A case has been registered against three people for putting up controversial posters with the intention of spreading communal hatred in some parts of Ghaziabad, UP. Along with this, the Nandgram police has detained an accused for questioning. However, he was later released.
Police said that on Sunday, with the intention of spreading communal hatred, posters were put up at prominent places in the Nandgram police station area, calling for boycott of Muslim traders. After viewing the CCTV footage, the police identified three youths Nitin Chauhan, Brahmanand Pujari and Shekhar Pandit in the case and registered a case against them.
Fake Hindu organization had put up posters
Deputy Commissioner of Police (City Zone) Nipun Agarwal said that the posters have been removed. Office bearers and workers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal staged a peaceful protest on Monday outside Nandgram police station while reciting Hanuman Chalisa. During this, he also demanded the release of detained Sagar Chauhan (Nitin Chauhan’s brother). Police said that the latter posters were allegedly put up by a fake organization named ‘Hindu Samaj Sangathan’.
VHP District President Alok Garg said- Some unknown people had pasted the posters with a fictitious name of Hindu Samaj Sangathan. He said, VHP or Bajrang Dal has nothing to do with it.
Will increase Hindu-Muslim brotherhood
President of Muslim Mahasabha, Imran Khan said that our organization will conduct programs to increase Hindu-Muslim brotherhood across the country, for which we have issued guidelines to the state heads and other office bearers of our organization.
He alleged that such posters with slogans like ‘Buy goods from brother, not from Bhaijaan’ are an attempt to incite communal riots by spreading hatred between the two religions. He said- both the religions are closely related. Muslims are providing services from puncture to mechanic, growing vegetables, fruits and supplying milk.
Mastermind is being searched
Police have booked IPC sections 147 (rioting), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race), 295 (damaging or desecrating a place of worship or any thing), insulting religion in two cases. sacrilege) and 298 (words with intent to intentionally hurt religious feelings).
DCP Aggarwal said that the police will initiate legal action after monitoring the CCTV footage. He said that investigation is going on at some points as to why these posters were put up, where were they printed, who paid for it and who is the mastermind behind it.
Ban on entry of Muslim traders to prevent love jihad
To prevent love jihad and religious conversion in a village in Ashoknagar district of Madhya Pradesh, villagers have banned the entry of Muslims and Christians into the village. Posters have also been put up in the entire village regarding this.
According to the report of Panchjanya, this matter is related to Gram Panchayat Dhaura Dhaturia. Sarpanch of the village and district president of BJP Kisan Morcha Bablu Yadav had put forward a proposal in this regard in the Panchayat meeting, on which the villagers have given their consent. In the posters put up by the Panchayat, it is written – Muslim and Christian traders are prohibited from entering Gram Panchayat Dhaura. Please enter the village only with the merchant Aadhaar card. However, as soon as it was known, the police-administration team reached the spot and got the banners and posters put up in the village removed. On the other hand, Sarpanch Bablu Yadav said that the administration may have removed the banner poster, but this campaign will be run by us and the villagers.
Decree of 50 Panchayats against Muslims in Haryana
After increasing violence in Haryana’s Nuh district, now more than 50 panchayats of Rewari, Mahendragarh and Jhajjar have asked to ban the entry of Muslim traders. Sarpanches have issued letters in this regard saying that Muslims living in villages will have to hand over their ID documents to the police.
According to media reports, it has been said in the viral letter that our intention is not to hurt any religious sentiments. On the other hand, Narnaul’s sub-divisional magistrate Manoj Kumar says that issuing such letters is against the law. However, we have not received any such letter from the Panchayats.
