Nuh: Charges below the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) have been slapped towards Congress MLA Mamman Khan in Haryana in reference to the Nuh violence case. The fees have been slapped towards the Ferozpur Jhirka MLA in a case lodged on the Nagina police station right here.
Police have added fees below anti-terror legislation UAPA to the FIR, Khan’s counsel stated on Wednesday. Police had earlier accused Khan of inciting violence and being in contact with these concerned in sharing provocative posts on social media platforms. Besides, he additionally faces another fees within the FIR.
Khan was arrested final 12 months in reference to the Nuh violence case and granted bail by a courtroom subsequently. Tahir Hussain Rupariya, the counsel of the accused, stated he had sought a standing report from the courtroom and the doc revealed that fees below the UAPA have been added to the FIR.
Six individuals, together with two house guards and a cleric, died in clashes that erupted in Nuh after a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession was attacked by mobs on July 31 final 12 months. The violence had unfold to the adjoining areas, together with Gurugram, the place an imam was killed.
Meanwhile, talking within the Haryana Assembly in the course of the ongoing price range session, Congress MLA from Nuh Aftab Ahmed questioned why the UAPA has been invoked in three instances registered on the Nuh police station and one other on the Nagina police station after the challan was offered within the courtroom. He stated the UAPA is invoked towards terrorists.
In one of many instances, a Congress legislator has been booked below the stringent legislation, Ahmed stated whereas questioning why the UAPA was not invoked within the Gurugram case the place an imam was killed.
Earlier, police slapped fees below the UAPA towards the accused in three instances related to the killing of two house guards and a Bajrang Dal member and an assault on a cyber police station six months in the past.
While the costs weren’t included within the preliminary FIRs, courtroom paperwork confirmed that these had been added to the challan offered within the courtroom to oppose a bail petition filed by the accused.
