Communal clip lands man in UP police net

Ghaziabad, August 11

A member of a Hindu right-wing outfit was on Sunday arrested for allegedly circulating an inflammatory video calling for the expulsion of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis from India within 72 hours, the police said.

“Satyam Pandit associated with the Hindu Veer Sena had challenged the police and used abusive language in the video. He was arrested by the Nandgram police and has been sent to jail,” police commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra said.

In the video, the accused warns of reprisal against Rohingyas and Bangladeshi Muslims if the authorities did not repatriate them from the country within 72 hours.

Meanwhile, Bhupendra Chowdhury, alias Pinki, of the Hindu Raksha Dal and his supporter Badal, alias Hariom, were on Sunday sent to judicial custody for 14 days. The two were arrested on Saturday after they allegedly assaulted a group of people living near a railway station here and destroyed their shanties, claiming that they were Bangladeshi infiltrators. Their shanties were razed and set on fire near Guldhar railway police station under the jurisdiction of Madhuban Bapudham police station of the city on Friday.

Mishra said some more attackers had to be identified and attempts were on to nab them. Officials said those attacked were not Bangladeshis and an FIR had been lodged against Chowdhary and 20 others for rioting, hurting religious feelings and other offences. — PTI