.
Key facts
- Complainant
- Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP
- Recipient
- Prof Nicolas Levrat, UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
- Visiting official
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah
- Officers named
- Waquar Raza, Jawed Shamim and Khalil Ahmed
- Alleged incidents
- Three occasions during Shah’s visits in July and August
- Requested records
- CCTV footage, tour diaries and other records related to Shah’s visits
- Related action
- A police complaint was filed against Moitra, and she was summoned to Diamond Harbour Police Station
Quotes
Mahua Moitra
Trinamool Congress member of Parliament who submitted the complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur.
“The one factor these three officers share, and the one factor that sets them apart from the colleagues who were permitted to remain, is their religion.”
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