State home minister Narottam Mishra also claimed the arrested person is associated with the AIMIM, headed by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra. Photo: Twitter/drnarottammisra
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has found “evidence” that shows one of the men arrested in connection with a protest and for allegedly spreading inflammatory messages on social media after the bangle seller incident in Indore has links with Pakistan, state home minister Narottam Mishra said on Monday.
He also claimed the arrested person, identified as Altamash Khan, is associated with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), headed by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
Police arrested four persons, including Altamash Khan, on charges of allegedly conspiring to trigger riots in Indore city, on Saturday.
As per the evidence found (during the investigation), one of the arrested persons, Altamash Khan, who staged a protest at a police station (in Indore) after the bangle seller incident, has links with Pakistan through WhatsApp and Facebook, Mishra told reporters.
He said objectionable material, including videos and audios, were found from Khan which the latter had planned to release gradually.
Mishra also said Khan is associated with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) of Asaduddin Owaisi.
The objectionable material found with Khan was enough to disturb the peace in Madhya Pradesh. Interrogation of these four arrested people is underway, he said.
Police had said the arrested accused, identified as Altamash Khan, Mohammad Imran Ansari, Javed Khan and Syed Irfan Ali, all in the age group of 20 and 30 years, are inspired by a radical ideology.
They spread inflammatory messages on social media related to a conspiracy to trigger communal riots at different places by creating a sense of discontent among people over some recent incidents in Indore city, police said.
A case was registered against them under section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) along with other sections of the Indian Penal Code, police said.
The bangle seller, Taslim Ali, was thrashed in Govind Nagar of Indore on August 22 for using a ‘fake’ name while selling bangles to women in the locality. Four persons were arrested in connection with the assault.
ये वीडियो अफगानिस्तान का नहीं बल्कि आज इंदौर का है, @ChouhanShivraj जी के सपनों के मध्यप्रदेश में एक चूड़ी बेंचने वाले मुसलमान का सामान लूट कर सरेआम भीड़ से लिंचिंग करवाई जाती है ।@narendramodi जी क्या यही भारत बनाना चाहते थे आप ?
— Imran Pratapgarhi (@ShayarImran) August 22, 2021
इन आतंकियों पर कार्यवाही कब ? pic.twitter.com/fsA5fLqNaD
Ali was later arrested for allegedly touching a minor girl inappropriately and also for forgery, police had said
SOURCE ; PTI
Social media is bold.
Social media is young.
Social media raises questions.
Social media is not satisfied with an answer.
Social media looks at the big picture.
Social media is interested in every detail.
social media is curious.
Social media is free.
Social media is irreplaceable.
But never irrelevant.
Social media is you.
(With input from news agency language)
If you like this story, share it with a friend!
We are a non-profit organization. Help us financially to keep our journalism free from government and corporate pressure
0 Comments