Dalit scholar arrested for FB post on Durga
7 Aug 2013 5:35 AM IST
There seems to be no end to the self-goals being scored by the Samajwadi Party government on the issue of the suspension of young woman IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. In much embarrassment to the UP state government, eminent Dalit scholar Kamal Bharti was arrested in Rampur on Tuesday on a complaint by Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan’s aide for his alleged Facebook post on the suspended officer.
Bharti, author of various books dealing with problems faced by Dalits, in his post said that the Gautam Budh Nagar SDM was suspended for alleged demolition of wall of a mosque. He went on to say that in Rampur a madrasa was recently demolished and its manager was placed behind the bars but no action was taken against the officials who were deputed to demolish the institution.
The madrasa was demolished because it was allegedly constructed on the land allotted for a graveyard, sources said. In his post, Bharti said it is the ‘will and wish’ of the state urban development minister Azam Khan whic-h prevails and not the law of the land.
In the complaint, Azam Khan’s PRO Fasahat Ali Khan alleged that Bharti had made a derogatory remark against the UP minister. On the complaint, a case was registered against Bharti at Civil Lines police station and he was arrested, police said. Khan is MLA from Rampur.
Bharti was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate V K Pandey, which granted him bail.
Bharti, author of various books dealing with problems faced by Dalits, in his post said that the Gautam Budh Nagar SDM was suspended for alleged demolition of wall of a mosque. He went on to say that in Rampur a madrasa was recently demolished and its manager was placed behind the bars but no action was taken against the officials who were deputed to demolish the institution.
The madrasa was demolished because it was allegedly constructed on the land allotted for a graveyard, sources said. In his post, Bharti said it is the ‘will and wish’ of the state urban development minister Azam Khan whic-h prevails and not the law of the land.
In the complaint, Azam Khan’s PRO Fasahat Ali Khan alleged that Bharti had made a derogatory remark against the UP minister. On the complaint, a case was registered against Bharti at Civil Lines police station and he was arrested, police said. Khan is MLA from Rampur.
Bharti was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate V K Pandey, which granted him bail.
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