
Greater than 300 folks in UP’s Muzaffarnagar have been issued notices by the district administration for protesting towards the Waqf (Modification) Invoice by carrying black armbands whereas providing prayers at a neighborhood mosque final Friday and on Eid three days later.
The notices have been issued by Metropolis Justice of the Peace Vikas Kashyap after receiving stories from the native police, officers stated.
One in all these notices, issued on April 3 and reviewed by The Indian Specific, orders 5 males to seem earlier than the Metropolis Justice of the Peace’s court docket on April 16, clarify their actions, and submit a bond of Rs 2 lakh and two sureties of the identical quantity, with the reassurance that they are going to preserve peace within the jurisdiction for a yr.
“Within the present situation, to be able to preserve legislation and order in Muzaffarnagar, components who may hurt the social order have been recognized. Greater than 300 folks have been recognized and notices have been issued to them,” Muzaffarnagar Metropolis SP Satyanarayan Prajapat informed The Indian Specific.
The discover reviewed by this newspaper names Maulana Shibli, Farukh, Naeem, Guddu and Afzal. “Within the coming time, these 5 males can try to impress widespread folks and may incite others by giving the incorrect message,” reads the discover, including that it’s primarily based on a report from the Inspector in-charge of the Civil Traces police station in Muzaffarnagar.
Metropolis Justice of the Peace Kashyap and SP Prajapat described this discover as “routine”. “If they’re able to give a correct clarification, we won’t take any motion towards them,” Kashyap stated. “They’re potential hassle makers, who’ve previous historical past, significantly in the course of the 2019 CAA-NRC protests,” Prajapat stated.
The Indian Specific spoke to 47-year-old Shibli, who is without doubt one of the males listed within the discover. “We wore armbands to the mosque whereas providing prayers. The choice was taken by the Muslim Sabha, and we didn’t do anything, we simply wore the armbands. At round 7 pm final Friday, two policemen knocked at my door and served me the discover. They stated, ‘learn it for your self’,” stated Shibli, a neighborhood provider of ayurvedic drugs.
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“We at the moment are making preparations to go to the court docket on April 16,” he stated.
The Waqf (Modification) Invoice, which was handed in each Homes of Parliament final week and obtained the President’s assent on Saturday, proposes sweeping modifications within the regulation of Waqf properties and settlement of disputes.
Whereas the Opposition has accused the BJP-led NDA authorities of interference in Muslim non secular affairs in contravention of the Structure, the Authorities has denied the cost and stated the Invoice had no such provision.