Reinforced security and barricades placed at the toll plaza in Delhi Noida Direct Flyway in view of the visit of a Congressional delegation led by Rahul Gandhi to Hathras
The four were in a car and identified themselves as Atiq-ur Rehman from Muzaffarnagar, Siddique from Malappuram, Masood Ahmed from Bahraich and Alam from Rampur, police said.
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A Kerala-based journalist and three other people said to have ties to the suspected radical group Popular Front of India (PFI) were searched under sedition on Wednesday. All four were arrested in Mathura on Monday while en route to Hathras from Delhi.
“Four people who were arrested from Mathura on October 5 and had links to PFI were going to Hathras to disrupt the peace as part of a larger conspiracy,” read and FIR registered against him.
Police had said that the four were detained at Mathura’s Math toll plaza, where police were searching vehicles after receiving a tip that some suspicious people were heading to Hathras from Delhi.
The four were in a car and identified themselves as Atiq-ur Rehman from Muzaffarnagar, Siddique from Malappuram, Masood Ahmed from Bahraich and Alam from Rampur, police said, adding their cell phones, laptop and some literature, which could have a impact on peace and order were taken.
During questioning, it came to light that they had ties to the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its partner organization Campus Front of India (CFI), police said, adding that their questioning is ongoing.
However, the Kerala Union of Worker Journalists (KUWJ) claimed that Siddique is its union member and secretary. Members are now considering moving to the Supreme Court against the UP police action.
On Sunday, another journalist and a politician, both unidentified so far, were among a group of unidentified people who have been arrested by UP police for sedition, criminal conspiracy and attempting to instigate riots by spreading misinformation about the incident. of Hathras.
According to a report by The times of India, the FIR was housed on Sunday at the Chandpa police station. Three other FIRs housed in Hathras searched 680 people, including Bhim’s army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, for violations of Section 144.
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