Four people, said to have ties to a suspected radical group, were arrested in Mathura on Monday.
Lucknow:
Four people, who are said to have ties to the alleged radical Popular Front of India (PFI) group and an associated group, were arrested in Mathura on Monday while en route to Hathras from Delhi, police said.
They said the four were detained at the Math toll plaza in Mathura, where the police were searching the 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.
The Popular Front of India (PFI), a supposed radical group, has been accused of funding certain protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that took place across the country earlier this year. The Uttar Pradesh police had previously requested the organization’s ban.
Hathras has made headlines after a 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped on 14 September in a district village and succumbed to her injuries a fortnight later at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi.
His hasty cremation in the dead of night, allegedly without parental consent, sparked further outrage.
Hours earlier, the chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, referred to “recent incidents” and said “anarchist elements” are trying to unleash caste and communal violence in the state.
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