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Security unit basal defender adjacent the Shahi Jama Masjid, days aft convulsive protests against the court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque, successful Sambhal. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)
A time aft a delegation of Samajwadi Party leaders visited the Moradabad jailhouse successful Uttar Pradesh to conscionable the accused booked implicit alleged engagement successful the Sambhal violence, the Yogi Adityanath authorities suspended jailer Vikram Yadav and his lawman Praveen Singh precocious connected Tuesday night.
Sources said that the Senior Superintendent of Moradabad Jail, P P Singh, whitethorn besides look enactment for letting the Opposition enactment leaders conscionable those arrested aft the large-scale unit successful Sambhal connected November 24 during the court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid. Four radical died and astir 25 others, including constabulary personnel, sustained injuries successful the violence.
The constabulary person arrested 30 people, including women, successful the aftermath of the incident. They besides booked the section SP MP Zia ur Rahman for playing an incendiary relation done speeches, and Suhel Iqbal, the lad of Nawab Iqbal Mehmood, the SP legislator from Sambhal.
The SP delegation that visited the accused successful jailhouse connected December 2 included erstwhile MP Dr ST Hasan, MLA (Thakurdwara) Nawab Jan Khan, MLA (Naugawan Sadat) Samarpal Singh, territory wide caput Mudassir Khan and authorities caput Gulzar Ahmed.
The leaders aboriginal claimed that astir each the accused had wounded marks connected their bodies. Speaking extracurricular the jail, Hasan said, “Many individuals arrested aft the Sambhal unit are imprisoned here. During specified incidents, guiltless bystanders often get caught up successful the situation. We met them to connection ineligible enactment and guarantee justness for those who person been falsely booked.”
Hasan alleged that earlier being sent to Moradabad jail, the arrested accused were kept successful antithetic constabulary stations successful Sambhal and marks of constabulary torture were inactive disposable connected their bodies.
The Yogi authorities past sought a study from the Moradabad District Magistrate Anuj Singh successful this connection. The study was submitted wrong a time and the suspensions followed. The enquiry revealed that the SP delegation was allowed to conscionable inmates without pursuing the Jail Manual which mandates giving slips to visitors.
Senior Superintendent of Moradabad Jail PP Singh said helium had not received immoderate instructions from the authorities that nary 1 should beryllium allowed to conscionable the accused successful the Sambhal violence. “MPs and legislators are usually allowed to conscionable inmates without slips, and I followed it,” helium said.
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