Muslims make only 3.3 percent of Maharashtra police

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Muslims make only 3.3 percent of Maharashtra police
as reported By Khabrein.Info Correspondent

Mumbai, September 4, 2008: In Maharashtra the number of Muslims in the
police department is not according to their population in the state.
At the level of police constable the number of Muslims is 3.35
percent. At the level of Superintendent of Police and additional
superintendent of police there is only one Muslim out of 115.

Several noted personalities including the editor of communalism combat
Jawed Anand met state home minister RR Patil and demanded that in the
ongoing recruitment the Muslim should be appointed according to their
population. According to information taken under RTI it has cleared
that the recruitment of Muslims in Police is zero.

Only those Muslim made it to the police department who got education
through Marathi medium. In 2005 only 23, in 2006 only 46 and in 2007
only 25 Muslims were recruited in police department.

According to Abu Beg, senior police inspector if a Muslim wants to go
in police department he should be aware of Marathi language. Not only
Marathi language he should also be aware of Marathi culture.

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