Communal violence in Shamli: SP MLA booked for damaging rail property

Muzaffarnagar, May 4: A ruling Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan has been booked in Shamli violence case. Reportedly, Railway Protection Force (RPF) booked Hasan along with two thousand people for allegedly damaging rail property and disrupting services during a violent protest on Saturday at Kandhla railway station.

Latest report says that Assistant Commissioner of RPF P K Pandey has confirmed that two thousand people have been booked under Section 174 of Railway Act.

He said the protesters had turned violent, disrupting train services and damaging railway property at Kandhla railway station.

All about the communal violence

The protest was against the alleged assault on five members of the Tablighi Jamaat by some youths on board a Delhi-Kandhla train on May 1. The mob had also laid a siege to a police station, pelted stones and set afire vehicles. 16 policemen were injured in the violence.

Meanwhile, in view of the alleged assault on the members of the community on board a train on Delhi-Saharanpur rout, security has been tightened on the trains.

Inspector General of Government Railway Police Dawa Sherpa told reporters that police and RPF personnel in plain clothes have been deployed following the incident.

Tension in neighbouring districts

Meanwhile, a delegation of Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind met senior railway officials and sought adequate security on trains on the route and immediate arrest of culprits in the assault case.

He was assured that the accused will be arrested soon. The incidents had triggered tension in the district. Muzaffarnagar and surrounding districts including Shamli in western Uttar Pradesh were rocked by communal riots in September 2013 which had left over 60 people dead and displaced thousands of others

OneIndia News

(with inputs from PTI)