A 24-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district was arrested on Thursday on prices of endangering the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India after a video of him allegedly talking to a maulana in Pakistan on the Shahi Jama Masjid subject went viral.
Mohammed Aqil was arrested from Mirzapur Narullapur village and booked below Part 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a non-bailable offence, after a police official lodged a grievance towards him at Bahjoi police station in Sambhal. He was produced earlier than an area court docket on Friday and despatched to jail.
In keeping with Shrish Chandra, assistant superintendent of police (ASP), Sambhal, Aqil spoke to Pakistan-based maulvi Mohammed Ali Mirza on January 15, asking him whether or not or not those that died within the violence that broke out in Sambhal on November 24 final yr after a court-ordered survey of the native Shahi Jama Masjid must be referred to as martyrs.
“He additionally raised questions on the function of the police in containing the violence that day. The contents of the video name and the cell chat with the maulvi are in our possession. This has damage the emotions of the individuals and denigrated the picture of the nation,” ASP Chandra added.
5 individuals died and several other others, together with police personnel, have been injured in the course of the violence. The survey was ordered to determine if the mosque had been constructed after destroying a temple following a petition filed earlier than an area court docket.
ASP Chandra stated that the police have Aqil’s cell phone and are checking if he was involved with different individuals from Pakistan. “We’re additionally investigating if he was concerned within the violence within the city in November,” he added.
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