Shameless abuse of power by UP government - Writer arrested for support of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal
Even though it has been slammed nationwide for suspending IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, the Uttar Pradesh government seems to be in no mood to relent. Now, Kanwal Bharti, a writer, has been arrested from Rampur for an online editorial criticizing UP minister Azam Khan for his remarks against Ms Nagpal, who was suspended from the post of Sub Divisional Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar.
The writer has been booked for promoting disharmony between two religious groups and defiling a place of worship. A case was registered against Mr Bharti based on the complaint of Azam Khan's personal assistant Shanu Khan. "The police took away my computer too. This will happen in the future too. I believe that no government should use names of any particular religion or caste... it gives a bad name," Mr Bharti told NDTV.
The Uttar Pradesh government had suspended Ms Nagpal for allegedly ordering the removal of a wall of a new mosque being built at a village in Noida and thereby endangering communal harmony. Her supporters say she has been suspended for taking on the powerful sand mining mafia in the area.
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Kamal Bharti arrested for Facebook post on Durga Shakti Nagpal's suspension
Eminent Dalit scholar, Kamal Bharti, was arrested here today on a complaint by Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's aide for his alleged Facebook post on suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. Bharti, author of various books dealing with problems faced by Dalits, in his post said that the Gautam Budh Nagar SDM was suspended for alleged demolition of wall of a mosque. He went on to say that in Rampur a madarsa was recently demolished and its manager was placed behind the bars but no action was taken against the officials who were deputed to demolish the institution. The madarsa was demolished because it was allegedly constructed on the land of a graveyard, sources said. In his post, Bharti said it is the 'will and wish' of the Urban Development minister Azam Khan which prevails and not the law of the land. In the complaint, Azam Khan's PRO Fasahat Ali Khan alleged that Bharti had made a derogatory remark against the UP minister. On the complaint, a case was registered against Bharti at Civil Lines police station and he was arrested, police said. Bharti was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate V K Pandey, which granted him bail.
The writer has been booked for promoting disharmony between two religious groups and defiling a place of worship. A case was registered against Mr Bharti based on the complaint of Azam Khan's personal assistant Shanu Khan. "The police took away my computer too. This will happen in the future too. I believe that no government should use names of any particular religion or caste... it gives a bad name," Mr Bharti told NDTV.
The Uttar Pradesh government had suspended Ms Nagpal for allegedly ordering the removal of a wall of a new mosque being built at a village in Noida and thereby endangering communal harmony. Her supporters say she has been suspended for taking on the powerful sand mining mafia in the area.
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Kamal Bharti arrested for Facebook post on Durga Shakti Nagpal's suspension
Eminent Dalit scholar, Kamal Bharti, was arrested here today on a complaint by Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan's aide for his alleged Facebook post on suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. Bharti, author of various books dealing with problems faced by Dalits, in his post said that the Gautam Budh Nagar SDM was suspended for alleged demolition of wall of a mosque. He went on to say that in Rampur a madarsa was recently demolished and its manager was placed behind the bars but no action was taken against the officials who were deputed to demolish the institution. The madarsa was demolished because it was allegedly constructed on the land of a graveyard, sources said. In his post, Bharti said it is the 'will and wish' of the Urban Development minister Azam Khan which prevails and not the law of the land. In the complaint, Azam Khan's PRO Fasahat Ali Khan alleged that Bharti had made a derogatory remark against the UP minister. On the complaint, a case was registered against Bharti at Civil Lines police station and he was arrested, police said. Bharti was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate V K Pandey, which granted him bail.
