More than 100 booked over communal clash at Dehradun railway station

The unit was the fallout of an interfaith narration betwixt a young antheral and a insignificant miss from Badaun successful Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The girl, who belongs to a number community, had been reported missing successful Badaun and was recovered by the Government Railway Police (GRP), which called successful the Dehradun Police.

The insignificant miss has present been sent backmost location to her family, said police. The antheral has been fto disconnected without charge.

According to the FIR, members of 2 communities, led by Qureshi and Verma, gathered astatine the railway presumption aft learning that the mates were contiguous there. The confrontation soon escalated, with objects being hurled and harm caused to parked vehicles.

“We warned some sides to stop, but immoderate miscreants began damaging parked two-wheelers adjacent the parcel location and attempted to acceptable them connected fire. Even a authorities SUV from the Patel Nagar constabulary presumption was damaged successful the commotion,” stated the FIR, based connected a ailment by a Dehradun SHO.

Soon, reinforcements were sent from adjacent constabulary stations to assistance bring the concern nether control, the FIR said, adding that astatine slightest 8 two-wheelers and 1 constabulary conveyance were vandalised.

Qureshi claimed the miss was a insignificant and that his radical wanted her sent to her household backmost successful Badaun. “But Hindu outfits claimed that the miss was not a insignificant and alternatively of going backmost to her family, she should beryllium allowed to bash ‘ghar wapsi’ and started raising slogans. Soon galore Muslims excessively gathered there,” helium claimed.

Qureshi claimed that the concern turned convulsive erstwhile idiosyncratic was spotted making a video .

“The Hindu broadside saw a idiosyncratic making their videos, and reasoning it was 1 of us, they started manhandling him. The Muslims besides thought they were beating 1 of us, and the concern turned violent. Soon chromatic pelting started, followed by vandalism,” helium said.

Anshul Dora, a Bajrang Dal member, said that they lone wanted the antheral to beryllium released by the constabulary arsenic helium was not astatine responsibility and said that the miss came to Dehradun connected her own. “The Muslims contiguous astatine the spot were demanding that helium should beryllium punished,” said Dora.

Another Bajrang Dal leader, Ashish Baluni, told The Indian Express that they had nary occupation with the miss going backmost to her family, but wanted to marque definite that the antheral was released and rescued.

The FIR was registered against the named and identified accused nether conception 7 (molesting a idiosyncratic to prejudice of employment oregon business) of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act and sections 191 (2) (rioting), 221 (obstructing nationalist servant successful discharge of nationalist functions), 223 (disobedience to bid duly promulgated by nationalist servant), 324 (4) (mischief causing harm to the magnitude of 20 1000 rupees and much but little than 1 lakh rupees) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).