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As a matter of fact, through systematic campaigning, well orchestrated and planned attacks, incessant pressure tactics and clever and concerted manoeuvres, Muslims, who form more that 80% of the population of Malappuram district, have practically rid the entire coastal belt of the district from Ponnani to Chaliyam, of Hindu population. Beypore in Calicut district, adjacent to Chaliyam, has also been turned into a Muslim stronghold, where the Hindu presence is now very meagre. The attacks on Hindus of Marad from time to time are part of a conspiracy to divest the hamlet of any Hindu presence. Once this is achieved, Puthiyappa and Payyoli will be the only centers left with Hindu presence in the whole of Malabar Coast. As the ultimate aim is to bring the entire coastal belt of Kerala, very strategic from the point of national security, under Muslim domination and control, the next target would certainly be Puthiyappa and Payyoli.
Kerala, famed paradise of communal amity, has in effect, witnessed many a communal riots at places like Tellicherry, Thumba, Vizhinjam, Prumathura, Chrthala, Beypore, Vellayil, Kasargod, etc. The State Government has identified 129 communally sensitive areas in the State, and invariably in all these areas Hindus are in minority. The entire - State especially the Malabar area has been a hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism and subversion. For instance, some of the elements involved in the Coimbatore bomb blast were given protection in Malappuram district and two persons involved in the Coimbatore case were arrested from Marad itself. Ale fundamentalist outfits here have connection with terrorist organisations like Al-Umma, Lashkar-e-Toiba, and Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. They get latest weapons and explosives from these agencies. All the mosques under control of these outfits are practically turned into armories and ammunition-dumps. The seizure by police of large quantities of lethal weapons and improvised explosive devices from the Jumma Masjid at Marad bears ample testimony to this fact. The State's law and order machinery as well as the intelligence agencies are aware of the facts. However, due to political pressure, they are forced to ignore the matter. There is a sizeable presence of Pakistani citizens in Kerala, who continue to live here even after the expiry of their visas, and who pose the gravest threat to national security. However, because of political reasons, the State Government accommodates them in the State, rather than identifying and deporting them. Only last month, two Arabs, who had come to Kerala, purportedly to seek medical treatment, and checked in a starred hotel, all of a sudden 'disappeared and were not traceable, and the matter was reported by the press the next day. According to the press reports, the police department was totally in the dark about their disappearance. The most curious thing was that the bag and baggage of the Arabs were left in the hotel room. After a few days of the incident, there was yet another report that the two missing Arabs had surfaced.
Moves are on to scuttle an objective and impartial investigation into the Marad carnage, as the police are already in possession of evidence that points to the involvement of prominent workers of the Indian Union Muslim League, the CPI(M) and the National Development Front, a militant Muslim organisation, in the operation. In the circumstances, only an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will help bring out the facts. Therefore the Centre should persuade the State to entrust the investigation to the CBI. Deployment of coastal guards along the Kerala coast should be expedited. Central Intelligence should be further strengthened. Also a White Paper on the terrorist and fundamentalist activities in Kerala be carried out. It has been proved that the State Government is unable to book the culprits who have roots in various other States. Hence a federal agency constituted by the Centre should conduct a countrywide search.
(Based on. the. memorandum presented
by RSS' Kerala unit to Deputy Prime Minister L. K Advani on May 18.)
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