Hathras police claims ‘international plot’ to defame Yogi govt

The Uttar Pradesh Police claimed they have uncovered an “international plot” to instigate riots along caste lines and defame the Yogi Adityanath government over the brutal assault and alleged gangrape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras. On Sunday, an FIR was registered against unidentified persons at the Chandpa Police Station in Hathras under several stringent sections of the IPC, including sedition.

FIR:

Chandpa police station in-charge confirmed that an FIR has been lodged, but refused to talk more about the case. ADG Law and Order Prashant Kumar could not be reached for a comment on the matter.

The FIR was registered under sections 109 and 120B (criminal conspiracy), 124A (sedition). Also, 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony). And four of its sub-sections, 153 B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the IPC.

Among other sections include fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment, threatening any person to give false evidence, forgery, forgery for purpose of harming reputation and printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory.

Sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act have also been invoked.

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CM Yogi Adityanath:

This comes after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cautioned BJP workers of “conspiracies” against his government. And asked them to “expose those who want to incite caste and communal riots” in the country and the state.

“Those who do not like development, they want to incite caste and communal riots in the country and state and want to stop development.” Adityanath said after attending a review meeting for upcoming byelections to seven Assembly constituencies.

“These people want to gain political mileage in the backdrop of riots. And that is why they are hatching new conspiracies every day,” he added.

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During his interaction with party workers on Sunday, Adityanath said that a lot of development work has taken place. Especially during the pandemic, which their political rivals “are finding it difficult to digest”.

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