Rohingya crisis: Muslim outfits take out protest march in Kolkata
A large number of protesters took part in the protest march which started from Park Circus area in the late afternoon.
Police, however, stopped the rally near Ballygunge Phari, nearly 800 metres away from Myanmar embassy which is located at Ballygunge Circular Road.
"Aung San Suu Kyi's Nobel peace prize should be taken away as she is no longer a symbol of peace," an organizer told IBNS.
"We have few demands, including Myanmar government must provide citizenship to Rohingyas living there, Rohingyas, who have fled Myanmar and entered India to save their lives, must be given rehabilitation and the United Nations should form a committee to probe Myanmar army's torture on Rohingyas," he added.
According to the UN, more than 500,000 Rohingya refugees have poured into Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar since 25 August, having fled their homes after violence erupted in Myanmar's northern Rakhine province.
United Nations relief agencies and partner aid organizations have been helping the country to cope with the influx.
Recently External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and said Myanmar must take back Rohingya refugees, as it has been a burden for the neighbouring country.
Swaraj had expressed India's concern over the violence in Myanmar and said that peace can only be restored with the deportation of the refugees to the war torn Rakhine state.
The central government had already said they want to deport the Rohingyas as they are a threat to the national security.
The Centre, days ago, filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the presence of Rohingyas Muslims in the country poses national security threats as intelligence reports suggest links of a section of the immigrants, branded stateless in Myanmar, with Pak-based terror groups.
According to reports, the Centre had also told the apex court that whether or not Rohingya refugees should be allowed to settle in the country be left to the executive.
The top court had asked the government to file an affidavit following a petition against the deportation of the illegal immigrants to Myanmar.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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