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October 23rd, 2005, 05:06 PM
Paper Warns of Renewed Trouble From Muslim Gangs
Sunday 23rd October, 2005
Slough, UK (KP) – Community leaders have this week been speaking out against reports from Asian Newspaper that Muslim teens are poised to kick-start a bitter conflict last seen on the streets of Slough eight years ago.
The papper has claimed that a “new generation of self-styled Chalvey Boyz” are being prepared by the original criminal gangs to strike out against Sikhs in revenge for violent clashes in 1997.
Police, Town Hall chiefs and youth organisations have all sought to reassure the public. Supt Paul Tinnion, of Slough police, said: "Our daily bread and butter is the community intelligence from our two beat officers in Chalvey and we are just not picking up any community tension.
"In fact, it is completely the opposite. Our phone has not stopped ringing with people asking where this has come from."
Violence flared in May 1997 when Muslim youths from Chalvey, dubbed the Chalvey Boyz started causing trouble in areas such as slough picking on Sikh families and youth. At the time many incidents of racial abuse, physical and verbal assault as well as sexual abuse was taking place on the streets of Slough against the Sikh community which was going unreported.
It is said at this time a group of Punjabi youth calling themselves Shere-e-Punjab took matters into there own hands has Sikh families started reciving deeth threats from muslims youth.
This saw confrontation on the streets of Slough with Muslim youths from Chalvey, dubbed the Chalvey Boyz, vandalising Sikh Sikh owned homes, shops and cars.
Aik Saath, a group promoting harmony among young people from different cultures, was set up in the aftermath.
Project manager Mandeep Sira told the Express: "Unfortunately it's one of those things that is always in the background, but I have had no indication that it is about to resurface.
"You do here young people telling stories about what happened. But that does not mean I think older gang members are actively going around recruiting their younger siblings."
Rafiq Chohan, Slough Council's head of equality and economic development, agreed. He added specific problems, including unemployment, were to blame for rising frustration levels among young people in 1997.
This comes in light of riots which took place on Saturday 22 October 2005 in Birmingham, where a black man was left dead. The riots happened after reports that a young teenage girl was raped by groups of Asians.
Sikh businesses where told to close up early and go home as tensions grew. Sikh Gurdwaras in the area where put on high alert with extra police patrols even though the incident has no connections with the Sikh community. Thankfully so far no reports of and Sikh or Gurdwara being involved have come through.
Sunday 23rd October, 2005
Slough, UK (KP) – Community leaders have this week been speaking out against reports from Asian Newspaper that Muslim teens are poised to kick-start a bitter conflict last seen on the streets of Slough eight years ago.
The papper has claimed that a “new generation of self-styled Chalvey Boyz” are being prepared by the original criminal gangs to strike out against Sikhs in revenge for violent clashes in 1997.
Police, Town Hall chiefs and youth organisations have all sought to reassure the public. Supt Paul Tinnion, of Slough police, said: "Our daily bread and butter is the community intelligence from our two beat officers in Chalvey and we are just not picking up any community tension.
"In fact, it is completely the opposite. Our phone has not stopped ringing with people asking where this has come from."
Violence flared in May 1997 when Muslim youths from Chalvey, dubbed the Chalvey Boyz started causing trouble in areas such as slough picking on Sikh families and youth. At the time many incidents of racial abuse, physical and verbal assault as well as sexual abuse was taking place on the streets of Slough against the Sikh community which was going unreported.
It is said at this time a group of Punjabi youth calling themselves Shere-e-Punjab took matters into there own hands has Sikh families started reciving deeth threats from muslims youth.
This saw confrontation on the streets of Slough with Muslim youths from Chalvey, dubbed the Chalvey Boyz, vandalising Sikh Sikh owned homes, shops and cars.
Aik Saath, a group promoting harmony among young people from different cultures, was set up in the aftermath.
Project manager Mandeep Sira told the Express: "Unfortunately it's one of those things that is always in the background, but I have had no indication that it is about to resurface.
"You do here young people telling stories about what happened. But that does not mean I think older gang members are actively going around recruiting their younger siblings."
Rafiq Chohan, Slough Council's head of equality and economic development, agreed. He added specific problems, including unemployment, were to blame for rising frustration levels among young people in 1997.
This comes in light of riots which took place on Saturday 22 October 2005 in Birmingham, where a black man was left dead. The riots happened after reports that a young teenage girl was raped by groups of Asians.
Sikh businesses where told to close up early and go home as tensions grew. Sikh Gurdwaras in the area where put on high alert with extra police patrols even though the incident has no connections with the Sikh community. Thankfully so far no reports of and Sikh or Gurdwara being involved have come through.