The complaint was sent by a Muslim social activist Danish Khan to the President. He had had also written to UN for shelter after surrendering his Indian citizenship if his harassment at the behest of heavyweight Minister Mohd Azam Khan was not stopped in his native district Rampur.
He said his fault was that he had opposed the demolition of Balmiki colony on the directions of the UP Minister who rules the roost in Rampur and the administration always followed his diktats. '' I am fed up with harassment and finding it extremely difficult to stay in India any more,''Danish further added.
Danish, in fact, was very vocal when the suspended IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and his social activist wife Nutan Thakur had visited aggrieved residents of Balmiki colony. This had earned him the wrath of Azam Khan. Since then his family was under constant pressure and threat.
Taking cognizance of the letter, the President has written a letter to the UP Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan seeking a report on this matter urgently.