The Brave Pedestrian

Email received from Sulaiman Bhimani is reproduced below, to ensure his physical safety today evening, OR, in the eventuality of assault on him in Aurangabad, to point towards the culprits. To The Commissioner of police Aurangabad City Respected Sir Subject:   Apprehension of physical assault and criminal intimidation by Ramzan Charania (9850560505) staying at Fazalpura near collector office opp  Gulshan Mahal Request to take preventive action under Crpc 151 as I am from Mumbai and have come to perform last rites of my uncle Abdul Aziz Bhimani. Sir Ramzan charaniya had yesterday abused me and threatened me while I was performing last rites of my uncle in Padegaon JK and there is apprehension he will do the same today evening @ 7 pm while performing my religious ceremony after the burial of my uncle I need police intervention if he does it today also kindly go through the message send to our President. Ramzan Charaniya Ya Ali Madad P...

Aurangabad, 8 th November, 2016: In many religious communities, the priestly class exploits the common people , who are powerless to speak out. Take the instance of about 80 Khoja families ( Ismaili muslims from Gujarat who are followers of Aga Khan ) who are fighting for their fundamental right to worship peacefully in Aurangabad. Their oppressors are Aziz Abdullah Surani who is a local priest called Mukhi and Samir Ramzanali Moti, who is a local priest called Kamadia . The previous Mukhi Ramzan Sher Mohammad Charaniya, and some others who are higher-ups in the Ismaili community, are also part of this religious-economic scam. (Incidentally, Aziz Abdullah Surani is the co-producer of a recent Bollywood release called Chalk N Duster starring Juhi Chawla and Shabana Azmi.) In December 2015, the priests locked the decades-old Fazalpura jamatkhana or community prayer hall, in order to force Aurangabad's Khoja families to worship at an unauthorized under-construction stru...