Muslim beats Hindu couple for Rs. 20

Muslim beats Hindu couple for Rs. 20

Date: 8th Aug 2007, Wednesday
Village/Locality: Krishna Colony, North Taldi
Panchayat/Municipality:
Police Station: Canning
Block:
Sub-division: Canning
District: 24 Pargana(S)
Source: Anandabazar Patrika [9th Aug 2007, Thursday] Online Edition

Description:
About a month back, one Shri Biltu Mondal, a rang mistri by profession, a resident of Krishna Colony, Taldi had borrowed Rs 20 from his neighbour Meena Mollah. On Wednesay afternoon, when Biltu was away from his home, Meena went to Biltu's house. He was drunk and Biltu's wife Shrimati Ratna Mondal was alone at home. She was pregnant. Meena demanded the money back from Ratna Devi. Ratna Devi had no knowledge of any such borrowing. So she asked Meena to wait until her husband returned. Meena started an altercation on this. After a short while, when Biltu returned, Meena attacked him with a lathi and beat him black and blue. Meena Mollah's two brothers Atiyar Mollah and Mannan Mollah too joined him. When Ratna Devi tried to save her husband they didn't spare her even. She was badly beaten. Biltu is fighing for his life in the Canning Sub-divisional hospital.

Meanwhile the neighbours caught hold of Meena and started to beat him while his brothers escaped. The police came to the rescue of Meena and took him to custody.