Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who was accompanying the family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after being gang-raped from Delhi to Hathras, said on Wednesday that he was detained by Uttar Pradesh police in the middle of road and is now under house arrest. in Saharanpur.
“The whole world saw how our sister was cremated at night in the absence of the family and without their consent, in collusion with the government and the police. The morality of these people is dead. Your police detained me the night before and have now placed me under house arrest in Saharanpur. But we will fight, ”Azad tweeted in Hindi.
He also shared a picture of the notice sent to him by the Saharanpur police, which read: “You are informed that section 144 of the CrPC is imposed in the district. There are credible inputs that your tours and events are gathering crowds, which can lead to a public order situation. Any adverse incident can occur. Therefore, you are informed that you will only stay at home. ”The warrant, issued by the Fatehpur local police station in charge of Manoj Chaudhary, also warned Azad of legal action for violating the instruction.
When contacted, Chaudhary told PTI that it was not a “house arrest” but that Azad was asked to remain at his home in light of the law and order situation.
“There is no time limit for the order as such,” he added.
According to officials from the Azad Samaj Party, which was released by Bhim’s army chief in March, Azad and the head of the Delhi unit, Himanshu Balmiki, had disappeared after 10 p.m. Tuesday while on their way to Hathras, accompanying to the gangrape family. victim, who died in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday. The Azad Samaj Party and pro-Dalit Bhim Army affiliates, among others, had joined protests outside the Safdarjung hospital in the national capital on Tuesday to demand justice for the gangrape victim and his family. “There is no clue as to the location of Azad and Balmiki after they arrived at the Jewar toll plaza to take the lane towards Tappal, Aligarh,” Ravindra Bhati, a member of the Azad Samaj Party central committee, said on Wednesday.
He alleged that Azad and Balmiki were detained during the middle night of Tuesday and Wednesday, but the police were not making it public.
The body of the gangrape victim was cremated in Hathras in the early hours of Wednesday, and his relatives alleged that local police forced them to perform the last rites in the dead of night.
Local police officers, however, told PTI that the victim was cremated “according to the wishes of the family.” At around 12:30 pm on Wednesday, dozens of activists from the Azad Samaj Party and the Bhim Army arrived at the Tappal police station in Aligarh and held a demonstration.
“A delegation of our representatives will meet with senior police and administration officials to inquire about Azad and Balmiki,” Bhati told protesters inside the compound of the Tappal police station. When contacted, a senior Aligarh police official said: “I have no idea about this (arrest) claim.” The district police chief and some other senior officers could not be reached as, according to another police officer, they have been infected with the coronavirus and are on medication for the past three to four days.
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