CAA: Out on bail, activist Jafar says was slapped, called Pakistani

Was kicked, called Pakistani:

Lucknow, January 7

Arrested in connection with the anti-CAA protests in Lucknow on December 19, retired IPS officer SR Darapuri and Congress worker Sadaf Jafar today walked out of jail on bail. Commenting on his arrest, Darapuri said the case against him was fake.

Jafar, also a social activist, alleged, “I was slapped by many and called Pakistani because of my name. In the night, I was told that a senior police officer wanted to meet me.When I went to meet him, I was abused.

“The officer told the women police to slap me. He himself pulled my hair and kicked in my stomach and knee. None of them were wearing badges to keep their identities hidden.”

Claiming the police had no evidence against him, Darapuri said, “I have worked as a senior officer in the state police for 32 years and my task was to maintain law and order and not to instigate violence. I had no role in the violence that took place on December 19, yet I was framed in a fake case.”

He said on the day of the violence, he was under house arrest and no post of his on the social media was such which could foment violence.

Jafar was arrested on December 19 while 76-year-old Darapuri was arrested the next day.

Soon after their release, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted, “The BJP showed its real ideology by arresting innocents and those taking forward the legacy of Baba Saheb Ambedkar.” PTI