Pune: A Kargil Struggle veteran’s circle of relatives in Chandannagar has alleged harassment by means of the Pune police and a gaggle of unidentified people, who stormed their place of dwelling round 11.30pm on July 26, asking them to end up their Indian citizenship. Two different participants within the circle of relatives have been veterans of the 1965 and 1971 wars. The members of the family claimed that the entire males have been then taken to the Chandannagar police station round middle of the night. “We have been advised to attend till 3am and convey paperwork to end up our citizenship, failing which we have been threatened that we’d be declared unlawful immigrants from Bangladesh or Rohingya,” a member of the circle of relatives advised TOI.Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Tuesday advised TOI: “The deputy commissioner of police (DCP) for the zone is investigating the topic. If any negligence is located at the a part of the police, we will be able to take suitable motion towards the staff concerned.” He mentioned: “Initial investigations printed that the police staff didn’t forcibly input the home. Alternatively, there are allegations by means of the circle of relatives in regards to the factor. The DCP is verifying the claims.”DCP (Zone IV) Somay Munde mentioned: “The circle of relatives used to be most effective requested to provide paperwork after our staff visited the spot in response to inputs about some Bangladeshi nationals illegally staying within the locality.”Hakimuddin Shaikh (58), who retired as a Naik Havildar from the Indian Military’s 269 Engineer Regiment of Corps of Engineers, mentioned: “I served the country with satisfaction for 16 years, from 1984 to 2000, or even fought the Kargil Struggle in 1999. I’m an Indian citizen, and my complete circle of relatives belongs to this country simply as I do. Then why are we being requested to end up our citizenship? We by no means imagined one thing like this could occur to my circle of relatives.“Hakimuddin lived in Pune till 2013 sooner than transferring to their place of origin. Alternatively, the remainder of his members of the family, together with brothers, nephews, and their better halves, nonetheless reside in Pune, and so they have been all requested to end up their citizenship at the night time of July 26. The circle of relatives, at first from Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh, shifted to Pune in 1960.Hakimuddin’s brother, Irshad Shaikh, mentioned: “Now not simply my brother, however my two uncles, Shaikh Naeemuddin, who retired from the infantry unit of the Indian Military, and Shaikh Mohammad Salim, who used to be with the Military’s Engineering regiment, additionally served the country. Either one of them fought within the 1965 and 1971 wars for the rustic.”He mentioned: “What stunned us essentially the most used to be that it wasn’t the police main the crowd, however a gaggle of 30-40 unidentified males who have been not easy that our members of the family display them paperwork. The intruders have been shouting slogans when a policeman in undeniable garments stopped them. A police van used to be parked at a distance from our space, the place a uniformed officer used to be ready.”Hakimuddin’s nephew Naushad Shaikh mentioned: “Even if we produced paperwork like Aadhaar playing cards to end up our citizenship, the people who have been shouting at everybody, together with ladies and youngsters from our circle of relatives, mentioned the paperwork have been pretend. The people have been behaving like goons, as a few of them have been even kicking the door, asking ladies to get up and display their paperwork.”Nawab Shaikh, some other nephew of Hakimuddin, mentioned he used to be born in Pune and lived within the town these kind of years. “When such issues occur, not unusual folks succeed in out to the police for lend a hand. But if the police themselves lend a hand a mob, it’s obscure who we will have to cross to,” he mentioned.But some other nephew, Shamshad Shaikh, mentioned: “We have been known as to the police station the day after the incident. After retaining us looking forward to over two hours, we have been knowledgeable that the police inspector isn’t coming, and that we will be able to depart. Our paperwork are nonetheless with them.” He mentioned the circle of relatives used to be but to grasp why the police staff had include a mob past due at night time as an alternative of immediately asking them to turn paperwork.DCP Munde mentioned: “Our staff visited the spot in response to some knowledge and requested them to turn their paperwork. When it used to be discovered that they have been Indian nationals staying within the town, we allowed them to move. We’ve got a video recording of the police staff’s seek advice from to the spot. Our staff used to be now not accompanied by means of any 3rd birthday party.”(With inputs from Gitesh Shelke)