Highlight
- ‘Miya Sangrahalaya’ sealed in Assam’s Goalpara district and its owner taken into custody
- The museum was established in the house allotted under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
- The museum was opened to the public on Sunday (23 October).
Mia Museum Seal: A ‘Miya Sangrahalaya’ set up in a house allotted under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Assam’s Goalpara district was sealed and its owner was taken into custody on Tuesday (October 25), a district official said.
The museum opened to the public on Sunday (23 October).
Mohar Ali, president of the Miya Asom Miya Parishad, established the museum in the premises of the house allotted to him under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
The team of government officials has sealed the museum located at Dapkabhita in Lakhiur police station area and pasted the notice that this has been done on the orders of the Deputy Commissioner.
With the opening of a museum in a house allotted under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, senior BJP leaders courted controversy over their demand for immediate closure.
Meanwhile, the Assam Police on Monday (October 24) detained two persons in connection with a private Miya museum dedicated to the Miya Muslim community for misusing the premises.
The detained people have been identified as Mohar Ali, a resident of Goalpara, and Abdul Baten, a resident of Dhubri. Police further said that they have been booked under sections 120(b), 121, 121(a) and 122. Sections 10 and 13 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Assam Police Special Director General GP Singh said on Twitter that the two leaders would be questioned about their links with terrorist organizations Ansarullah Bangla Team and Al-Qaeda’s activities in the Indian subcontinent.
“Shri Mohar Ali of Goalpara and Shri Abdul Baten of Dhubri detained in connection with Ghograpar PS Case No. 163/22, U/S-120(B)/121/121(A)/122 IPC, R/W- Sec-10/13 UA(P) Act. Further investigation and inquiry will be done regarding his connection with AQIS/ABT,” GP Singh tweeted.
Recently a private Miya museum was inaugurated by Miya Parishad in Dapkarbhita Lakhipur area of Goalpara district of Assam.
BJP Minority Morcha member Abdur Rahim Gibran had lodged a complaint against the construction of a museum in the House.
Some agricultural implements and fishing implements, hand towels and checked ‘lungis’ (sarongs worn by men) are on display as Ali claimed these are the hallmarks of the ‘Miya’ community.
In Assam, the word ‘Miya’ refers to the Bengali speaking migrants, who originated from Bangladesh.
Ali along with his two minor sons sat on a dharna outside the house demanding the reopening of the museum.
“We are showcasing objects with which the community identifies itself so that people from other communities can feel that Mia is no different from them,” Ali said.
Later the police took him into custody.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said such activities by some members of the Miya community posed a threat to the “Assamese identity”.
“How can they (Miya community) claim that the plow is their identity? All the farmers of the state have been using it for centuries. It is only lungi which they can claim as their own,” Sarma said on the sidelines of an event. Program.
He said those who set up the museum would have to answer to the expert committee on what basis the claims were made.
The proposal to set up Mia Museum was first given by former Congress MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed in 2020. He had written a letter to the director of the museums requesting for its establishment in Shrimant Sankardev Kalakshetra so that the culture and heritage of Bengali speaking Muslims living there could be displayed. River areas of the state.
Sarma rejected Ahmed’s proposal.
(with inputs from agencies)
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