Bhim’s army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said they would continue to fight over the rape of a UP woman. (File)
Noida / Aligarh / Saharanpur:
Bhim’s army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, who accompanied the family of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after being gang-raped in Uttar Pradesh, from Delhi to Hathras, said on Wednesday he was being held by the Uttar Pradesh police midway through and which he has 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, with the connivance of the government and the police. The morals of these people are dead. I was detained by their police the night before and now I have been under house arrest in Saharanpur. But we are going to fight, ”Mr. Azad tweeted in Hindi.
He also shared a photo of the notice sent to him by the Saharanpur police, which stated, “You are informed that Article 144 of the CRPC is enforced in the district. There is credible information that your on tour and your actions bring crowds together, which can lead to law and order. Any untoward incident can happen. Therefore, you are informed that you will only stay at home. “
The order, issued by the local Fatehpur police station responsible for Manoj Chaudhary, also warned Mr. Azad of legal action for violating the instruction.
Mr. Chaudhary said it was not a “house arrest”, but Mr. Azad was asked to stay at his home due to the public order situation.
“There is no time limit for the order as such,” he added.
According to officials of the Azad Samaj party, which was launched by the chief of Bhim’s army in March, Himanshu Balmiki, head of the Azad and Delhi unit, disappeared after 10 p.m. on Tuesday on their way to Hathras. , accompanying the family of the woman. , died Tuesday in a Delhi hospital.
The Azad Samaj party and pro-Dalit Bhim army affiliates, among others, joined protests outside Safdarjung hospital in the nation’s capital on Tuesday to demand justice for the gangrap victim and his family.
“There is no idea where Chandrashekhar Azad and Himanshu almiki are located after they reach the Jewar tollgate to take the Tappal, Aligarh route,” Central committee member Ravindra Bhati said earlier Wednesday. of the Azad Samaj party.
He alleged that Mr. Azad and Himanshu Balmiki were detained on Tuesday night and Wednesday, but the police did not make it public.
The woman’s body was cremated in Hathras in the early hours of Wednesday, with family members claiming local police forced them to perform the last rites in the middle of the night.
Local police, however, said the victim was cremated “according to the wishes of the family.”
At around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, dozens of activists from the Azad Samaj party and the Bhim army reached the Tappal police station in Aligarh and staged a protest.
“A delegation of our representatives will meet with senior police and administration officials to inquire about Azad and Balmiki,” Bhati told protesters inside Tappal police station.
A senior Aligarh police official said, “I have no idea about this (detention) allegation.”
The district police chief and some other senior officers could not be contacted because, according to another police official, they were infected with the coronavirus and have been on treatment for three to four days.
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