Unidentified people attacked the family members of Zareen Taj , an activist with psephologist Yogendra Yadav’s Swaraj Abhiyan, while they w...
Unidentified people attacked the family members of Zareen Taj, an activist with psephologist Yogendra Yadav’s Swaraj Abhiyan, while they were distributing relief material amid the Covid-19 lockdown in Dasarahalli in Bengaluru last week, The Hindu reported on Monday. Taj alleged that the attackers were members the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Taj said four of her family members, including her son, and her son’s friend were injured in the incident. “A leader said they will not allow us to distribute ration till the Health Department checked and cleared it as safe as they alleged that we were spreading virus deliberately,” Taj said. The attackers also filed a police complaint claiming that the distributors were not following social distancing norms.
Those attacked were identified as 23-year-old Syed Tabrez, the son of Zarin Taj and Bengaluru district secretary of Swaraj Abhiyan, and five others – Kiran, Junaid, Riyaz, Feroz and Amjad.
Taj said that when the distributors approached the police, they were told that such disruptions will not be allowed in future. However, on Monday, when they were distributing ration, a group of six people, different from those who confronted them on April 4, allegedly attacked them with cricket bats.
“Five of us are badly injured,” Taj said. “Is it wrong that we want to help...
