As many as 112 persons were removed by the police when a clash broke out between two communities over the issue of burying the body of a woman at Govindanur off Puravipalayam village in the Vadakkipalayam Police Station limits on Nadupunni road in Pollachi. Trouble erupted on Wednesday afternoon when arrangements were mande to bury Hussain Beebi (100) on a land near a school.
A section objected to it stating that the land was classified as poromboke land.
According to the Tamil Nadu Government Gazettee 67-368 notification, the land was assigned to Tamil Nadu Muslim Wakf Board in 1959 for use as Govindanur Muslim Burial Ground.
On December 12, 2008, when the Wakf Board made arrangements for surveying the land to put up a fence, trouble erupted.
The Muslim Burial Ground committee representatives Mohammed Musthafa and Abdul Jabbar preferred a complaint with the police. Based on which, the majority community representatives Chinnu alias Aruchamy, husband of panchayat president Maheswari were called to the police station. The police held talks with both sides after registering a case under section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The provision is resorted to by the Executive Magistrate asking the parties on either side as to why a bond should not be executed for ensuring good conduct failing which the concerned parties could be arrested.
The litigation over the land is already pending before the court. On Wednesday a group of majority community led by Chinnu alias Aruchamy gathered at the place while preparations were underway to bury Beebi. Deputy Commissioner (Excise) Raghavan along with Pollachi Tahsildar held talks with them. But the members attempted to block road.
The burial took place amid police protection in the presence of revenue officials. By evening parties and organisations demanded the release of all the 112 members.
The police maintained that cases were being registered against them and 20 were being remanded to custody. Superintendent of Police N. Kannan is camping at Pollachi. Later all the arrested 112 members have been released
Source: The Hindu
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