The UP government on Sunday slapped charges under National Security Act (NSA) on Varun Gandhi. The BJP LS candidate from Pilibhit has been under booked under section 2 and 3 of the NSA for inciting communal tensions and provoking rioting.
Earlier Varun Gandhi, a BJP Lok Sabha candidate, was slapped with fresh charges today by the police including attempt to murder, a non-bailable offence, in connection with yesterday' violence involving his supporters around the district jail following his arrest.
Varun's mother Maneka Gandhi visited the district jail where the BJP nominee from Pilibhit has been lodged and alleged that the registration of cases were part of a "political conspiracy". Coming to the defence of her son who was arrested after he surrendered amid high drama, Maneka said the cases were "frivolous".
Besides being booked under Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder), the 29-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family was also hit with charges under sections 147, 148 and 149 (rioting and related offences), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 336 (doing any act that endangers human life or the personal safety of others).
Varun also faced charges under certain sections of IPC relating to public safety and certain state acts after his supporters clashed with the police, officials said. Today's charges came on top of earlier charges of "inciting religious hatred" in his alleged anti-Muslim speeches.
Varun, along with Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Kalraj Mishra, local MLA Sukhlal and former party MLA B K Gupta, have also been named in another FIR registered for violation of prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC yesterday when the BJP candidate courted arrest in a case related to his alleged anti-Muslim speeches, Kotwali police sources said.
Police also maintained a close vigil in this district.
The FIR relating to rioting and other charges has been filed by Pilibhit district jailor Mukesh Arora against Varun and his supporters after BJP activists fought a pitched battle with the police and laid a siege of the jail premises.
Meanwhile, Pilibhit District Magistrate Ashok Chauhan discounted the allegation of BJP MP and Varun's mother Maneka Gandhi that a Muslim officer(Parvez Mian) had injured several of supporters and said he was not deployed there.
Chauhan said ,"I strictly don't agree with the comments of Maneka Gandhi. The person she is naming was not at all deployed at that place.
"We checked the records and we were careful about his deployment. He was at another place and the allegation is totally false," he said.
Maneka Gandhi told a news agency that the police officer, whom she charged with having injured several BJP supporters, was "definitely there".
"He was definitely there, there has been written testimony. These people who have testified have nothing against him. They are all very poor people, most of them are illiterate," she said.
Parvez Mian himself rejected as absolutely wrong Maneka's allegations and said his duty was in nearby Barkheda yesterday. "My seniors will decide now. They will anwser her allegations," he said, adding he has no intention of clarifying things."
source : Zee News
Not against Imam Bukhari & Raj Thakeray but against Varun Gandhi ?
Earlier Varun Gandhi, a BJP Lok Sabha candidate, was slapped with fresh charges today by the police including attempt to murder, a non-bailable offence, in connection with yesterday' violence involving his supporters around the district jail following his arrest.
Varun's mother Maneka Gandhi visited the district jail where the BJP nominee from Pilibhit has been lodged and alleged that the registration of cases were part of a "political conspiracy". Coming to the defence of her son who was arrested after he surrendered amid high drama, Maneka said the cases were "frivolous".
Besides being booked under Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder), the 29-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family was also hit with charges under sections 147, 148 and 149 (rioting and related offences), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 336 (doing any act that endangers human life or the personal safety of others).
Varun also faced charges under certain sections of IPC relating to public safety and certain state acts after his supporters clashed with the police, officials said. Today's charges came on top of earlier charges of "inciting religious hatred" in his alleged anti-Muslim speeches.
Varun, along with Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Kalraj Mishra, local MLA Sukhlal and former party MLA B K Gupta, have also been named in another FIR registered for violation of prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC yesterday when the BJP candidate courted arrest in a case related to his alleged anti-Muslim speeches, Kotwali police sources said.
Police also maintained a close vigil in this district.
The FIR relating to rioting and other charges has been filed by Pilibhit district jailor Mukesh Arora against Varun and his supporters after BJP activists fought a pitched battle with the police and laid a siege of the jail premises.
Meanwhile, Pilibhit District Magistrate Ashok Chauhan discounted the allegation of BJP MP and Varun's mother Maneka Gandhi that a Muslim officer(Parvez Mian) had injured several of supporters and said he was not deployed there.
Chauhan said ,"I strictly don't agree with the comments of Maneka Gandhi. The person she is naming was not at all deployed at that place.
"We checked the records and we were careful about his deployment. He was at another place and the allegation is totally false," he said.
Maneka Gandhi told a news agency that the police officer, whom she charged with having injured several BJP supporters, was "definitely there".
"He was definitely there, there has been written testimony. These people who have testified have nothing against him. They are all very poor people, most of them are illiterate," she said.
Parvez Mian himself rejected as absolutely wrong Maneka's allegations and said his duty was in nearby Barkheda yesterday. "My seniors will decide now. They will anwser her allegations," he said, adding he has no intention of clarifying things."
source : Zee News
Not against Imam Bukhari & Raj Thakeray but against Varun Gandhi ?