FIR registered against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and 400-500 unnamed people under multiple sections of the IPC and Epidemic Diseases Act, for violation of IPC Section 144 in Hathras.
UP police alleged that the Bhim Army chief has violated the IPC section 144. The Indian Penal Code section 144 prohibits the gathering of five or more persons, holding of public meetings, and carrying of firearms and can be invoked for up to two months. It also gives the magistracy the power to issue order absolute at once in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger.
After the visit of Congress leader Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, many other political parties including the Samajwadi Party, CPI(M), and TMC visited the victim’s village. UP police alleged that these political party members gathered in large numbers violating IPC section 144 and Epidemic Diseases Act.
Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad this evening met the family of the 20-year-old woman who died in Delhi after alleged gang rape and torture in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras. The Bhim Army chief marched for about five km after he was stopped by the police for the first time when he was on his way. He was stopped again when he entered Hathras and was told “not all the people accompanying him could go along.
Demanding Y-Plus category security for the family, Chandrashekar Azad this evening said: “When Kangana Ranaut can be given Y-plus security, meetings are being held to back the accused… I demand that the government arranges Y-Plus category security for the victim’s family. We have all seen that the CBI follows the government’s orders.”
